Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusUQp5YmIQ
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzdoaaAiWh
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ72X11dko0
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsyvmJyEth
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaSfHN2chj
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,839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9DXxj9Q2S
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡap0FnLmZjI
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupHW6i3N81
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUb7TVXcrv5
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOL0uqCaUnX
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6eCzY1hkGO
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPezeRj3Bn
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aU7Js1okr
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0237icGxU
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKIyMAwU5z
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51484cBL1A
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFKica3VYj
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxo7Xeyjsyn
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbEkH0MliqR
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLURUuyh5Ka
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCGKq8TPI3
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelF8gxXn99
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACcsd53VOc
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsoNuYZsGh
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhzGFGH8r2
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOIVqCSAbq
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLsUCQj8mI
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOtSMuGbxz
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4TW09fpfk
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUJG4vBDYY
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYa1466E7bp
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjbW80m1ut
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrsPRfMmhm
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiF7AWYALb5
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPDO95LOgl
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWlEYEXjTw
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ub0JL7aeq
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpglSRoOA4r
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99kCSP6qaX
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJxTQ11hAq
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCxxoMwNuv
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekbgy2TYNE
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoENxdLGfzf
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIP90ajcpzj
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,”839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyk3u73DuNG
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 other839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69jIDDvBoH
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0DkThCchP
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBW0TILDqoi
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkuGOBxW4m
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFu7cafChQ
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuc24ITFKco
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHar9W3NoN
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxRjtksHIy
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSBDWXrs6g
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 Alpha839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdOYqD7yUG
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ904fly5M7W
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWXRUeropn
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaYzqPJbxh
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8mvd3Vywy
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM17uKq6OZa
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnINNHgsV6
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMsWqKAKdm
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeQKAttp1a
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuxaxiEu7u
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFK3QiNzW2i
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPHZeKxB4n
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfKvQRunwD
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKu7DUBPifw
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEKZIzAODQ
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRw1WH4Q40g
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 there839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqp94cFXgmc
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmoGv516m4
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2NKVUbLdO
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 to839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgTzhTwY0X
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SbSoPdC5T
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQbm0Ni7J5
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjT2lYx4Hf
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOBk7RW3de
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNdBlsNswh
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvl9PTEoiju
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1P7aZZBqte
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmV49aO7atS
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MBqW4H8m8
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwT9AyYIAI
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBeYe57ChT5
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 still839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQ8WPqMrT4
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZXrnWj8Tj
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDeyPiGLP7d
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsYnaEC5tw
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqmvF3cpsh
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JRURldn7G
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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