Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a472Please respect copyright.PENANAgM0IN7jqRw
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or472Please respect copyright.PENANAu0f95bt1QV
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember472Please respect copyright.PENANAZIz6cVPwje
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to472Please respect copyright.PENANAuqXvyrexJE
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield472Please respect copyright.PENANADDPPLQ1hdY
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,472Please respect copyright.PENANAOSVi3uH0Ti
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please472Please respect copyright.PENANAs9RlJkEE30
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their472Please respect copyright.PENANAGtqlm4KQlS
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other472Please respect copyright.PENANAC9QIgBUc2N
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a472Please respect copyright.PENANAgpuFddI1Mr
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really472Please respect copyright.PENANA2ndPpTmeku
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time472Please respect copyright.PENANAJWnGmnnRJS
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding472Please respect copyright.PENANAYHEizvHUP2
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used472Please respect copyright.PENANAAvEasuKTzQ
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed472Please respect copyright.PENANAEeJAVOmlJd
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and472Please respect copyright.PENANA1lTIPZ9aCH
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an472Please respect copyright.PENANAFLnbFCMRW1
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing472Please respect copyright.PENANAtbNsepLOOz
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach472Please respect copyright.PENANAhQWKRbW4ch
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on472Please respect copyright.PENANAsvOnpGCVjN
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was472Please respect copyright.PENANAHaWTRIutDK
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without472Please respect copyright.PENANASe1d769fWn
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely472Please respect copyright.PENANABWDzoyZaAN
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in472Please respect copyright.PENANALiQBgt4gV3
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually472Please respect copyright.PENANAPLdMFiT57o
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite472Please respect copyright.PENANAlDOr5DtgOh
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could472Please respect copyright.PENANAvlfNeizN2o
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad472Please respect copyright.PENANAHyvG3XOAXa
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was472Please respect copyright.PENANAmKin3lPOIT
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy472Please respect copyright.PENANApaRCtu4yDN
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure472Please respect copyright.PENANAkvA3OzY6wD
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much472Please respect copyright.PENANAXDSUeWNJEW
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was472Please respect copyright.PENANA6Jp2LiXyZh
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.472Please respect copyright.PENANAd4yEntt0Pj
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you472Please respect copyright.PENANA3vy2QZ9Pwq
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing472Please respect copyright.PENANAyCDteoKbHT
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition472Please respect copyright.PENANAzUJ4vSY1Ca
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody472Please respect copyright.PENANADB3dsGOL8u
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he472Please respect copyright.PENANA02enKXndsJ
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I472Please respect copyright.PENANAfx0Asa5ggl
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a472Please respect copyright.PENANARfPvGHuM1v
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science472Please respect copyright.PENANA6QiZK2xvJU
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if472Please respect copyright.PENANA3P6DpqnLyy
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him472Please respect copyright.PENANAGrmx8mDXvI
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,”472Please respect copyright.PENANAsoy5LSOClW
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 other472Please respect copyright.PENANAXfM0xcOzRS
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were472Please respect copyright.PENANAfQNdo5lHI1
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the472Please respect copyright.PENANAOotrU8Sr23
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.472Please respect copyright.PENANAG5b2f0f3a1
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who472Please respect copyright.PENANA5eSv5PWhVo
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood472Please respect copyright.PENANA1QBHPJsAEM
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought472Please respect copyright.PENANAMMDYCFKIoj
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a472Please respect copyright.PENANAOFKFxjDW6t
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid472Please respect copyright.PENANAzrZGp5PoIS
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 Alpha472Please respect copyright.PENANAnHjzootq4G
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why472Please respect copyright.PENANAwPGC43Z7ZD
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.472Please respect copyright.PENANAvuUxKApPFz
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found472Please respect copyright.PENANAGDbgaQypqj
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes472Please respect copyright.PENANANe84T75CyE
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,472Please respect copyright.PENANAtctvHXScrs
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.472Please respect copyright.PENANAMgvphxEcJc
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really472Please respect copyright.PENANA0rl4VoRJai
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound472Please respect copyright.PENANAUcvsGuMjLf
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to472Please respect copyright.PENANASe3Y92Z33Z
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to472Please respect copyright.PENANA3XKHEMquBA
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the472Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2AVMMqfjK
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you472Please respect copyright.PENANA10FU2FJbUD
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s472Please respect copyright.PENANAE6MVoZ5Frh
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the472Please respect copyright.PENANAN83vxbl116
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should472Please respect copyright.PENANAuoOM81K3Vr
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 there472Please respect copyright.PENANA8n8UMDejSh
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice472Please respect copyright.PENANAPUOcbb0RFl
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this472Please respect copyright.PENANAzIueltnEJZ
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 to472Please respect copyright.PENANAjqHHwxbbRE
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge472Please respect copyright.PENANAr7KXZS1pm7
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue472Please respect copyright.PENANAcrU3rW9Isz
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who472Please respect copyright.PENANAiBzmRcy9Fg
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny472Please respect copyright.PENANAfXp0uxixzO
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we472Please respect copyright.PENANA7aFATZHmzb
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.472Please respect copyright.PENANAwcavfOb8Bn
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to472Please respect copyright.PENANANb5HZn96Gy
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s472Please respect copyright.PENANAOPJrdXwXWQ
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all472Please respect copyright.PENANAA6rNwScU6a
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs472Please respect copyright.PENANAJNPuxrhe28
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of472Please respect copyright.PENANAXiS27wQ2wR
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 still472Please respect copyright.PENANAzmkzHhGUmF
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face472Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6kemmENG7
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he472Please respect copyright.PENANAcW7Jy0T6zw
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms472Please respect copyright.PENANAjTx2Z76lBp
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile472Please respect copyright.PENANAgeKbv2wLy4
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the472Please respect copyright.PENANAipM6s5P3wP
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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