Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XEr7kbAT2
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspvraaexns
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47XqAEmsEF
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0p4yQ8aIuv
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb21M5mtSsL
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,860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlASNKw3Qzv
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiW5GfqGRZ
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidXjyHVV7z
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvhR8La5FU
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRT0COTh0m
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBCrVLykyr
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mBvjN27rQ
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qi5t9EJs4
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4wVJgWj9Q
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RiCr8eFei
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcWvTOOgXd
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW02wJUCUmH
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwWZUeGEeW
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTfY3yZ0kJ
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaVCr6Ys2J
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZ54YGxkrx
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JrJ7vUQZM
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCp9jFXUkeA
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvwSVASrBB
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFANLXrBf5
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKtWj1xxFF
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZ1oJJCD8i
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiK65ZHLx1h
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAH1ByPo1LD
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gdbqoFIUF
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcYpE6pRyB
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3n2aXrGKQ
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0YDJIQ1z5
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsgI3u2FDp
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjpAlCWqP0
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbU2NyHUPIh
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5H90SwVtbt
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW83A9IW20l
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFh7s1FNUfU
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9BLxBBtil
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMD3S2yYUk
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCxAWeE9nV
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiOTNdnWf2
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOHkuN1oGq
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,”860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjaZQoiol46
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 other860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4RXFrV0j7
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEATfQyyCw
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yYPT2aaJG
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYqMMvJ8Ow
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnsXemRD5p
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhDPBcTg6b
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvoz5qsHVR
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6WfT9wl4c
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8k1S6nktNM
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 Alpha860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMa0RDXugvu
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmyDvIJGlo
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXKt1XLRCJ
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjiQzVb8Hb
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpVlwpMLzJ
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbm5PIGOKe
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnwE3x7xfG
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnTOSeOcgD
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAQf5abAsk
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs14h94G7yV
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7UIglxQXg
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsPpbDzSGp
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGios4tNuQ
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOwlHrIgS4
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QwNHn2rXM
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvm4vkNdSA
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 there860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2V0ZAt313
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY69EGOGi6t
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KoTZblzvo
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 to860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshgEEHJ2gs
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOm7GYtnhw
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKqZjccvpS
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaguH4wW1T
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTobco0nzC
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrZ3ziaZ2N
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8fd1o5wzM
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWF3n7juJRx
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bF7QTtf7l
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmn4YiMFlJf
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWmuA5AVHQ
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKAwR07Nrs
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 still860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaYvlBehu3
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5U0pc7zCg
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyqF54Ko11
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByGQqGQJny
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUP4hqnzwy8
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the860Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCnjGp1Zgh
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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