Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3l08C7DnK
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKfm8MTLEl
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCQFP6PWSU
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcSTtXAnT1
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBp1GOVXGq
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,904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3x1NlJgUF
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbXpF4JIQ6
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pl5D7h4ea
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1DpY9r7rA
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YFsgLEyAc
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1LSZp0Cn9
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDDQ644l6x
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHK2J1lSN2
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5Xw9ysbS6
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHw8WqBCje3
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlShqkCxE5v
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5oBhgKvvP
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMFEseAnwR
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeLu9yokiD
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDtDM7sJKs
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PPy3nUReY
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJQYerJvKK
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtjsrs9VSk
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WSLnQThmB
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmT0K6LLQqr
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCG8ODwiMP6
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOw9lycsY0
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiSe5kgn9G
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjtAGbpaDP
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4phksKs23
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxzuFPDFKi
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6ZqTfmDDQ
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡif9Ce47YK3
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubmirxPE8o
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv17pSeaeYJ
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tbmitByCm
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOpG5YBAmd
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUhg2kh0iv
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RuNsbrEK5
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJse7kkzaC
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOSmUc2JDa
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDf1Fml9Cps
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUsxvnnogr
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44yOJ98jkD
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,”904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RWhR6qurl
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 other904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8WYB9Y7w4
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXx1gmJoF0u
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPnrwOOHzV
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxsNQjleFl
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQSWMot4qv
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBNsLAEWHX
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq81adZr8as
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxYmCSry6K
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpqMReiZ5t
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 Alpha904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdgMOkvURn
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIDAJOq4bQ
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9cYtl4SfL
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZRvDEOD5r
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPGgleSxHB
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5QH5AOClS
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvro97grtjn
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UwGZHqwWY
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWiNmYde1H
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4YpdJnMen
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKT8FMOVxLW
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysdIfICqAW
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4B6C7o0vz
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzmP6dANzD
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wW5OHR8GI
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwtK6N6ptT
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 there904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9xUyAQC8D
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdWns8prI7
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OV1lyAK3Z
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 to904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pAWDKAwnY
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcL9U4wNMMb
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15y0kWpEns
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFj4xrXkJaV
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIMiGCxPvy
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZakd6VFDT
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTCEKx8k1Q
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrCJcQdbsc
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUax3VZrTH
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSx56MSuLwe
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9SwJ0ocqC
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqIVUSpu73
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 still904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaujfsOeoOH
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBUd0hob63
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweRypL3Ab5
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBJmD4Umnj
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZuOfnpfQX
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the904Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QDvjuGVLW
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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