Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNghKe78Pb
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknIpPWdApW
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoAWFYd8YY
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIc3ZLs7UjK
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IZOIZkqHX
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,658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeYYWpZdOf
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NMopUShhi
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLhNH8MG80
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4wtnZmiut
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpryzTTlls
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREVehRQIRu
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCk5yVglha
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5DaeAhxOq
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2MN7JsCLS
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOclmeUTkYZ
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPZrQ8S13C
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCa2otkIIdU
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVCO6JH7zg
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVTjsUWN3F
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaWx1dXfks
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcU5cyh3fts
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGo6UbXNILl
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkb03E9lgpF
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReBrs1uPgH
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKb9A27sKG5
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUMG24RBSy
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrp9rvQI2BN
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6VqQD9vXJ
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jfICWiWt9
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajYzJGG3Ey
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kRAaSIDqo
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiV8EkFMhGS
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmnyiSy9fI
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoF5HiK31CM
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOynPUrU1L
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVDbABmOX4
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxSEIHVKbU
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPC3CpMgJKm
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrE4iAk1tWg
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrjFVs6lQO
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7sLHpCMaL
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuT5r2Ra1J4
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYrSNkugvY
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ23miGdULa
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,”658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkvwtqmYfY
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 other658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmUqkMpDk7
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrEJOL2jCu
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xTfRozQ3C
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xXHYX1aBh
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Xvy6LbMia
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESfLJ7LyQ9
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Hltszizni
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYlL6Sika8
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5JUHZER0e
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 Alpha658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHxHxCahXU
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCofWaTGYBD
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQQQFqxR0Q
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbEy9DciXZ6
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiepi6iZ6uB
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoggTuOvPnR
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38LmpeM3r6
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPtUgmcWCk
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBU74ISXOA
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbpOjPAO2x
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzxTVjB9bN
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq41t9umgsl
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0ZzvuJrva
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5Amzslu4Q
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNys1xECpYu
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0k8XoKNUv
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 there658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDO38AOpdm
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9xt7I8Fy0
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERZVIsx50T
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 to658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFWJlR3RnF
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD695benjJO
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8p7zN4M0Di
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRNlgD4ULA
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1lzzS2yGk
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAeF6S1VBt
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvPi7dKY2U
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZ3I0CXR20
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObog8z2WMc
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNIvoSlMSM
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhUy2NhnIc
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZUIOAugoD
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 still658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bm7D5OBgq
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjy48EuYNJb
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gggKFSWLc
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVBH9v3U24
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYuMSAomLo
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Em7C0wrdD
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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