Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a482Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7UCUT8ARC
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or482Please respect copyright.PENANAxrZiZgTza1
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember482Please respect copyright.PENANAeZmjNiGOrS
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to482Please respect copyright.PENANA6t3IFMNPjW
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield482Please respect copyright.PENANAqXgML70bOT
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,482Please respect copyright.PENANAADGOKKlstI
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please482Please respect copyright.PENANABZV847IQkz
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their482Please respect copyright.PENANATAdjI0WB9t
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other482Please respect copyright.PENANAxu0m0rPN7j
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a482Please respect copyright.PENANApEYAnt4EQ2
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really482Please respect copyright.PENANAIsfEFAcpDz
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time482Please respect copyright.PENANAiWV4jBD0Lo
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding482Please respect copyright.PENANAXGbezI3LuU
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used482Please respect copyright.PENANAw3OUT1ECMn
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed482Please respect copyright.PENANAFRfIYWzG0M
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and482Please respect copyright.PENANAYQfV5z1hJl
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an482Please respect copyright.PENANAQoIMp8URGy
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing482Please respect copyright.PENANAkFjOPPP52u
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach482Please respect copyright.PENANA2x6Hs2F77M
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on482Please respect copyright.PENANASqsEg8dQLy
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was482Please respect copyright.PENANAYrqMIzWxrm
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without482Please respect copyright.PENANArzq5xmDq7Z
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely482Please respect copyright.PENANAleaFdqeuIU
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in482Please respect copyright.PENANAb1UKuAQg1x
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually482Please respect copyright.PENANAxM2mbxuwE7
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite482Please respect copyright.PENANAFzylTea0SI
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could482Please respect copyright.PENANAOF510R6IUu
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad482Please respect copyright.PENANAE9rTUbs6J3
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was482Please respect copyright.PENANA8xrBontfiM
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy482Please respect copyright.PENANALbY648KnsA
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure482Please respect copyright.PENANA8N9ImYy59u
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much482Please respect copyright.PENANA4aLZjUQdv6
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was482Please respect copyright.PENANAiGHpQDCyiu
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.482Please respect copyright.PENANAkfEq5FJ5Qy
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you482Please respect copyright.PENANAGEx2zUTsIF
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing482Please respect copyright.PENANAZgfEXMgD2o
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition482Please respect copyright.PENANAPyz1N9eXaf
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody482Please respect copyright.PENANAmjbxSB7Qz8
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he482Please respect copyright.PENANAuqPeNSNyLB
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I482Please respect copyright.PENANAS8DPXUfXYh
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a482Please respect copyright.PENANAFWstyUIVTG
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science482Please respect copyright.PENANAcsml72jxEy
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if482Please respect copyright.PENANAlCiedQobwW
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him482Please respect copyright.PENANAMYGKn07X7A
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,”482Please respect copyright.PENANAiOcJ9lhbZY
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 other482Please respect copyright.PENANAFT0UueNZU3
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were482Please respect copyright.PENANAyPqqV5eUgl
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the482Please respect copyright.PENANANCYxOwHpaP
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.482Please respect copyright.PENANAfM99OQExEk
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who482Please respect copyright.PENANAuWS3CkqH8p
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood482Please respect copyright.PENANAwRVGDPvGtU
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought482Please respect copyright.PENANAMqHNyzcxEF
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a482Please respect copyright.PENANA2lRJygdZPf
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid482Please respect copyright.PENANAdYV1Id6NsN
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 Alpha482Please respect copyright.PENANAA5Fi9zbDX3
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why482Please respect copyright.PENANAZI33nhndjW
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.482Please respect copyright.PENANAYV2DXcuXe0
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found482Please respect copyright.PENANArnQUMZAIew
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes482Please respect copyright.PENANASLRWUqzNoi
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,482Please respect copyright.PENANAZVR5Av6pw6
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.482Please respect copyright.PENANAjhmaCdhQPf
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really482Please respect copyright.PENANA6mDadEtzTH
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound482Please respect copyright.PENANAb4XWi8uIJ0
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to482Please respect copyright.PENANABxamfsVohx
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to482Please respect copyright.PENANAbYtpz9e6Oz
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the482Please respect copyright.PENANA3D2HZeN9NT
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you482Please respect copyright.PENANAtxvU3iAIZv
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s482Please respect copyright.PENANApKytODxX6j
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the482Please respect copyright.PENANAqBBM4fTAf3
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should482Please respect copyright.PENANAWS3OG7zTUF
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 there482Please respect copyright.PENANAQNzOI7vVk2
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice482Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0mpjmRB49
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this482Please respect copyright.PENANAsli2pASUsh
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 to482Please respect copyright.PENANAgGE3uqigAs
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge482Please respect copyright.PENANAYk8RFW9XKy
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue482Please respect copyright.PENANAL4QB02g9pt
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who482Please respect copyright.PENANARCKo43mmQH
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny482Please respect copyright.PENANAGRRg7Q1x0Z
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we482Please respect copyright.PENANASjoMkoagO7
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.482Please respect copyright.PENANAcAN9dzxMXP
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to482Please respect copyright.PENANAaQP6kjykFq
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s482Please respect copyright.PENANA8v5jqh9sWb
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all482Please respect copyright.PENANA3J6M6wiYJY
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs482Please respect copyright.PENANAxsZ33VXem1
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of482Please respect copyright.PENANAIvMEhr0MOq
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 still482Please respect copyright.PENANAo2K9ApwJWV
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face482Please respect copyright.PENANAzIHxuzZyg8
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he482Please respect copyright.PENANAnc97wITDcm
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms482Please respect copyright.PENANAJbVqrhm6j7
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile482Please respect copyright.PENANA486qzAlnjr
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the482Please respect copyright.PENANACsWufFO4jA
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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