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 incredible display of

no different, having never seen so much color and lights in

people start racing towards me, but I manage to put up my walls

I still could not filter out voices

use nods and

flashing lights and

you need to stay with Mommy or Zane," Talia

"Don’t run off."

halfheartedly, his eyes locked on the Blue ATV

be able to hold

dragging me

"Beep! Beep!"

screams when

up and down, my hands

experienced this type of movement before, and while we were only

bring Agnes here, I tell myself as Kota and I

every time we pass her, Kota and

are you, five? Grayson laughs but I ignore him, just wanting to enjoy

chuckles when the ride is over, helping Kota off

like you were having more fun than Kota," she giggles as we walk out

ask if we can go again when Kota starts to pull us

Kota calls

requires a chaperone for this ride and I happily

lever, the dragon slowly ascending until it reaches its the view

a silly face

sticking his fingers into his mouth to pull his

lead, pushing out my lower jaw so that my teeth stick out and pulling my eyelids back with one hand while the other continues to

laughter when she sees our faces, snapping a few pictures

dragging us from ride to ride, but I don’t mind one bit, getting on

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

help but laugh at me as I held onto the grip

Grayson laughed but it did not matter to me, I liked seeing Talia laugh.She

to

pointing to

is a milk bottle toss where we have to knock over a tower of 6

of the bottles in the first toss

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

Talia sighs

Octopus" Kota pouts, Talia attempting to

we get some ice

operator another dollar

I could

strike the center of the tower, all 6 bottles

I turn around to find Kota and Talia clapping

down on my knees to show it to him, stroking the giant octopus’s head

shyly,

nod, the little boy jumping into my

his arms around the large octopus, the

dragging the

my thoughts melting away to focus on the little boy who just claimed me Grayson howls in approval, liking the title for

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

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

her eyes, but whatever it is disappears before I can

Kota says, shoving

what Zane got

grins at him, taking

get

his stuffed toy to his mother to skip over the booth directly

her face a little tight as she reaches for

on the cheek, my heart feeling as though

for not overreacting about what Kota said," She

talk to him tonight and make sure it doesn’t

but

the little menu on the glass window of the

before, so I stare at the

try Cookies and Cream,"

can’t go wrong

last time being when my mom snuck some into my room to share with me

available to us

I could ever grab some.I nod my

gets Rainbow dots and Talia picks Mint and

take our treats to a nearby table and Talia watches me careful