Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a525Please respect copyright.PENANADS6cRwM8Iu
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or525Please respect copyright.PENANAeEsZBBtRIM
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember525Please respect copyright.PENANANemjKWKwWX
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to525Please respect copyright.PENANAOETh84r1aH
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield525Please respect copyright.PENANAheDr4cjChL
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,525Please respect copyright.PENANA2KdHJuLMcc
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please525Please respect copyright.PENANARIHOgqrfRL
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their525Please respect copyright.PENANArpKLeRAoBh
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other525Please respect copyright.PENANAE8crdmffpI
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a525Please respect copyright.PENANAQE8Ecd1aBh
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really525Please respect copyright.PENANAAVKMMLhAxB
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time525Please respect copyright.PENANAjIGN27GYEM
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding525Please respect copyright.PENANA93xLdLiMsW
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used525Please respect copyright.PENANAnsSsZNY6io
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed525Please respect copyright.PENANAKAIxYKPJgn
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and525Please respect copyright.PENANA8fRwFG5Vne
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an525Please respect copyright.PENANAlTMHr1xDoL
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing525Please respect copyright.PENANAfe6Ey3AtHf
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach525Please respect copyright.PENANAhrhjl9yfKV
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on525Please respect copyright.PENANAwVTSIhCSJr
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was525Please respect copyright.PENANAZr8sSt5GFC
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without525Please respect copyright.PENANAzMHfsXDckO
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely525Please respect copyright.PENANAKtdD9vaEYc
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in525Please respect copyright.PENANALPYMlSNlYH
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually525Please respect copyright.PENANA6QuVODy1Nl
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite525Please respect copyright.PENANAA26ghIisBu
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could525Please respect copyright.PENANAVTZdCWtlYX
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad525Please respect copyright.PENANARSwe0CtIEI
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was525Please respect copyright.PENANADmHkLu4DAx
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy525Please respect copyright.PENANAT7BSWR8RDU
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure525Please respect copyright.PENANAKWmTAvJQML
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much525Please respect copyright.PENANAoYjMQtXTs0
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was525Please respect copyright.PENANAjuabggDbL0
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.525Please respect copyright.PENANAldZbij9iFI
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you525Please respect copyright.PENANAmz9pLZzsZu
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing525Please respect copyright.PENANAzdrUq1BMfI
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition525Please respect copyright.PENANAoFEfAJ6dp5
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody525Please respect copyright.PENANA7tIbOzMh0d
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he525Please respect copyright.PENANAJkBMlD6QoT
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I525Please respect copyright.PENANAvHB7BSGIim
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a525Please respect copyright.PENANATFpnBOzn0a
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science525Please respect copyright.PENANAMdxN5FkCqG
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if525Please respect copyright.PENANApCVGzdLK3M
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him525Please respect copyright.PENANArnoCpzbzJw
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,”525Please respect copyright.PENANAiyyw63FfYr
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 other525Please respect copyright.PENANA3HSzEYvVhn
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were525Please respect copyright.PENANAl5tqKvzcn1
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the525Please respect copyright.PENANAh2V3Q5P25i
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.525Please respect copyright.PENANAv5rm8143Qi
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who525Please respect copyright.PENANArNGHE3Asgs
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood525Please respect copyright.PENANAPCIGljcBAE
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought525Please respect copyright.PENANAioyrwHnyJR
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a525Please respect copyright.PENANANsBtAmAAKX
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid525Please respect copyright.PENANAEOP73xfwpT
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 Alpha525Please respect copyright.PENANARE1oVQkFuq
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why525Please respect copyright.PENANAoYTJN1tDQ3
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.525Please respect copyright.PENANArpHjt7U3mV
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found525Please respect copyright.PENANAhg6ymuHLlg
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes525Please respect copyright.PENANAk1UMVRdpTH
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,525Please respect copyright.PENANA9XtgIoPzVC
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.525Please respect copyright.PENANAQLIUbQXmDo
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really525Please respect copyright.PENANAORI2MIiYZN
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound525Please respect copyright.PENANAUSDajXqj9W
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to525Please respect copyright.PENANAFkH6XMc9rW
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to525Please respect copyright.PENANANRtNtYnWpI
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the525Please respect copyright.PENANAEWrmXZYgc7
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you525Please respect copyright.PENANAcMStexKDjD
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s525Please respect copyright.PENANAg9FFIZZqf5
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the525Please respect copyright.PENANAw3PrAtwqgp
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should525Please respect copyright.PENANAipL94mxNSX
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 there525Please respect copyright.PENANA5RgWNUTRTS
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice525Please respect copyright.PENANADt8c7g2lao
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this525Please respect copyright.PENANAqaUBV27Fx0
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 to525Please respect copyright.PENANAu4qrsV18aB
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge525Please respect copyright.PENANAhGD0HWT594
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue525Please respect copyright.PENANA14AxiB5WQO
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who525Please respect copyright.PENANAkPPj0Gp39r
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny525Please respect copyright.PENANAPmI738jxO1
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we525Please respect copyright.PENANAXsF41hC8Mf
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.525Please respect copyright.PENANA4dSO6APTGw
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to525Please respect copyright.PENANA7ydfmvPT7F
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s525Please respect copyright.PENANAm5X7iUexTK
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all525Please respect copyright.PENANAThGVo8sl08
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs525Please respect copyright.PENANAeYrxpUidEZ
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of525Please respect copyright.PENANAQCypzuxNPv
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 still525Please respect copyright.PENANAiuhdgicECV
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face525Please respect copyright.PENANAWglD5w1joh
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he525Please respect copyright.PENANAqd12HlFBQl
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms525Please respect copyright.PENANAz5TSeDPSHZ
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile525Please respect copyright.PENANAPzCvbQSfpu
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the525Please respect copyright.PENANAU9hSXnFbfm
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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