Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgB5yuw6y4J
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSOPhHLuVi
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9GHe5FRwR
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfgTom2kJK
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58Xl5y1SNk
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,936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqbRTOUO5x
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUveM0M0pa
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJzYABCf83
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVYPuUlwJc
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5z3MTMHdMw
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wT9EO0Beq
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEEgyiAXM8
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6FkO8vFbu
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5ZAO5Bglf
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJKeDGBdSR
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVfbyGdixu
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyEBipLD2i
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpAlMnibtq
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMdPgux5YO
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0h84lIcAKB
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgMpfcl31N
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuaH9QlOYX
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGT1AZ7OxN
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45JOG78tdL
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAT8LudubX
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2H3RREc3H
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYOSGz3y5Y
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kHeGfHzst
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7YlEK2Det
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KP7zNIP5V
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcBYD0JFwn
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGl9cxeMY5
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaeU2dYnS5
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKptO9GBXuD
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTm2JAC0m6
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8aXoZnRyK
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb30S15PTmM
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJoM6hkSVY
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLa0RLpB3m
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBxJtSfUMI
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxzlTwoBlK
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9Sb8UaN0x
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVa95XHvacC
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFCBGkKxCs
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,”936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZTGU9qP7K
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 other936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFj7tBNugt
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MZoSZSWmI
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnjh06wkXC
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPRfrV3Sh3
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfDkrTd9So
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzq0OxyLBS
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rvKxJXjhb
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbmUGioqCl
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUY1LNrx3i
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 Alpha936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPLBaIhtNf
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXx9SOlP6jl
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡay38IG4nKz
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0yQx3GftV
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeW5cxNVMao
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRDpvNvxeJ
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITaJcvBBQF
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCT20lgebl
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAABN9sTd5
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcuizxTNXwT
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYeXLnjdT0
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWr6zOIiMH
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUK8qMAgPE
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Wc6nL96Q2
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeWZBa3pz4
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2F8hlmcsK3
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 there936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqJ87GpakM
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5wqYwUjnv
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5p11bvdfc
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 to936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsx1sJth4kX
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEyjtFpZEY
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0FXNXxkRh
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSaiWxC5NJ
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mGP11hAFU
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡei4H6P8R2E
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSh0H8l9SM
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsoeqf3wNS
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuO05ejOVKj
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NG3QdKMwi
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCnfTxaXM3
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHIudTKg2J
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 still936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD44DblVjPC
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojCgX7oHkr
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiipek34b1y
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxzTBUcBpb
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkxwFiomnu
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the936Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52s32jgZWm
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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