Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a471Please respect copyright.PENANAlmcb3WHBty
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or471Please respect copyright.PENANAhrfMl0Yn8g
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember471Please respect copyright.PENANAQXvXrnpmrR
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to471Please respect copyright.PENANAc1AgtarSYU
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield471Please respect copyright.PENANAzFndPvboBS
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,471Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZsII5emx9
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please471Please respect copyright.PENANACQqrMSSq1t
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their471Please respect copyright.PENANAmVCAjqtmt1
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other471Please respect copyright.PENANAXiQhxZ15Sh
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a471Please respect copyright.PENANAcX3QyW7PsC
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really471Please respect copyright.PENANADb5vXIqGbF
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time471Please respect copyright.PENANA3AkNeqIxRU
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding471Please respect copyright.PENANALuOxdrHHqS
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used471Please respect copyright.PENANAs32zrZFVUm
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed471Please respect copyright.PENANApdsb0JCQAz
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and471Please respect copyright.PENANANopv9FswzC
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an471Please respect copyright.PENANAhMwceHQJOQ
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing471Please respect copyright.PENANASnDcwEcBFs
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach471Please respect copyright.PENANAasYqngdLBH
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on471Please respect copyright.PENANABtpkUn8qY7
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was471Please respect copyright.PENANAqFmBL4v7cK
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without471Please respect copyright.PENANALn1O0iKkf6
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely471Please respect copyright.PENANApdY4xtWdjm
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in471Please respect copyright.PENANAdz2Mzz6RkO
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually471Please respect copyright.PENANALZ1WEzpQjF
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite471Please respect copyright.PENANAmuwmjEZymE
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could471Please respect copyright.PENANA5ttl2KPG58
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad471Please respect copyright.PENANA81eHyRAYdX
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was471Please respect copyright.PENANA4Oz1So63c5
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy471Please respect copyright.PENANAPHO4vUH9a3
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure471Please respect copyright.PENANAEXTIWEhWMJ
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much471Please respect copyright.PENANAQM94KzsvLQ
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was471Please respect copyright.PENANAHmZwdIWXkt
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.471Please respect copyright.PENANAgvg33AFLO7
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you471Please respect copyright.PENANAEGi0QIviFn
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing471Please respect copyright.PENANAqYzxYS9c5z
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition471Please respect copyright.PENANAoKVIHAH3MJ
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody471Please respect copyright.PENANAJfgAGjXpmB
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he471Please respect copyright.PENANAUCDULGIZwg
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I471Please respect copyright.PENANAcIEY3hRL5N
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a471Please respect copyright.PENANAqGUGr6wDAq
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science471Please respect copyright.PENANAct5hgWFXHr
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if471Please respect copyright.PENANAUuWbYUJIwg
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him471Please respect copyright.PENANAGf33FRADWl
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,”471Please respect copyright.PENANAdA5so0op8l
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 other471Please respect copyright.PENANAgmmMNa65yJ
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were471Please respect copyright.PENANAgB3FYPuwXE
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the471Please respect copyright.PENANAqX57eE6TJ6
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.471Please respect copyright.PENANAvtYBtFs4t8
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who471Please respect copyright.PENANApkVNo6DW95
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood471Please respect copyright.PENANARNpXtGxrID
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought471Please respect copyright.PENANA7oWPJN4VnX
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a471Please respect copyright.PENANAfwHnWCePmH
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid471Please respect copyright.PENANAM0vLIL02TK
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 Alpha471Please respect copyright.PENANAoDKgmv7pHW
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why471Please respect copyright.PENANAijI91UXlwZ
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.471Please respect copyright.PENANA8CdilB0JgF
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found471Please respect copyright.PENANAkQo0ydbWPn
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes471Please respect copyright.PENANABidOgbDYiB
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,471Please respect copyright.PENANAv4HTq9ipIX
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.471Please respect copyright.PENANA9dvb7x5kl5
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really471Please respect copyright.PENANA5EhZQJqxcI
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound471Please respect copyright.PENANAyFsYejjRHu
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to471Please respect copyright.PENANAKYsWcB29Zt
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to471Please respect copyright.PENANAsXwaHqe0Su
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the471Please respect copyright.PENANAPq6zgmrNvd
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you471Please respect copyright.PENANAWae9zxiOzC
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s471Please respect copyright.PENANAGsTLZCq9lt
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the471Please respect copyright.PENANAW3vn3YNT48
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should471Please respect copyright.PENANAeYRN9h0tt6
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 there471Please respect copyright.PENANAx5JiAQoVEW
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice471Please respect copyright.PENANAAn3Cs76x3A
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this471Please respect copyright.PENANAcbK2hOn5yI
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 to471Please respect copyright.PENANAWelSUnK83W
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge471Please respect copyright.PENANACEr4Ljnlp6
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue471Please respect copyright.PENANA6gOZufTen8
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who471Please respect copyright.PENANAeSwUyw8ptr
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny471Please respect copyright.PENANASf012brka6
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we471Please respect copyright.PENANANr9ChPsehL
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.471Please respect copyright.PENANAJVsdsek5SQ
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to471Please respect copyright.PENANAlIsDk7Q9KR
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s471Please respect copyright.PENANAyKaMzBfKIw
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all471Please respect copyright.PENANATbcvEqVWqX
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs471Please respect copyright.PENANA7L7TacuLBw
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of471Please respect copyright.PENANACqNfxUZuLf
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 still471Please respect copyright.PENANAToQJzaObUj
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face471Please respect copyright.PENANAlItwyEaV57
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he471Please respect copyright.PENANAyhVBlbpX1z
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms471Please respect copyright.PENANAonIFJBJB2Z
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile471Please respect copyright.PENANAH6i30EK88z
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the471Please respect copyright.PENANAzqJGRht5qM
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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