Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a865Please respect copyright.PENANADDRoUMgVyu
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or865Please respect copyright.PENANAvcFoHqBnKS
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember865Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9yeuqY4d6
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to865Please respect copyright.PENANAPlcqyBP5al
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield865Please respect copyright.PENANADtvIXvRFgQ
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,865Please respect copyright.PENANA6oXdYlfOBz
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please865Please respect copyright.PENANAheROr8NYgM
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their865Please respect copyright.PENANAWG94mOMrWL
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other865Please respect copyright.PENANAFCMUChYm0s
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a865Please respect copyright.PENANAKx7e6EDiRN
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really865Please respect copyright.PENANAsOOuyneoa9
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time865Please respect copyright.PENANA6orJWIiCOG
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding865Please respect copyright.PENANAyb0EFmEu1c
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used865Please respect copyright.PENANAhDN4t3mVOq
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed865Please respect copyright.PENANAyNcD3wyFPr
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and865Please respect copyright.PENANAfNIZc9yVV2
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an865Please respect copyright.PENANADhtu6luQf6
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing865Please respect copyright.PENANA04AS64Of93
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach865Please respect copyright.PENANAVOOj1hvHMP
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on865Please respect copyright.PENANAtzPuNWV7nM
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was865Please respect copyright.PENANAAgKllYuxm9
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without865Please respect copyright.PENANA2mzjY3v17q
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely865Please respect copyright.PENANAVN6zu3MJmV
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in865Please respect copyright.PENANAdWGvZXFgHB
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually865Please respect copyright.PENANA4qo3xsXWdM
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite865Please respect copyright.PENANAJn1dVUPnlu
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could865Please respect copyright.PENANAgsH5NBFl8u
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad865Please respect copyright.PENANAmNclFjOtQp
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was865Please respect copyright.PENANA49J3iwHGk3
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy865Please respect copyright.PENANAODqxZVEuGr
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure865Please respect copyright.PENANAiAlgwHZZAR
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much865Please respect copyright.PENANAxmMv9pdqze
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was865Please respect copyright.PENANAGowSRgZfSx
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.865Please respect copyright.PENANAsaa1UBmg0K
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you865Please respect copyright.PENANAh0S3kBcFdj
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing865Please respect copyright.PENANAthBTz8qlpp
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition865Please respect copyright.PENANAs7mKLr5jvb
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody865Please respect copyright.PENANA40CO9VUH4R
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he865Please respect copyright.PENANAxyQrbcbaiv
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I865Please respect copyright.PENANAh4DTnJaR1C
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a865Please respect copyright.PENANAfWKGg63q2f
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science865Please respect copyright.PENANAfsixEwB57L
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if865Please respect copyright.PENANAr9Ao1KEf9O
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him865Please respect copyright.PENANA8SAfN511XC
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,”865Please respect copyright.PENANAUQDonfeiWg
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 other865Please respect copyright.PENANAuLxpsGKPMU
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were865Please respect copyright.PENANApnCKUc5Gq5
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the865Please respect copyright.PENANAKfgR4C6Ffe
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.865Please respect copyright.PENANAL5Hl0vHFtj
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who865Please respect copyright.PENANAUI4juqJ0XW
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood865Please respect copyright.PENANAAvq2Rg4LEr
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought865Please respect copyright.PENANAYtateYJUPi
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a865Please respect copyright.PENANABWcf1b8bXU
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid865Please respect copyright.PENANAOZaiTrQKnJ
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 Alpha865Please respect copyright.PENANAGgrTIfxlCn
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why865Please respect copyright.PENANAwJBxrYlgQF
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.865Please respect copyright.PENANAtIgZ9RHdGq
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found865Please respect copyright.PENANABEdPY0y0iz
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes865Please respect copyright.PENANAxeWwJ4Mksm
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,865Please respect copyright.PENANAkCOYejY00Z
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.865Please respect copyright.PENANAHXN1DYGiLz
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really865Please respect copyright.PENANAMLxlJHjFuF
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound865Please respect copyright.PENANAy8sFdlauUG
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to865Please respect copyright.PENANATnbmXySMUd
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to865Please respect copyright.PENANA4uNnTrUnVh
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the865Please respect copyright.PENANAAxs3WukyjT
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you865Please respect copyright.PENANAoLhu7Obocj
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s865Please respect copyright.PENANAYc8QZSvVAg
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the865Please respect copyright.PENANA50Q1YGhC4Q
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should865Please respect copyright.PENANA5SzS15NGI0
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 there865Please respect copyright.PENANAMThOBXYFtR
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice865Please respect copyright.PENANAd25gIHfmEc
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this865Please respect copyright.PENANA401nNkBgbr
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 to865Please respect copyright.PENANAwQvxLCDZ0v
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge865Please respect copyright.PENANAi7V706k13J
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue865Please respect copyright.PENANAR6uCCzFmCK
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who865Please respect copyright.PENANAi8oCzHBgpo
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny865Please respect copyright.PENANAVOamJQEmko
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we865Please respect copyright.PENANAeTrNiTmMJe
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.865Please respect copyright.PENANADBi0MCMtZ9
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to865Please respect copyright.PENANAWjLgacvd2u
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s865Please respect copyright.PENANAvNB3dHHxKP
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all865Please respect copyright.PENANAeZisM5mK5M
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs865Please respect copyright.PENANAChdYe9GT9v
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of865Please respect copyright.PENANAsIqczl54Kw
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 still865Please respect copyright.PENANA52utAsrGvu
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face865Please respect copyright.PENANAcSx1MpHeZg
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he865Please respect copyright.PENANAkPVR5w9gMp
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms865Please respect copyright.PENANAbBuUOOaUxM
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile865Please respect copyright.PENANAaStKK8z8ns
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the865Please respect copyright.PENANASyeyUtFYPe
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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