Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcbtuiMMvq
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsizdGGwZ1w
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0ZoBN7Gy2
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxnTXGaSLY
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXIy7XOWkX
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5klPVygkan
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfyqzA2NVu
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNc5SHc19N8
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBheywdhwY5
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnajfhHtLDk
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFy38VBEX8
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6arpmc5hr
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRlxZzI24G
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomtfhLw4Wa
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5fz9N3stG
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuamcmPg6sx
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCIam6Ul2H
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvB6j4lTnrD
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcM88zSCYQ
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BNDolujpL
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyslqtMhnCI
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqYAlQbBlW
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5k1ci0R8U2
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjwy68tEm1
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yeDi3RiUK
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RWhxRdVuY
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEL0MNcvMM6
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBJ1Tpwk8C
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5FbOoEaf4
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv536WmWCiT
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPPiNImNBB
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFr5PLkrWI7
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQrXXZ5kOC
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XMf5Ti996
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRKTRORMsu
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKT1iEMkwp
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUk5PI56Y7
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8vfZR9tg4
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTF3WjswlDm
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpvJry6bRh
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVgwZXzq3E
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eUFMgYpg2
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJEcOFSbsz
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqHbmLPmYo
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4Jn0bmMvX
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCW5oQPNJG
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RHEyDxOnW
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm72gNuqnV1
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38aqG7z2Z9
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWKfk8Mnbc
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanPNM62E2l
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHMLFxB2Xd
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBLLZ1av4x
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRfE6gLCNd
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2mOTYPhlD
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbUoRfYNIy
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6J7QBXw5u
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KRg3WSQ5G
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHA5HELYdp
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnU2kpJ1zFu
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHJYtGbtSH
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWtoDiwgPR
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIi2Ge8xv2
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkAl72BNf5
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHZhbvSw8P
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpACNlgPlJV
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwiBc1A7oq
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm68UEEOdHU
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6XyH8zf5k
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRdE12Kg5W
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXDEnOAHAf
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDqnlDHDbf
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4X4gu9y3pG
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ353DjTq2B7
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIBpQ8Unth
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAf8DFWPwF
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0G0CDb9l1Z
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWHAg7B2pC
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy11iCAB2UC
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKifDRvDAdQ
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYwqotlquz
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfd0hcQgvi7
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhHw2TFsNy
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rUIiUPnJ0
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsWpEOSD9W
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLGnlhb1Gi
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNafJFG3Rd
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWGhHu75GL
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MCiL3NqPh
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3wyzyzlbX
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeFLhdn7iK
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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