Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ACV5fKWUe
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYILZXlj29
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gpBXy1I4d
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyovGvLUnMq
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2HRHdi8TD
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,749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0remyOCjKO
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKGqo1JmcT
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnnnv5ivlg
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0BByaVCKt
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8AsmGCjXL
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0l03Iz6AuE
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZobJS95L7e
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBTGAtfEFC
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2z78NqeHL
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyplYQa7y9
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ922WhUw9jH
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbutIUrfqk
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSFkVIfwKu
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbTIn8pET0
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzXPNOSiok
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT480AYGI9e
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxQajfSiJp
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2lC00yGrv
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoLHMicAod
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5puHNmdRc1
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLBDHbUPeO
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TgofghCsZ
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZlpfN2BkK
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBUFXWT4wb
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YWH6c9evA
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6henQg10f
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4zFYkMH0I
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiN3uDYWqSM
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpIFyHGTaV
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ790AtZRuoa
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ143CcJAav6
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWorhk6JDw
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfHWPglEAm
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXqi0gO4gi
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdEmMZopHU
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9Qn8jkbGa
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJad6vanxg
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZ4uNJJLla
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZ4gbf10Z3
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,”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCG25GfHlzq
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 other749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWV9BLXNw9
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEHjfp89Qb
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KoAjDmyxX
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFlleLPyXV
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfO91ZMLL6K
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRt9R3V8u8I
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2jGDDzhbv
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TJzYTeQys
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzF8vvSEHPl
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 Alpha749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPvPIqWoJ8
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1oOUYkd2w
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡET95xEMOOz
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9N3sPvP9K
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewu3pZyMAq
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95IYFypOfZ
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHV9I0MLPi
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAMOCtwJDm
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOzjWZPjhB
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCEjaCym3H
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpISDzvtLM
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3Wqx9NY5B
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTDhCK5O78
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2QQRynNJF
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAmK5j1tlR
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgjNnzIZKj
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 there749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPY5bs6XSh
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE65KW80Ues
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpPKFn5r0Q
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 to749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84Pb0cBEEz
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzO8oUJxy9s
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Y7CYLqzdU
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW36uaRNkAg
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcwuiKglsE
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvgTdd8l5K
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6U3tOQ3EY
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEbp5sC8Oz
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1eMvbyyaj
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4OtmHPTAw
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPJi7eH9Vu
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZS61QtQjT
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 still749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9s9l84tCS
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolbUizSmcW
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeheizE3278
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN11wMD314y
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWHNtJ79kY
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wEFQZsFcd
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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