Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6hhP5JS4t
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZVYGq223l
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8BIoRi0ir
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdaMwHAGNt
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3uh1V2ZYK
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,788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLuJG7WsFA
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5a45U9aqEU
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rgh7WAcci
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvkXWjS59X
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1kOFmWGX7
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8v5pdCV7P7
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFCtelOsjz
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9uO1nmcqr
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRi8m7XdA7O
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcOUIEACGe
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHNjSiBuCh
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghjdBFKBzP
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQft8xYeXG
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDQvSpxlJU
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKu7tXW7PV1
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DWCCHG5pa
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dhVliKhkl
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCCCFGbfpe
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jutaQgTVQ
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzXDW7dMyY
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PahWr7eDJ
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqWc9M9xEv
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmP4euKp4B
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSzbJJ7Nfx
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0unfLsc0lf
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvzLFxjWXx
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhoCdrwUnV
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4YTu7rQk7
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDmDcKBOBw
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAi79x6O5Xl
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIw0vQXVP0
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVqxSWfI5f
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpADX32Oe6m
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYbmWgeAXL
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpvEPesO7x
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JA4K1uYjb
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfWFfvPl9E
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqKvMoSELz
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeztT1IQSz
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,”788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeZVJXl8l0
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 other788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdboxgO86Jl
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWuqdhhyke
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagTkVUj088
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocR8emaDjl
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc07auWW9kS
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlUXmKFhx8
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyG1lTkv476
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kcVBoiz3O
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevi7cQAnEA
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 Alpha788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyPH66TWlO
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzs3ORBXknb
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzc71DRgkz
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqcL0v1G75
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYfCdZspWT
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrOgKhwGJV
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMzpOfkCQg
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJGpAtFz0E
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwLGgWlz5H
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBnYzJKS4y
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrx0euj8XRi
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXg03e7ihiM
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5am4inBlUg
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTkAZU1nQb
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZWJKeH90G
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVBUFNcm6C
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 there788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTU0q6rGgmI
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3zGSQUs5B
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡct3eYrhMko
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 to788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswqlUUBMEh
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4r4P1ndoB
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2GlU9NQ4y
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bUGfKcWs4
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvwnAHZ8Iy
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNDoWtctIT
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Xv1xDj89P
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXf7Jh8WJN
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpK9Mdxbzs
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGruTMPrsS4
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbqtzgdmCg
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuYoDGVUhS
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 still788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yq5bKHqMU
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfifvBAHkY
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVI67MNAu1
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRoUFNXF4U
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YOgrbUkNb
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccEBajmAkd
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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