Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a487Please respect copyright.PENANAK9snFUGJH8
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or487Please respect copyright.PENANAVhe3TsPGjB
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember487Please respect copyright.PENANAyN6Y3VYHkT
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to487Please respect copyright.PENANA1Vwo8w6YiH
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield487Please respect copyright.PENANAFsRhhuBFFg
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,487Please respect copyright.PENANAY9ARdJ0cSF
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please487Please respect copyright.PENANACQUBw7Y6vj
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their487Please respect copyright.PENANA7m8ec12iRX
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other487Please respect copyright.PENANAeM2JD4eoDf
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a487Please respect copyright.PENANAJPLVbYCHeW
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really487Please respect copyright.PENANA5Tjx5GXC9D
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time487Please respect copyright.PENANAeToEpiuPd4
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding487Please respect copyright.PENANA6Y2QU3TVdq
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used487Please respect copyright.PENANASgPM8zHqgf
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed487Please respect copyright.PENANAa9hK5k9fHx
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and487Please respect copyright.PENANAbyDTRrTTjL
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an487Please respect copyright.PENANAXd51xkxCGH
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing487Please respect copyright.PENANATdlmbcVuvt
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach487Please respect copyright.PENANAB2tmUHnkJG
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on487Please respect copyright.PENANAfWsEkWuxvn
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was487Please respect copyright.PENANAPlxE0AfIbf
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without487Please respect copyright.PENANAz3AKXJl9HA
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely487Please respect copyright.PENANAmMY9e3cxVE
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in487Please respect copyright.PENANArsjuRs66VV
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually487Please respect copyright.PENANA0sCLZ7W9BP
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite487Please respect copyright.PENANAINWSnIc8dw
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could487Please respect copyright.PENANAE8YOHfTuGc
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad487Please respect copyright.PENANAui6JqpXfXs
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was487Please respect copyright.PENANAlUNqMjyLTu
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy487Please respect copyright.PENANAzOjnMI2CmU
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure487Please respect copyright.PENANAU3KE4kVnFz
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much487Please respect copyright.PENANAvOQuaWv8Yg
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was487Please respect copyright.PENANAcqWmmcH4HQ
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.487Please respect copyright.PENANAUX4glW88kc
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you487Please respect copyright.PENANAcexSwOB7Ga
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing487Please respect copyright.PENANAWsMt47RdcA
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition487Please respect copyright.PENANAHl17uBsKK8
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody487Please respect copyright.PENANAMrwo8a1HpZ
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he487Please respect copyright.PENANAZzfqPJrVJT
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I487Please respect copyright.PENANAE1wmunLltA
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a487Please respect copyright.PENANAR0cG6uTlUt
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science487Please respect copyright.PENANAGHjIUz7Hj5
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if487Please respect copyright.PENANAdnZWLf8Qcp
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him487Please respect copyright.PENANAwdhzLxFDlz
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,”487Please respect copyright.PENANA0oiGZnolvL
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 other487Please respect copyright.PENANAJHxueLFjBU
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were487Please respect copyright.PENANASwqssvvXoN
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the487Please respect copyright.PENANAqzyMDwRE9P
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.487Please respect copyright.PENANA8h9UxLZcSh
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who487Please respect copyright.PENANAuoWYX3NnDG
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood487Please respect copyright.PENANAWwgNaXJfjG
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought487Please respect copyright.PENANAWIuaaV1KQ9
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a487Please respect copyright.PENANA8BlbqKFMwk
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid487Please respect copyright.PENANAunF2iYViSH
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 Alpha487Please respect copyright.PENANAXmrbZsGUrB
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why487Please respect copyright.PENANAqBDu3BLj4B
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.487Please respect copyright.PENANAwixzLDaYEj
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found487Please respect copyright.PENANAwwiHb2SSgv
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes487Please respect copyright.PENANASLoNZHG2g7
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,487Please respect copyright.PENANAxB7hLTF78H
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.487Please respect copyright.PENANAznPtWOYtjG
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really487Please respect copyright.PENANAE5qiNT5aAx
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound487Please respect copyright.PENANAarBNsmA2KW
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to487Please respect copyright.PENANA3yv4ikd0g4
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to487Please respect copyright.PENANALuiROX0QWW
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the487Please respect copyright.PENANAuL6BtJfGOU
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you487Please respect copyright.PENANAEtXHxZ3D9b
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s487Please respect copyright.PENANA0xbNZObAig
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the487Please respect copyright.PENANAzY4xkxf1MV
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should487Please respect copyright.PENANAmAIXNIjkbr
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 there487Please respect copyright.PENANACw0941w3lg
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice487Please respect copyright.PENANAnnxAqKmSZN
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this487Please respect copyright.PENANA4IzZzpW5le
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 to487Please respect copyright.PENANAKuZgONJ4Mq
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge487Please respect copyright.PENANAJZPXiJuw6g
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue487Please respect copyright.PENANAw8KTz1QH8E
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who487Please respect copyright.PENANAVxsHfYnqlN
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny487Please respect copyright.PENANAywtluqmW7e
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we487Please respect copyright.PENANA3SDylJuYxn
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.487Please respect copyright.PENANAGWeDTDd7h5
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to487Please respect copyright.PENANARBTP2B9c6B
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s487Please respect copyright.PENANAdmnB7AynNZ
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all487Please respect copyright.PENANA1JFEn98qAo
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs487Please respect copyright.PENANA7UJNB4F11L
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of487Please respect copyright.PENANASU2t1xqLsV
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 still487Please respect copyright.PENANAyImLNFuGRD
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face487Please respect copyright.PENANAqrFfw4wpJT
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he487Please respect copyright.PENANAYphAgTfY4O
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms487Please respect copyright.PENANAFRmdjiMhkK
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile487Please respect copyright.PENANAs8deOQP8Hk
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the487Please respect copyright.PENANAChcV9p2Vl6
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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