Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a505Please respect copyright.PENANASxvMAY57ci
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or505Please respect copyright.PENANA70oQRTEvnZ
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember505Please respect copyright.PENANAYepgR4oSQj
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to505Please respect copyright.PENANAkYIfeM6hSG
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield505Please respect copyright.PENANALgeeLwqmbE
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,505Please respect copyright.PENANAyutqMXFKJX
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please505Please respect copyright.PENANADE4xRqILu2
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their505Please respect copyright.PENANAP7vnMScglG
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other505Please respect copyright.PENANA7jOnWf1wD0
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a505Please respect copyright.PENANA4dSKtkLW09
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really505Please respect copyright.PENANAbt82DKg0HV
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time505Please respect copyright.PENANAKBA6qFJmvP
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding505Please respect copyright.PENANAlmpEMPSJ75
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used505Please respect copyright.PENANAQhL1lsXyA1
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed505Please respect copyright.PENANALImAl6PDsH
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and505Please respect copyright.PENANArqyzPXSnoa
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an505Please respect copyright.PENANASNfzJx1pf9
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing505Please respect copyright.PENANAcyxcEEQ7K6
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach505Please respect copyright.PENANAnDQeJ9gf7h
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on505Please respect copyright.PENANAhTJ4SNh5LD
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was505Please respect copyright.PENANA0SCSxHo3WS
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without505Please respect copyright.PENANAalliT5sDSd
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely505Please respect copyright.PENANAIgweQ4WCWh
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in505Please respect copyright.PENANA2dqWwcnMyI
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually505Please respect copyright.PENANAauEHDn5TQW
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite505Please respect copyright.PENANAfukrMoNfCw
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could505Please respect copyright.PENANAjV7SaoMiln
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad505Please respect copyright.PENANAWZtZlpxbrS
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was505Please respect copyright.PENANAvOayOiNAS1
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy505Please respect copyright.PENANAlze0Bua0Bd
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure505Please respect copyright.PENANAS5FpnudFAA
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much505Please respect copyright.PENANA1t01Roybih
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was505Please respect copyright.PENANAYUhKys6O35
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.505Please respect copyright.PENANA5EzhSz25vP
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you505Please respect copyright.PENANAcyyRzMSBsB
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing505Please respect copyright.PENANAcjuVAqo2bs
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition505Please respect copyright.PENANAcPdJuJRa5Y
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody505Please respect copyright.PENANAHy31s06L55
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he505Please respect copyright.PENANAdSu9duMtiH
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I505Please respect copyright.PENANAMt4nSO4PRx
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a505Please respect copyright.PENANAARGoBy3K2m
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science505Please respect copyright.PENANAUhN7JrXMTR
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if505Please respect copyright.PENANADcEKfdAyX4
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him505Please respect copyright.PENANAp2UhYLhNX9
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,”505Please respect copyright.PENANAPNjtqTWh5i
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 other505Please respect copyright.PENANAladGnH5LMH
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were505Please respect copyright.PENANAS2l32y4SQ6
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the505Please respect copyright.PENANAV7k9o6gJI1
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.505Please respect copyright.PENANAjmjKRhMgTO
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who505Please respect copyright.PENANA39jRCas69S
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood505Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2hjHiG6GC
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought505Please respect copyright.PENANAjNaoiLzxmk
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a505Please respect copyright.PENANA95NMUwra7R
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid505Please respect copyright.PENANAflwxmNFKFk
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 Alpha505Please respect copyright.PENANAEQrZp8SONI
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why505Please respect copyright.PENANA0uhfNEWP4n
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.505Please respect copyright.PENANAJ23yxWtU5Y
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found505Please respect copyright.PENANAvVP1NOLi1F
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes505Please respect copyright.PENANA428bNuNJ0k
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,505Please respect copyright.PENANAd8txL0VxHm
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.505Please respect copyright.PENANAdpQBasrgWD
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really505Please respect copyright.PENANAY25TWjJ6Iw
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound505Please respect copyright.PENANAvN4kzjOH2t
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to505Please respect copyright.PENANAe6ux4YO51g
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to505Please respect copyright.PENANAdp2vAyqYs6
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the505Please respect copyright.PENANAjKIRv1igPQ
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you505Please respect copyright.PENANAkV9HJNind5
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s505Please respect copyright.PENANAN9G6s78GeD
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the505Please respect copyright.PENANA2NB9xZVNUL
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should505Please respect copyright.PENANAjgmSQnBhf2
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 there505Please respect copyright.PENANArmLK8oeBA2
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice505Please respect copyright.PENANABPgkFsft77
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this505Please respect copyright.PENANA3wnAMPuYDK
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 to505Please respect copyright.PENANAEwgtKqHQAp
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge505Please respect copyright.PENANAb4YyeaajGM
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue505Please respect copyright.PENANAbBc7F0HevQ
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who505Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2qxsbj30y
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny505Please respect copyright.PENANA3Tq3NNvxlo
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we505Please respect copyright.PENANAWqKFbx1Urg
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.505Please respect copyright.PENANAFQu6Hg2rRd
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to505Please respect copyright.PENANARG3OwDpvcX
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s505Please respect copyright.PENANAvqCdbHf8ci
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all505Please respect copyright.PENANAg8zz3pdcV6
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs505Please respect copyright.PENANAyyeZbMZsJ1
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of505Please respect copyright.PENANAg714WXBMyD
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 still505Please respect copyright.PENANAAtdhekVgy2
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face505Please respect copyright.PENANA6mNDbG2pMt
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he505Please respect copyright.PENANAmwBmHnxVuG
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms505Please respect copyright.PENANArtg1G2FPI2
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile505Please respect copyright.PENANAP8WWpfDJS2
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the505Please respect copyright.PENANAGDqj44ajOh
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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