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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