Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7RPjjbo9c
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeumiTmErKv
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYozrfxh7tn
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllScLQajyB
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIx5gLJ5Ko
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,753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQb2geMVYb
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsly7XTxFSg
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5piHFMkUmX
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUr3zgf9l4z
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnu564Jg2DA
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3BmNaD6Yv
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbXtgxp596
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBzlgyfHvm
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZFAMeW6bN
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AdGsihnKM
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodeIsJORTl
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJd0yLisnjA
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdyMB4Ls1W
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4GsqEeUoQ
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoI1eRckOmw
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvw89XqLxy
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aXFV4TPTd
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMYzeeJlgz
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHuAUzaE3M
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYC6AZXXPQV
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlMSsDFR30
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zgqjQY6IS
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Ej5quxwza
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ol7fOoTl2
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZofA8yWIg
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaF0BOMmzHF
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQUbm5ww0n
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiMvEmazCa
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmN4RKtHpNw
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjZNQ4p6yP
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmgY3KhhBu
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpFDqQlW9u
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjDOVArZfq
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuarVL1AQ51
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1pNYWmHLk
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRi6BXCjgm
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3cKLiiiVr
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugOA7LWx0H
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qBvLGkQC3
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,”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXdFeUQSlp
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 other753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEQ6BNI1dQ
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DXZkC0d6g
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzQDBF3JWj
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbopRfIjdBD
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNwo9KVglu
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3bcq0zNy0
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RecbTJvit
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTBTLRf2I5
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡau1bGc82IQ
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 Alpha753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMPDJTSAfG
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNijlLP4edb
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BKlop8YsX
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf98CqYsdcM
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOJHvrERUT
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa26iUM8Chs
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7ZCLDSyEL
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvAzwV4Sxb
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAxAGv21TK
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozpFNOMpUr
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodh2MePZG9
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysYSGCwjPV
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoX14fTbzHo
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQhjKbD8wV
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKB41C871UX
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwzq7zlfek
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 there753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55hBFlC8JC
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSnn3qBuyB
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJVKoKlGCE
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 to753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlboW8MuGB0
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRABkmZBpGK
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7m2SykxRn
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8YsDkGxFw
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5tngo3Ce5
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKSqGXlULO
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5CkziPoCs
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGK34CCuQQ
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1HxGsgjWD
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7OlDeJj7u
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLpu9zSe9I
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyDJvGADoK
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 still753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4im1nbNmhW
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ctNtFoKZU
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2bVj2MaAG
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3i851O2M28
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8zbJvJRLo
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJhUAM44YM
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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