Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a580Please respect copyright.PENANA0pOhoEMXQj
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or580Please respect copyright.PENANAZLExziIVeP
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember580Please respect copyright.PENANAWcm8bJEj5u
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to580Please respect copyright.PENANAn9NYZyIfaj
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield580Please respect copyright.PENANA0Y7Wm4Bu7F
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,580Please respect copyright.PENANAVkuw8KoteS
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please580Please respect copyright.PENANAFS4djqgflJ
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their580Please respect copyright.PENANAx8AB671Sfs
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other580Please respect copyright.PENANAMSNWlta4cZ
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a580Please respect copyright.PENANAO23Rzt4av4
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really580Please respect copyright.PENANA3RtEJwuNgJ
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time580Please respect copyright.PENANAQT26J6ESsz
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding580Please respect copyright.PENANAeS3YdN3eye
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used580Please respect copyright.PENANAUB1dyn6a2c
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed580Please respect copyright.PENANAp608KtAHB7
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and580Please respect copyright.PENANAWklspEwdK3
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an580Please respect copyright.PENANAq1Ga2qJruF
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing580Please respect copyright.PENANAKtg9BkkKB6
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach580Please respect copyright.PENANAEgJatDulmy
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on580Please respect copyright.PENANAAaOcbTHoZ5
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was580Please respect copyright.PENANAsqZoK0EOvK
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without580Please respect copyright.PENANAVMIJAuLwnI
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely580Please respect copyright.PENANA6zbn5YF75m
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in580Please respect copyright.PENANAzfycYbzbXH
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually580Please respect copyright.PENANApHLXL4p1ps
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite580Please respect copyright.PENANAZATa3VAYSU
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could580Please respect copyright.PENANAhDz98ID1pE
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad580Please respect copyright.PENANAlE8N5rvHny
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was580Please respect copyright.PENANAmrAodR2mEU
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy580Please respect copyright.PENANAqBgV7VwtWv
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure580Please respect copyright.PENANA4U5l8C8H0G
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much580Please respect copyright.PENANAJiUlNpQfWs
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was580Please respect copyright.PENANAe9MOIDX9Ds
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.580Please respect copyright.PENANA8Wsyshuk4t
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you580Please respect copyright.PENANAZmTagYTsUi
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing580Please respect copyright.PENANALcncof8XqS
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition580Please respect copyright.PENANANLM7YnuHji
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody580Please respect copyright.PENANAOIrJuo0t3H
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he580Please respect copyright.PENANAO5HmbrRsfF
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I580Please respect copyright.PENANAGcyfsxQlmP
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a580Please respect copyright.PENANAv1VKwfeYJ5
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science580Please respect copyright.PENANAkNCzqofdzu
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if580Please respect copyright.PENANAdt1qwSzujs
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him580Please respect copyright.PENANAGDO0TuHcjX
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,”580Please respect copyright.PENANAZyehdic41c
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 other580Please respect copyright.PENANAgdGeDjm9Tt
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were580Please respect copyright.PENANAAmcs8e9GKT
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the580Please respect copyright.PENANA3f3ut1amWr
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.580Please respect copyright.PENANALqVKGTGaEz
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who580Please respect copyright.PENANA7kQfyn17fR
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood580Please respect copyright.PENANAqygE9OUtSF
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought580Please respect copyright.PENANAHF52QhcErb
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a580Please respect copyright.PENANAjCKM2fVbfy
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid580Please respect copyright.PENANAfndYN2ZSIf
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 Alpha580Please respect copyright.PENANA5XZgHoUFfb
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why580Please respect copyright.PENANAW7JaOhIknf
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.580Please respect copyright.PENANApmH47nMl8y
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found580Please respect copyright.PENANAN92p5EHPhT
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes580Please respect copyright.PENANAEwV5yMhP02
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,580Please respect copyright.PENANA6vnr8Sof4l
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.580Please respect copyright.PENANAcjGSmRWtr0
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really580Please respect copyright.PENANAyjk6Khzehp
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound580Please respect copyright.PENANAI2OTPafNCe
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to580Please respect copyright.PENANAbYsnCSAOvf
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to580Please respect copyright.PENANAs4zrINImqU
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the580Please respect copyright.PENANATnYY81Yh80
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you580Please respect copyright.PENANAtF9esbHbyj
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s580Please respect copyright.PENANAoOWO7APfgx
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the580Please respect copyright.PENANAt6Jl8fbx9x
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should580Please respect copyright.PENANAKrEmxCcZoL
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 there580Please respect copyright.PENANAmnwzB83lXO
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice580Please respect copyright.PENANAtmtrCN6uB5
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this580Please respect copyright.PENANAdho7bOaSXT
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 to580Please respect copyright.PENANAygEy7VW0KB
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge580Please respect copyright.PENANAIS2j9U78BS
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue580Please respect copyright.PENANAwu1QHK7Dqf
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who580Please respect copyright.PENANAL2xUmXPX1z
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny580Please respect copyright.PENANAkjImrfrZrt
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we580Please respect copyright.PENANAlDPGQ6NSmj
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.580Please respect copyright.PENANAaT32w9zbYc
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to580Please respect copyright.PENANAlBrBlpqhY1
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s580Please respect copyright.PENANARnMoyjnpYL
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all580Please respect copyright.PENANAVNQeoRi3Yj
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs580Please respect copyright.PENANAl14pu3CwO8
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of580Please respect copyright.PENANA3qcE22NKIa
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 still580Please respect copyright.PENANAwXeqxGKDBN
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face580Please respect copyright.PENANACIddpCTnke
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he580Please respect copyright.PENANAnsMut7BhY3
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms580Please respect copyright.PENANAmWnXquvPks
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile580Please respect copyright.PENANAjTvR6rVEgf
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the580Please respect copyright.PENANA69wBOddeIM
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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