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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Oh, how time flies…
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