Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a938Please respect copyright.PENANA1F40W4zDIx
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or938Please respect copyright.PENANAAvOnnjNr0V
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember938Please respect copyright.PENANAdWbUUD4yI4
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to938Please respect copyright.PENANAZZY2aIcluU
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield938Please respect copyright.PENANAYYqZM18xWf
and all the other seven chosen boys were headed to.
“How did they even get there?” you may ask. Well, you see…
“Will Caspian Grenfield, Isaac Blueburn, Jax Jackson,938Please respect copyright.PENANAzXnLRUIv4v
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please938Please respect copyright.PENANAaHJT8MeWHj
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their938Please respect copyright.PENANApkQLKumtJw
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other938Please respect copyright.PENANAHZDlotIug3
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a938Please respect copyright.PENANAccT3FmWrxO
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really938Please respect copyright.PENANACXX4C7YtVa
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time938Please respect copyright.PENANAE3W3b47FvK
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding938Please respect copyright.PENANAmCCjVq1cHI
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used938Please respect copyright.PENANA1XgJsbiQiL
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed938Please respect copyright.PENANA5yCHRFnVZw
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and938Please respect copyright.PENANAtZlMbEL6hV
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an938Please respect copyright.PENANAiLGDZ053RK
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing938Please respect copyright.PENANAzxJAqFox1D
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach938Please respect copyright.PENANAYy7V0g0Faz
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on938Please respect copyright.PENANAFEPPG5dcLW
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was938Please respect copyright.PENANAxu1reGnFux
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without938Please respect copyright.PENANAUi6qf8okc2
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely938Please respect copyright.PENANAfTyMVZRUb3
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in938Please respect copyright.PENANA6xMNxTdGup
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually938Please respect copyright.PENANAwFHSEcMMU1
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite938Please respect copyright.PENANAkDJ4evFDVZ
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could938Please respect copyright.PENANAMYk8g5616i
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad938Please respect copyright.PENANA7EFzMRfh8z
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was938Please respect copyright.PENANAFehGbAJD3f
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy938Please respect copyright.PENANAr6EF3sTfoR
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure938Please respect copyright.PENANAsEmdGqxCiB
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much938Please respect copyright.PENANAzVMCspoBHu
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was938Please respect copyright.PENANA6AQDzdu1LA
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.938Please respect copyright.PENANAmHEzVDrnAk
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you938Please respect copyright.PENANAJjwlFDtwUr
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing938Please respect copyright.PENANAVCZQVaTieH
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition938Please respect copyright.PENANAp9iE6nJhbi
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody938Please respect copyright.PENANAtcv6FUxGuI
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he938Please respect copyright.PENANA0e0vgJuAWr
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I938Please respect copyright.PENANAM8sLhmkzBc
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a938Please respect copyright.PENANA4pQTknvYYW
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science938Please respect copyright.PENANAlX5NFBmMXI
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if938Please respect copyright.PENANAJuYThZacDR
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him938Please respect copyright.PENANANFPEdcjGjt
to the bone. And this was just the first three, where were the other four?
“Caspian, please have a seat while we wait for the others,”938Please respect copyright.PENANAzua7rfbO9Q
Principal Gwen said calmly as she gestured to the seats in front of his desk.
Caspian took a seat on the couch in front of the three other938Please respect copyright.PENANAjU2EQGRYcc
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were938Please respect copyright.PENANA8Ug89O5nPX
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the938Please respect copyright.PENANArRlVEfLwri
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.938Please respect copyright.PENANANsFvPm2auG
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who938Please respect copyright.PENANA5BV3AnyI1U
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood938Please respect copyright.PENANANgp58AVekQ
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought938Please respect copyright.PENANA9vskeWc2JN
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a938Please respect copyright.PENANA050ZXTuz85
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid938Please respect copyright.PENANAkkdSRL9QbR
that Robbie would think that he was just a stupid Omega with no friends.
A few years later, word got around that Robbie was an Alpha938Please respect copyright.PENANA5EDJh3pAUy
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why938Please respect copyright.PENANA4kkSWgoozs
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.938Please respect copyright.PENANAmEj8Q71qSA
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found938Please respect copyright.PENANAiwnNdVYH6N
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes938Please respect copyright.PENANAFqLSNTK7C6
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,938Please respect copyright.PENANAFgzA0vdzVX
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.938Please respect copyright.PENANApmTQIXfyi3
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really938Please respect copyright.PENANApQHx6mw1pu
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound938Please respect copyright.PENANAvQ0vg51S5K
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to938Please respect copyright.PENANAXGnMCrljM7
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to938Please respect copyright.PENANADUrm6hcHaL
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the938Please respect copyright.PENANAdIR8YQmVwL
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you938Please respect copyright.PENANATc3TXVMkAL
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s938Please respect copyright.PENANA0RxcJy6RFv
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the938Please respect copyright.PENANA0U5JkkdtJ1
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should938Please respect copyright.PENANAtQZPIsHYze
be in here for?”
“Nope,” Mason said immediately.
“Not that I know of… yet,” coming from Mason.
“Of course not. How could I?” babbled Lee.
“No, Ma’am,” Will said, shaking his head.
“…”: Caleb.
“Hopefully not,” Caspian muttered.
“I don’t think so…?” Robbie said slowly.
“Very funny, Miss Gwen,” chuckled Blue.
“Okay then good,” smiled Principal Gwen. “Because if there938Please respect copyright.PENANAO0708Tgz7k
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice938Please respect copyright.PENANA83qpCGZgFE
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this938Please respect copyright.PENANAxJKC13A9pL
school year’s prom. You know, to commemorate the graduation of the seniors.”
“But Ma’am,” Blue said, raising his hand.
“Yes, Blue?” Principal Gwen said, giving Blue permission to938Please respect copyright.PENANASZiOhZDDPA
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge938Please respect copyright.PENANA3u4EFJlVHF
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue938Please respect copyright.PENANAtqyNKzbVrb
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who938Please respect copyright.PENANAvCHSt9KSeS
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny938Please respect copyright.PENANACtZlM3cMer
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we938Please respect copyright.PENANAX9q4NdYoTE
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.938Please respect copyright.PENANAffh6xqAzN1
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to938Please respect copyright.PENANAMb8cDYYRhn
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s938Please respect copyright.PENANAsijBqtL4is
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all938Please respect copyright.PENANAnnN30SpoeN
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs938Please respect copyright.PENANAoCR9e6gKAr
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of938Please respect copyright.PENANAYRmsu2wOwd
that. ‘Pre-Prom Party’. You boys already have something to call it.”
“Way ta go, Cassie!” Blue cheers enthusiastically.
All the other boys cheer as well, even Robbie—who was still938Please respect copyright.PENANAIXye6oAdbW
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face938Please respect copyright.PENANAA2jLpN26jl
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he938Please respect copyright.PENANAZHYK3YRSa7
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms938Please respect copyright.PENANAghuhlCGWhI
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile938Please respect copyright.PENANAcpwnXUcAxB
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the938Please respect copyright.PENANAgLWvBTElUc
reply slip your parents need to sign in order for you to-”
“‘Stay at an Airbnb for a week’?” read Lee from the form.
“Miss,” Mason started, confused. “What do you mean by that?”
“Don’t worry, you will be accompanied by Miss Leslie.”
…and now they were arriving at the Airbnb.
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Oh, how time flies…
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