Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWIGWtL3mf
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGh93j6xor
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1tso8zwxi
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICxrf6QBZf
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMei8O3PLS
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,792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHDpCe7XYQ
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANtT6I2Ht0
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8BssGsHwE
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHCeoJho4B
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPttdbX9N5
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjs5Jt8sY6D
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTM8Ksmbh87
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8F62nNNoQY
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SSzfwDZzT
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUud4rM1Yib
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVXbh69wua
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvRhiKeGuZ
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAjFoFv8Mr
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrnCKxkhjl
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ybICJFr3t
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DbdRzFwDv
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwFLrfQMqa
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rwk1HXdht
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWosEC4mtCV
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0WpXUYuxD
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaEdzFsOwL
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FKv9WVu3r
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DpthBPCjn
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwylk0dz61I
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QmCtp1jKR
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzpvev4Fkx
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtW84gSg8sz
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndVC2chEuf
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoDEgVKn3B
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvU2qy9DJX
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPJBaStZS1
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnl9RnLBHG
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZnE1atoYM
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOB07Cmy2c3
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKx51KHCFsm
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4fUciQWpZ
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFa0MmFbZa
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOWFdQaTdT
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGGGSt0ICK
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,”792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhrzqogaxn
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 other792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuH93YPNn21
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7QI1qrYfu
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YPpKlVbPo
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9X3oEjbZR
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx41NKDLaeg
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQVoioj1r2
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0V18ogIb7
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0m5Jn70fX
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MoyJxF2xQ
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 Alpha792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOo6NH6QkNB
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKm1N6vrW7
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1I3IE0FQm
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1C8kq47zA
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcC8ZZUujZ
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxT3AZBdbl
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfoFbsUZra
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SQPs5xiDS
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1cWbmcRT7
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImS0qRZfct
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosABe0s6Rx
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TjnERYsRf
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyhvnySq8b
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbw40UjZ4V
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIl2Cq3gPSi
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvSKf0FqwB
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 there792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmqw7rqQsA
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZr99HyzQw
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7Pn7KKGN7
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 to792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDNLZ6iorc
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCwiXQKqHL
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7C7dGRcV9
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡny1eZWhfTB
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlDA3H7sWX
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TRbCJaX6y
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvg5WqKlMzw
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIxRYCGgtP
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9D37cnSKc
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXHUna1SVT
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDN3P6hpn95
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2x91RKOX4y
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 still792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhE1YBk5v2z
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EtmIOloLI
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zp4nsN9gc
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3XCpfo35D
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqe4qf2KRd
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7ZPDk2yzZ
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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