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 rides, games, and

never seen so much color

me, but I manage to put up my walls before I become too

great but I still could not filter out

use nods and gestures to

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

to stay with

"Don’t run off."

locked on the Blue ATV he wants to

ride seems to be able to hold one adult

me?" He asks me, dragging me into the line driver’s seat

"Beep! Beep!"

when the ride

starts to bounce up and down, my hands gripping onto the sides of the car

have never experienced this type of movement before, and while we were only moving in a circle, it’s the most

tell myself as Kota and I bounce up and

horn and we wave our hands at Talia every time we pass her, Kota and

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

when the ride is over, helping Kota off

having more fun than Kota," she

go again when Kota starts to pull us in the direction of some

Kota calls

and I happily volunteer, Talia chuckling to herself

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

silly face when we pass

mouth to pull his lips

that my teeth stick out and pulling my

she sees our faces, snapping

complete control of the date, dragging us from ride to ride, but I don’t mind one bit, getting on as many rides

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

as I held onto the grip for dear life, some of the people in line

I liked seeing Talia laugh.She was worth getting on a

to a giant

pointing to a giant purple Octopus

toss where we have to knock over a tower of 6 milk bottles with

all of the bottles in the first toss

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

Talia sighs

attempting to soothe his broken heart with

get some

operator another dollar so I can

you, Grayson grumbles but I refuse, wanting to prove to myself that I could be useful.I line up to the toss and aim for the center,

center of the tower, all

I turn around to find

I get down on my knees to show

it?" He asks shyly, his large eyes twinkling

across his mouth when I nod, the little boy jumping

struggles to wrap his arms around the large octopus, the stuffed

dragging the toy to

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

had already claimed Kota as my own during the face off with the Alphas but

I eye Talia nervously, knowing Kota calling me

in her eyes, but whatever it is disappears before I can decipher what

Kota says, shoving the octopus in Talia’s

what Zane

cool," she grins at him, taking him by

we get

boy nods, handing his stuffed toy to his mother

a little tight as she reaches for my hand

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

overreacting about what

and

to me that he sees me that way, but only a small groan escapes my

asks, pointing to the little menu on the glass

I stare at the assortment of colorful dot-like ice cream flavors,

Cookies

can’t go

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

and pastries were rarely available to us

chance a pack of Oreos made an appearance in the pantry, they were gone before Agnes, and I could ever grab some.I nod my head at her suggestion, and she hands me a cup full of black and white dots with crushed

gets Rainbow dots and Talia

our treats to a nearby table and Talia watches me