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.

large eyes widened in shock at the

much color and

start racing towards me, but I

great but I still could not filter

have to use nods and gestures

spots a bouncing ATV ride with flashing lights and loud car horns, nearly taking off before I catch

need to stay with Mommy or Zane," Talia

"Don’t run off."

on the Blue ATV

ride seems to be able to hold

dragging me into the

"Beep! Beep!"

screams when the ride

bounce up and down, my hands gripping

of movement before, and while we were only moving in a circle, it’s the most exhilarating moment of

to bring Agnes here, I tell myself as Kota and I bounce up

hands at Talia every time we pass her,

I ignore him, just wanting to

the ride is over, helping Kota off the

having more fun than Kota," she giggles as we walk out of the

can go again when Kota starts to pull

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

for this ride and I happily

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

silly face when we pass

sticking his fingers into his mouth to pull his lips apart and hang

lower jaw so that my teeth stick out and pulling

bursts into laughter when she sees our faces, snapping a few pictures of

ride to ride, but I don’t mind one bit, getting

the merry-go-round, and the spinning teacups, the last one nearly

I held onto the grip for

I liked seeing Talia laugh.She was worth getting on

to a giant game

want the Octopus!" Kota smiles, pointing to

milk bottle toss where we have to knock over a

the bottles in

booth operator for a try and the operator hands her three balls.Her first throw narrowly misses the tower of bottles

Talia sighs

to soothe his broken

get some

hand the operator another dollar

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

the ball strike the center of the tower, all 6 bottles tumbling

operator hands me with the Giant Octopus and I turn

as I get down on my knees to show it to him, stroking the giant

it?" He asks shyly, his large eyes twinkling at

biggest smile stretches across his mouth when I nod, the little boy jumping into my arms and kissing me

his arms around the large octopus, the stuffed animal nearly twice

Dad!" He cries, dragging the toy

away to focus on the little boy who just claimed me Grayson

as my own during the face off with the Alphas but it's different knowing Kota felt the

to hear him say it again but I eye Talia nervously, knowing Kota calling me Dad could

it is disappears before I can decipher

says, shoving the octopus in

Zane

grins at him, taking him by

get some ice

mother to skip over

her face a little

and kisses me on the cheek, my heart feeling as though

overreacting about what Kota said," She

him tonight and

into words that it means the world to me that he sees me that way, but only a small groan escapes my lips.I sigh in frustration to myself,

pointing to the little menu on the glass window

before, so I stare at the assortment of colorful dot-like ice cream flavors, unsure which to

should try Cookies and Cream," Talia

go

the last time being when my mom snuck

pastries were rarely available

could ever grab

gets Rainbow dots and Talia picks

treats to a nearby table and Talia watches