Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a522Please respect copyright.PENANA8vRwl01MYv
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or522Please respect copyright.PENANAjljS4enKFO
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember522Please respect copyright.PENANAhIf8ZEHPof
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to522Please respect copyright.PENANAChl4Qd4Wqo
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield522Please respect copyright.PENANAN5oPaGxjuT
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,522Please respect copyright.PENANA5QQMc60qX8
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please522Please respect copyright.PENANAVoTtQAn6SP
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their522Please respect copyright.PENANAgOEZoz0kuG
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other522Please respect copyright.PENANAo5OiQopSpf
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a522Please respect copyright.PENANAlQLoUAUq7G
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really522Please respect copyright.PENANABN84UG3347
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time522Please respect copyright.PENANAZrpKjlht1K
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding522Please respect copyright.PENANAzn0jpoOcgK
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used522Please respect copyright.PENANAn7ouvmrlXH
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed522Please respect copyright.PENANA1VfLmqCOle
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and522Please respect copyright.PENANARTADKJ3G0w
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an522Please respect copyright.PENANA7lEMhgAEoK
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing522Please respect copyright.PENANAFvQ2yMqXI1
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach522Please respect copyright.PENANAvs4JA369ND
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on522Please respect copyright.PENANA4BqpEXNOrR
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was522Please respect copyright.PENANAJzmRpTexW5
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without522Please respect copyright.PENANARzv78mQeXb
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely522Please respect copyright.PENANA7nMQEN3i9C
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in522Please respect copyright.PENANAmwAV7JLOKO
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually522Please respect copyright.PENANAoZZPihOc0I
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite522Please respect copyright.PENANAyGapl633JS
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could522Please respect copyright.PENANALfk4xRT96K
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad522Please respect copyright.PENANAzQU7YM5GA5
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was522Please respect copyright.PENANAnj7Xp7bSiO
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy522Please respect copyright.PENANA3JCYFySoPM
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure522Please respect copyright.PENANAhJaQNHnpGw
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much522Please respect copyright.PENANA6qK9XVNfrc
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was522Please respect copyright.PENANACyXYVuW47P
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.522Please respect copyright.PENANAH8v6J20F3V
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you522Please respect copyright.PENANAJe0WjyCkMQ
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing522Please respect copyright.PENANA3lDPEGBfay
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition522Please respect copyright.PENANAGlPGo8tN4J
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody522Please respect copyright.PENANAatArnG9Udi
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he522Please respect copyright.PENANAEvgUDAHija
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I522Please respect copyright.PENANAhWW6Ohen8e
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a522Please respect copyright.PENANA81HC87yRO4
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science522Please respect copyright.PENANARip4dHoiSZ
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if522Please respect copyright.PENANAkOrPhGyaCo
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him522Please respect copyright.PENANAB8DQjV316e
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,”522Please respect copyright.PENANAi0yAtVfV7S
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 other522Please respect copyright.PENANAUvU6fKsIDW
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were522Please respect copyright.PENANAbykLoIlfZv
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the522Please respect copyright.PENANADAaHXzeRNa
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.522Please respect copyright.PENANApnFuwwHnrf
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who522Please respect copyright.PENANA48HJocyExC
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood522Please respect copyright.PENANA2Vh9ZQNh1d
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought522Please respect copyright.PENANAMlSwDKoNEj
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a522Please respect copyright.PENANANjAjYxsk8r
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid522Please respect copyright.PENANAeob6tTVCSx
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 Alpha522Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZoySHtbqB
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why522Please respect copyright.PENANA0uwOMrHmZ0
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.522Please respect copyright.PENANAhgXHvPYNZD
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found522Please respect copyright.PENANABAyrLuLZhX
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes522Please respect copyright.PENANA2QB6LcxAcL
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,522Please respect copyright.PENANAvFXupXABYP
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.522Please respect copyright.PENANADqeMMyRlQb
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really522Please respect copyright.PENANAiTQZ8IHN7R
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound522Please respect copyright.PENANAcsB0ZcfsiS
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to522Please respect copyright.PENANAkGg84ZDapG
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to522Please respect copyright.PENANASad0Y8FlIC
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the522Please respect copyright.PENANA9RqPDwZ9QO
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you522Please respect copyright.PENANAw20kdBZ60Z
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s522Please respect copyright.PENANAAILgiUjxK2
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the522Please respect copyright.PENANA4zkAi6Fum8
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should522Please respect copyright.PENANAU3kVoWyLlZ
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 there522Please respect copyright.PENANAehYHKhR6gR
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice522Please respect copyright.PENANA8k0a5mQwev
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this522Please respect copyright.PENANAW4oZZpfj8B
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 to522Please respect copyright.PENANAQZawSMgBXJ
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge522Please respect copyright.PENANAOXTFlEYhqW
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue522Please respect copyright.PENANA6EPscosHQr
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who522Please respect copyright.PENANADCvkCpX97z
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny522Please respect copyright.PENANAxWllDYCOr8
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we522Please respect copyright.PENANAQi24liRKRe
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.522Please respect copyright.PENANAMRdhBZgCID
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to522Please respect copyright.PENANAG1iQrQBeob
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s522Please respect copyright.PENANAl2ZqeKRiS1
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all522Please respect copyright.PENANAPo9Yxe08JK
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs522Please respect copyright.PENANA9SXtNCqMYP
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of522Please respect copyright.PENANAkX8dZ56iJK
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 still522Please respect copyright.PENANAwtYmnzhc4c
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face522Please respect copyright.PENANAV8w60oiqbJ
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he522Please respect copyright.PENANAYQ1aLbKKyV
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms522Please respect copyright.PENANAMNc9EMZ6v1
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile522Please respect copyright.PENANAiPTRHeyEvR
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the522Please respect copyright.PENANA8KQxJWFsDg
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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