The Silent Alpha

***Jane** 

My hands shake anxiously as I watch the clock tick, both nervous and excited for my first date with Talia.I was stunned when she asked me out a few days ago but I greedily accepted the offer, desperately wanting to get to know her.I consulted with Aurora and Rosalie over what we should do, both of them insisting that I take Talia to the local amusement park to reduce the tension between us.

To make Talia feel more comfortable with me, I suggested that Kota join us for the first half and she readily accepted.

In all honesty, having Kota around would make me less nervous too.

We could then head over to the Lake at the AL pack for an evening picnic with just the two of us.

"You'll be fine," Agnes reassures me with a kind smile.

"You just have to be yourself and Talia will fall in love with you.She won't be able to resist," she wiggles her eyebrows.

"You'll see." Kota jumps around the living room like a bunny, already dressed for the park.

It took me a while to get his sunscreen on but the little tyke finally gave in when I bribed him with a cookie.

"Can we go now?" he asks, tugging at his little baseball hat.

"J-j-just a few m-minutes.Mom-my sti-ll n-needs to come ho-home and get read-ready," I assure him sheepishly as she races into the room.

"Just give me five minutes to change and touch up my makeup and then I’ll be good to go," she says over her shoulder as she rushes up the stairs.

Kota groans, swinging his arms around in boredom as twenty minutes pass by.

My palms grow sweaty in fear that Talia may have changed her mind entirely, but she finally descends down the stairs looking as beautiful as ever.

She looks amazing in a pair of high waisted jeans and an off the shoulder blouse, her golden skin glowing against the white of her shirt.

Talia flashes me a shy smile as I gawk at her, nearly falling over the chair I am sitting on.

Dude, snap out of it!Grayson growls.

She's going to think you're a moron! I try not to make a fool of myself and stand up straight but as I catch a glimpse of the bracelet on her wrist, my entire body fills with butterflies and I trip over the leg of the chair, crashing ungracefully on the ground.

Kota and Agnes burst into laughter while Talia rushes over to help me up.

Sparks tingle up and down my arm when our hands meet, the sensation startling Talia enough that she lets go, letting me fall back onto the floor.

"Oh my goodness," she mutters to herself.

"I-I’m so sorry.I...I’m just nervous," she gulps, tucking away a loose strand of hair behind her ear as she once again reaches over to help me up.

"It’s been Oh great, two nervous idiots going on a date to an amusement park with a child” Graysonmutters.

What could possibly go wrong? I block out his voice as I dust myself off, Talia holding out her hand for me to take.

"Let’s go," She says quietly, waving over Kota to join us.

She checks Kota once more to make sure he’s ready to go before we walk over to the pack house.

Evan takes us to Aurora’s office where she appears to be hiding from the visiting Alphas.

“I’m not hiding," the Queen mutters as she looks over some documents.

"I’m just very busy."

Suddenly, a portal opens to her left and she grins at us, wiggling her eyebrows in mischief.

"Now you three have fun!"

She giggles, pushing Talia and Kota through the portal.

"And good luck!"

She hisses in my ear before shoving me through as well.I nearly lose my footing and crash into Talia, my chest bumping against hers.

She timidly looks up at me, our eyes locking in an intense gaze.

"H-hi," Talia whispers, her lips curved into a small smile.

Now’s your chance, Say something to her, Grayson urges.

I open my mouth but end up choking on my tongue, coughing furiously into my arm.

Smooth, Grayson mutters as I struggle to regain control of my Talia hands me a bottle of water and I finally manage to catch my breath.

We look around the area Aurora sent us to and realize it’s a small alley beside the park.We will have to return here to be transported home again.

Talia takes the lead, leaving Kota to me and we head for the ticket booth to get our park passes.

widened in shock at the incredible

much color and lights in one

towards me, but I manage to put

great but I still could not

use nods

a bouncing ATV ride with flashing lights and loud

need to stay with Mommy or

"Don’t run off."

locked on

be able to hold one adult passenger and

go with me?" He asks me, dragging me into the line

"Beep! Beep!"

when the ride

ATV suddenly starts to bounce up and down, my hands gripping onto the

and while we were only moving in a circle,

here, I tell myself as Kota and I bounce up

his horn and we wave our hands at Talia every time we

but I ignore him, just wanting to enjoy the

is

than Kota," she giggles as we walk

again when Kota starts to pull us in the

to ride the pink one!" Kota calls out, pointing to the

chaperone for this ride and I happily volunteer, Talia chuckling to herself at

in, Kota and I pull on the lever, the dragon slowly ascending until it reaches its the

face

his mouth to pull his lips apart

stick out and pulling my eyelids back with one hand while the

into laughter when she sees our faces, snapping a few

dragging us from ride to ride, but I don’t mind

cars, the train, the merry-go-round, and the spinning teacups, the last one nearly making me vomit from all

Kota couldn’t help but laugh at me as I held onto the grip for dear life, some of the people in

me, I liked seeing Talia

us to a

smiles, pointing to a giant purple

we have to knock over a tower of 6 milk bottles

three tries but knocking all of the bottles in

try and the operator hands her three balls.Her first throw narrowly misses the tower of bottles but her final throw manages to knock

sweetie," Talia

Octopus" Kota pouts, Talia attempting to soothe his

about we get some ice

another

I refuse, wanting to prove to myself that I could be useful.I line up to the

strike the center of the tower, all

me with the Giant Octopus and I turn around to find

knees to show it to him, stroking

asks shyly, his large eyes

his mouth when I nod, the little boy jumping into my arms and

the large octopus, the stuffed animal

Dad!" He cries, dragging the toy

slips out of his lips, all of my thoughts melting away to focus on the little boy who just claimed me Grayson howls in

face off with the Alphas but it's different knowing Kota felt the

again but I eye Talia nervously, knowing Kota calling me Dad could

eyes, but whatever it is disappears

shoving the octopus in Talia’s

what Zane

at him, taking him by the

we get some ice

nods, handing his stuffed toy to his mother to skip over the booth directly across the

over at me, the smile on her face a little tight

and kisses me on the cheek, my heart feeling as though it might burst out of my

not overreacting about what Kota said,"

tonight and make

her, wishing I could put into words that it means the world to me that he sees me that way, but

the little

Dippin’ dots before, so I stare at the assortment of colorful dot-like ice cream

try Cookies and Cream,"

can’t go

being when my mom snuck some into my

pastries were rarely available to us back at

grab some.I nod my head at her suggestion, and she hands me a cup full of black

gets Rainbow dots and Talia picks Mint and

take our treats to a nearby table and Talia