Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a454Please respect copyright.PENANAcY3pCKauqL
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or454Please respect copyright.PENANAkYTzOva3g0
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember454Please respect copyright.PENANAeDNvzkbAY5
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to454Please respect copyright.PENANAkxH2gFlKcZ
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield454Please respect copyright.PENANAcR6y3kNja6
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,454Please respect copyright.PENANAIysTyz8a8h
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please454Please respect copyright.PENANAljFKLNxLxv
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their454Please respect copyright.PENANA8mdBFVFCJM
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other454Please respect copyright.PENANAW7O7D7lO5m
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a454Please respect copyright.PENANAtf36iv3jen
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really454Please respect copyright.PENANAW9jr99WVOa
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time454Please respect copyright.PENANA9oqv4dFczT
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding454Please respect copyright.PENANAsvfZL7N5wE
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used454Please respect copyright.PENANAgTgXth2uoJ
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed454Please respect copyright.PENANAYyLnJ67x40
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and454Please respect copyright.PENANAnIsMDzDSeq
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an454Please respect copyright.PENANAQQLIPpU4uT
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing454Please respect copyright.PENANAfNbzcuzkPW
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach454Please respect copyright.PENANARUHqrtaiYp
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on454Please respect copyright.PENANA7iDLTWKcoT
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was454Please respect copyright.PENANA8cRYtIf2Dc
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without454Please respect copyright.PENANAcQO68NxPsj
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely454Please respect copyright.PENANAGBU7w4qyg4
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in454Please respect copyright.PENANAnSCzf5PGcH
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually454Please respect copyright.PENANApdskGxUPX6
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite454Please respect copyright.PENANA4OqvrieNZp
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could454Please respect copyright.PENANAMLdg82WXEx
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad454Please respect copyright.PENANAE1bpdXzviP
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was454Please respect copyright.PENANAtEtVJllmGd
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy454Please respect copyright.PENANAhJGJ1DDybY
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure454Please respect copyright.PENANApr3LlAMjtC
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much454Please respect copyright.PENANAAk34s2Lvla
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was454Please respect copyright.PENANAwgE9VGmsNk
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.454Please respect copyright.PENANASCCVgeB8Ah
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you454Please respect copyright.PENANA3fFUY4IdHp
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing454Please respect copyright.PENANAXmJs6EAtUu
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition454Please respect copyright.PENANAtJeoTO2Mzj
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody454Please respect copyright.PENANAxKFSMU51ey
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he454Please respect copyright.PENANAPYzME6s2xB
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I454Please respect copyright.PENANA09guGmhaZk
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a454Please respect copyright.PENANAxHDG4zXpQD
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science454Please respect copyright.PENANAvSnTo5TChc
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if454Please respect copyright.PENANAezOublcbKk
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him454Please respect copyright.PENANA1AkaUFZLeW
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,”454Please respect copyright.PENANA5AqTFIEMG2
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 other454Please respect copyright.PENANAwwGObqMWzo
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were454Please respect copyright.PENANA5sXYBDuWH8
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the454Please respect copyright.PENANAa3sPsTq7vt
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.454Please respect copyright.PENANAiSNxuw4UYz
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who454Please respect copyright.PENANAhAZl0I3riY
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood454Please respect copyright.PENANAOCXcd3uJoR
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought454Please respect copyright.PENANAmyUBSKQfkr
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a454Please respect copyright.PENANArq9nxeV2wM
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid454Please respect copyright.PENANArFGJzPYSpC
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 Alpha454Please respect copyright.PENANA6yk5NC5dfN
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why454Please respect copyright.PENANAEX8Z2L69m1
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.454Please respect copyright.PENANAH3HxmqUjSx
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found454Please respect copyright.PENANAwcY9fyBl1A
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes454Please respect copyright.PENANAFGyNnOnSaQ
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,454Please respect copyright.PENANAVlMxHxG04j
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.454Please respect copyright.PENANAXlZo2F2aYN
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really454Please respect copyright.PENANAgpa7ujsSKX
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound454Please respect copyright.PENANA6Tl4AZP1hS
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to454Please respect copyright.PENANAgYnauRW2Md
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to454Please respect copyright.PENANAdvzJBuI6oA
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the454Please respect copyright.PENANAdZ8QpevWuG
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you454Please respect copyright.PENANArUIASIGEgj
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s454Please respect copyright.PENANAAwZQtGfhET
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the454Please respect copyright.PENANAQ37jfKNmb4
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should454Please respect copyright.PENANAxUeiY7fKv7
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 there454Please respect copyright.PENANAsrIIb5D3B2
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice454Please respect copyright.PENANApSCMdV1pRr
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this454Please respect copyright.PENANAPUHbdu7UzK
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 to454Please respect copyright.PENANAAaw4wXoYjU
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge454Please respect copyright.PENANAg8cGP88J4t
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue454Please respect copyright.PENANA2DnsyVJqbY
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who454Please respect copyright.PENANAte49DVxxUp
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny454Please respect copyright.PENANANXzcMOvT8O
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we454Please respect copyright.PENANATXGBoNWV8Y
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.454Please respect copyright.PENANA2cb2GPnXQp
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to454Please respect copyright.PENANAnci09gPuBD
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s454Please respect copyright.PENANAK8To1ewj11
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all454Please respect copyright.PENANAnjTx1Omg2I
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs454Please respect copyright.PENANAecTquenejM
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of454Please respect copyright.PENANAvkDSbqGFp6
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 still454Please respect copyright.PENANAB3PDKGaj5Q
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face454Please respect copyright.PENANA3UZIfaN2Op
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he454Please respect copyright.PENANA2dZRf8kPiG
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms454Please respect copyright.PENANAxox9YZAEUh
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile454Please respect copyright.PENANAJBPAQMNa2Z
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the454Please respect copyright.PENANAGvDJd7FTXC
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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