Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVO8Hns2P0Y
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHWFTaTfER
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDwAohgDNC
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudNoAmDKI4
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lGrbD5eWd
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,769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYXH7TVGCu
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0bNyn5aV1
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9SwlQR5V4
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9qVLJfVR4
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziZDhFxh5h
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0X1gmFMaM
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkZqx9Iyt6
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQADYwb1jk9
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CoU2EAOVk
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuEMWZ7IQm
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuuzV99usg
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡol9hESHSIG
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjf3WZosuqf
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcV3rxDJeGO
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8mM7mRvxS
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4vlHwUyi9
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabCbkGTw4N
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDd2Ie4PX2
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJGRhgiTfN
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVbUoRzqAe
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWOPrFvu7G
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hfujCJirr
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarhRy3aVUt
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TEzaTJoO5
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyANhVA7WyL
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38vweq23iq
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYPp0xjAa7
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBcpdvtXD0
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpmTkqVlBh
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlWK3jpbcJ
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34TuUuKEC3
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UV4zgfSL4
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0x4XxVB0OC
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNLKzjEz69
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4oipX13ic
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYryawtwEZ
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgaBCrgKuy
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8e98ML4Q5
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AtQ41UFjs
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,”769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NEW67eufK
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 other769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcE5qKfFiNK
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRpOBlS2yH
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aU4U4LVgi
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAGawxvNX2
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfcMdRO7wO
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjmUV7A0Lr
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQfeTwqE4f
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgri61cw4nh
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWunl07mNUN
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 Alpha769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9VxhoN7KJ
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9e12itJyl
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtQMDguxSn
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BLV1vzLs1
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkX4lGmb1Q
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx20jNWbnmg
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRV8sVymqP
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4CVNMy0Zk
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlQJhXnXVE
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdVNyyZmAq
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnXGEIiNYf
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6X0euI1Ynr
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0p35OGOnY
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0RTiueM6q
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRYXdgcpel
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DBpSe2Rks
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 there769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEUgiYFXXw
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PuL23f6vF
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuopZREbjQS
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 to769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54ipKoHNwJ
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWD5P5ZCb3b
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOjWZHsFPH
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtquXAQwyoi
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8Fjuaamdk
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtdDzpkegO
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHCJMU2sLW
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYItPVS6GL
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1KGybZrjx
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAu6jePdnut
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyRzHFiIrv
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhE6w025q8
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 still769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr95v3rRyK9
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPGzpjEtBW
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIzk2XVwwd
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMXNpFZoRD
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyxFWpnwC5
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NMXqB3qVl
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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