Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a481Please respect copyright.PENANAdhporQNPf1
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or481Please respect copyright.PENANAvNSmrrHEHs
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember481Please respect copyright.PENANA1EeJ8zrIz1
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to481Please respect copyright.PENANAyDB5V8DRU0
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield481Please respect copyright.PENANA0IPubHAr8Z
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,481Please respect copyright.PENANAnqUAfv07f9
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please481Please respect copyright.PENANAvZpanN4Dt7
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their481Please respect copyright.PENANApJbgoWldub
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other481Please respect copyright.PENANAbzOw2nAp8i
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a481Please respect copyright.PENANAwOCMmyjzX2
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really481Please respect copyright.PENANA4JhwTM4Pxs
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time481Please respect copyright.PENANA39I7wMkOo7
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding481Please respect copyright.PENANAkgliI5Rban
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used481Please respect copyright.PENANAJwbJWDUh2r
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed481Please respect copyright.PENANAPMHTv2civo
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and481Please respect copyright.PENANAGGNmm4dHtd
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an481Please respect copyright.PENANA3UaBrbOKiH
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing481Please respect copyright.PENANAoivx3WyrTW
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach481Please respect copyright.PENANAocsVgbVnHq
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on481Please respect copyright.PENANAJP1BJLpVsE
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was481Please respect copyright.PENANAzdYAdx8qjm
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without481Please respect copyright.PENANAO67TjDtLfB
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely481Please respect copyright.PENANAOmPloDQsbm
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in481Please respect copyright.PENANATk9hAKTvMV
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually481Please respect copyright.PENANAZNQH7BpcoW
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite481Please respect copyright.PENANAnlBxkjiUBH
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could481Please respect copyright.PENANAwymFohZ2Pn
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad481Please respect copyright.PENANAJeAkpEDjTx
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was481Please respect copyright.PENANA3koZCjBxjx
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy481Please respect copyright.PENANAH9n7blCC5F
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure481Please respect copyright.PENANABCNwZjM38n
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much481Please respect copyright.PENANA3jZ6ysFgMe
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was481Please respect copyright.PENANAOs3VcHoYjn
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.481Please respect copyright.PENANAuJ4xUPCp4l
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you481Please respect copyright.PENANAR91ttZLV1V
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing481Please respect copyright.PENANA6Aw9mS7vad
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition481Please respect copyright.PENANAnl8YUGyd3t
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody481Please respect copyright.PENANAtjJDHYNzR2
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he481Please respect copyright.PENANAjfbnAM5Jqy
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I481Please respect copyright.PENANAog5bk8NfAt
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a481Please respect copyright.PENANAdS5IYMHqmq
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science481Please respect copyright.PENANAJJehbfW4ZJ
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if481Please respect copyright.PENANAHskxhWzaAk
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him481Please respect copyright.PENANA3dz0wnfQtn
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,”481Please respect copyright.PENANAAva8mjFLLD
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 other481Please respect copyright.PENANA5OjIOLxocu
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were481Please respect copyright.PENANAIE4l628dKy
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the481Please respect copyright.PENANAc8g4QGBMAL
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.481Please respect copyright.PENANAi5ZUlPeeIJ
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who481Please respect copyright.PENANAzTqamkdaYQ
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood481Please respect copyright.PENANAk2vNQ70ySP
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought481Please respect copyright.PENANAvivIPFHYvR
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a481Please respect copyright.PENANAJR9O1qm9pm
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid481Please respect copyright.PENANA5XjcVA2cGO
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 Alpha481Please respect copyright.PENANAU90lFDR2IR
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why481Please respect copyright.PENANA5EYaeAAcKo
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.481Please respect copyright.PENANAnnd0HFVC2k
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found481Please respect copyright.PENANAUWvV8lyHmA
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes481Please respect copyright.PENANAXEN2U2VH6s
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,481Please respect copyright.PENANAK0QIxY9x7W
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.481Please respect copyright.PENANAgNv5HZc4dR
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really481Please respect copyright.PENANABqHnSS0sFg
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound481Please respect copyright.PENANAwHY9cjQemk
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to481Please respect copyright.PENANAg1OoHGf6PR
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to481Please respect copyright.PENANAtg0XWGDBDY
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the481Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2JExPmRwh
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you481Please respect copyright.PENANAZAQI1vruS8
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s481Please respect copyright.PENANAoplCLkNTqE
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the481Please respect copyright.PENANAfmheQhSoB6
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should481Please respect copyright.PENANAVEz9MCRv5M
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 there481Please respect copyright.PENANANCP0OrnFg6
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice481Please respect copyright.PENANAmAvBPwPP6K
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this481Please respect copyright.PENANAWM5m6y3ULJ
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 to481Please respect copyright.PENANAVIpdUbCf6O
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge481Please respect copyright.PENANAKJXDQeiVx7
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue481Please respect copyright.PENANAZcvCxq2HiY
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who481Please respect copyright.PENANA0vX9MFCYrp
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny481Please respect copyright.PENANAVOTO19iRnu
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we481Please respect copyright.PENANA9IqxHI3bGS
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.481Please respect copyright.PENANAfyFxiAxZsr
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to481Please respect copyright.PENANAuuuIxonib9
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s481Please respect copyright.PENANAeI8iuYbK0T
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all481Please respect copyright.PENANAu0he1wBItE
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs481Please respect copyright.PENANAvnkQuA4Cs6
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of481Please respect copyright.PENANAHIlK6TsnDm
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 still481Please respect copyright.PENANAeB0pxfxqC9
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face481Please respect copyright.PENANAgTPVWY2Har
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he481Please respect copyright.PENANA5xhTgft6pb
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms481Please respect copyright.PENANAyaHvbStwoN
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile481Please respect copyright.PENANAaMbw55f3nK
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the481Please respect copyright.PENANArajlCFDGe9
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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