Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a489Please respect copyright.PENANASkzhq5QLHX
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or489Please respect copyright.PENANArlEkaTJU3e
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember489Please respect copyright.PENANA4CPCNdwoiz
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to489Please respect copyright.PENANAXBgLWyONsb
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield489Please respect copyright.PENANAvJUabXx89h
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,489Please respect copyright.PENANAKBkAEUJx2K
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please489Please respect copyright.PENANA3wH4C07Sqj
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their489Please respect copyright.PENANAswCwXtyRnh
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other489Please respect copyright.PENANAAUlq5xA4sd
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a489Please respect copyright.PENANA73nFm6smj1
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really489Please respect copyright.PENANAD8NPqiU0tj
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time489Please respect copyright.PENANAHwpiFq6OkP
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding489Please respect copyright.PENANADuK43LQk1E
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used489Please respect copyright.PENANA6mK76CK0EQ
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed489Please respect copyright.PENANAXpLgh9zCf7
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and489Please respect copyright.PENANAr85l1urjJH
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an489Please respect copyright.PENANAmAgtxzh6eD
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing489Please respect copyright.PENANAnlbOSLUbXg
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach489Please respect copyright.PENANAyj4LBnqcH0
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on489Please respect copyright.PENANA7cgkuyII2t
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was489Please respect copyright.PENANAOzB7wVbdfr
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without489Please respect copyright.PENANAhF3KM5gf5B
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely489Please respect copyright.PENANAravrdqcnjR
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in489Please respect copyright.PENANA8qOkZlLKrW
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually489Please respect copyright.PENANAHjStedD9OQ
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite489Please respect copyright.PENANArgOeSMyjT3
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could489Please respect copyright.PENANAmqPaSxilXR
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad489Please respect copyright.PENANAxAPHhdt8qH
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was489Please respect copyright.PENANAyB2HNuIftT
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy489Please respect copyright.PENANAuSxqodImQ1
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure489Please respect copyright.PENANAfW12oNjNKd
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much489Please respect copyright.PENANAcI6xJh7ax5
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was489Please respect copyright.PENANA1rfdAmE4Fw
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.489Please respect copyright.PENANAQaCobEdePo
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you489Please respect copyright.PENANALUbtRwRZDw
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing489Please respect copyright.PENANAZHG7mtykOf
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition489Please respect copyright.PENANAKyFQenO354
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody489Please respect copyright.PENANAQSO12Pd7x9
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he489Please respect copyright.PENANAUetBFAOQnH
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I489Please respect copyright.PENANADroQqq6Hbi
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a489Please respect copyright.PENANASgEaUS5z0S
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science489Please respect copyright.PENANA4sMvIZXekG
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if489Please respect copyright.PENANAmecjQcIfow
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him489Please respect copyright.PENANASYrCLXuvpL
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,”489Please respect copyright.PENANAJyzmV6CUU1
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 other489Please respect copyright.PENANAiEXNgjVLPS
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were489Please respect copyright.PENANArLxc4oFsRq
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the489Please respect copyright.PENANAzZFalpjSPl
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.489Please respect copyright.PENANAi28GpFevur
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who489Please respect copyright.PENANAslYB3XyiQ7
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood489Please respect copyright.PENANAeTpCIloF72
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought489Please respect copyright.PENANAfXU6CmwuIu
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a489Please respect copyright.PENANAxp2b3RtZHp
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid489Please respect copyright.PENANAo0FJEh6CUj
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 Alpha489Please respect copyright.PENANANLZrhWRkaQ
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why489Please respect copyright.PENANAxm9CYlm7Y4
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.489Please respect copyright.PENANAAi243B04Lc
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found489Please respect copyright.PENANA23otLk0F1x
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes489Please respect copyright.PENANACsDb5ca30p
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,489Please respect copyright.PENANAuOziDejpzn
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.489Please respect copyright.PENANAvjfkFKIMyL
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really489Please respect copyright.PENANA6cUn4P5yEs
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound489Please respect copyright.PENANAXlDmgLRwmo
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to489Please respect copyright.PENANAeqKkJskJSe
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to489Please respect copyright.PENANA7qOmHr3Vw3
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the489Please respect copyright.PENANAoahzjsuNHW
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you489Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZFA4JHLTQ
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s489Please respect copyright.PENANA02cXHMIx5r
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the489Please respect copyright.PENANAukOdjEYCNb
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should489Please respect copyright.PENANAVsIXC0moyG
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 there489Please respect copyright.PENANASt0DQddJ8U
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice489Please respect copyright.PENANAetJp4eEj0U
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this489Please respect copyright.PENANAL4oKIyDUJ0
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 to489Please respect copyright.PENANAlKZnJ12v1w
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge489Please respect copyright.PENANA4qE3ELTeLU
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue489Please respect copyright.PENANA6McCpoMpYo
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who489Please respect copyright.PENANAEPbS6sJdAy
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny489Please respect copyright.PENANAYdFbQzVuog
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we489Please respect copyright.PENANAz6snq0hq8M
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.489Please respect copyright.PENANASITH6gCz4i
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to489Please respect copyright.PENANAwwe6TcS2gq
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s489Please respect copyright.PENANAr4xB1S9CoZ
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all489Please respect copyright.PENANAQiJnv9OLDg
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs489Please respect copyright.PENANA0Vv9Z3Tp4y
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of489Please respect copyright.PENANAlMVhJ7bvDr
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 still489Please respect copyright.PENANA8EgoxxEVWf
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face489Please respect copyright.PENANAUvcOqSkVxO
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he489Please respect copyright.PENANAMKAa7rcToU
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms489Please respect copyright.PENANAL5SiYh4sLt
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile489Please respect copyright.PENANAGP92h1hNzR
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the489Please respect copyright.PENANALGQeFQKZ24
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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