Roads. They all just connect to each other to lead to a762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWv75zfp8SX
specific destination. It’s like you need to memorize a specific combination—or762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd75u3Yktsl
two—just to end up with an even more specific outcome. But how do we remember762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcHX4irWdC
the longest of combinations, like the one Ms. Sara Leslie had to memorize to762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOYMIQf7fV
get to the Airbnb she rented. The same Airbnb she was driving Caspian Grenfield762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTXFiNtoOy
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,762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUS4o0BSMv
Robinson Wyatt, Lee Emmet, Caleb and William Otto, and Mason Emalia please762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64BGIqFfeS
report to the principal’s office right now?”
Caspian flinched upon hearing his name come out of their762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80sNgbbA1w
school’s intercom. It was especially shocking to hear it along with those other762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFXo7RfIRb
names. He was a bit terrified of the thought that he might’ve become a762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdeLZrWIPX
delinquent. I mean, yes, he is over exaggerating, but could you really762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSGUMyb5Fz
blame him? He was one of those kids who always passed their homework on time762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91nPZ5Frlu
and has never had a grade lower than above average. He was always avoiding762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDT3sEZ6k9w
trouble wherever he went, and it just wasn’t normal to hear his name being used762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOqpAEW3bf
along with all those others. Or at all.
He knew it must’ve been a mistake, so he ignored it and calmed762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvAGqpqS6i
himself down. Until the intercom called again.
Now this time, he knew it was real. His palms were damp, and762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocKMhUS5qf
his legs shook. He looked and acted as if he was actually gonna face an762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHM1ReATJqn
executioner than a principal. Little did he know that it was absolutely nothing762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnLgHm2igS
like that at all.
…
“You called to see me, Ma’am…?”
When Caspian peeped into the principal’s office, his stomach762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHwSeHpvhK
dropped. William Otto, Mason Emalia, and Jax Jackson stared at him, sitting on762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMvsB5Kx9i
the three single armchairs along the side of the room. Their attention was762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXOgMx7TvK
consumed by his presence, and he didn’t like it.
William Otto was an Alpha, the kind that shows it without762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGjm4IhCR3
effort at all. The doctors found out as soon as he was born—and that barely762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxf1gd0nt3u
even happens. When he was going through puberty, he went from 4’11 to 5’9 in762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0i0W1Dt8kM
less than three years. People thought that he was fifteen when he was actually762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiL7u8qIrtZ
just twelve. Now that he’s a senior, he stood at 6’2—and that’s why it’s quite762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKwhHFiY2J
difficult to walk through the halls now without getting so much attention.
Though Will looked like the kind of Alpha that could762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfLDBwJOPL
kill a Grizzly Bear, he didn’t act like it. Yes, he was tall, had broad762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRv8VETrWKu
shoulders, and had abs that could bite; but he wasn’t all that. He was762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlGvGKOKJp
kind, compassionate, and really, really friendly. He was the type of guy762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3sq3H34w2
you could depend on and talk to. He could work in groups of eight and make sure762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdpmQTaZgF
everyone had a job to do—and you wouldn’t feel the pressure of doing too much762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSwbMiw4hE
work. He was a sensitive giant, a large teddy bear. That was kind of why he was762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnB5RiwmA9B
the student body president.
Mason Emalia was the Star Player of their basketball team.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qfl8wEh0N
Though his performance at school wasn’t the best, he’d always make it up to you762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TN5XPsluW
on the court. He was a ruthless player and a worthy opponent. The only thing762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuP6TfLfUr
you could beat him at was chess. Jeez, he hated chess.
And finally, Jax Jackson, the mischief. He was the definition762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡui8Ag3Hl83
of “gay and ready to play”—it’s true, he’s the one who made it. Though nobody762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFk9z3Zo3pw
really knew where he landed on the spectrum, everyone at school knew that he762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGiLmFnXNrG
was only interested in men. All the girls would ever hear about him were, “I762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pAs5PZ0OQ
don’t know why, but he was amazing in bed,” and the like. There was even a762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaC78gelIu
rumor the spread like wildfire about him being able to get into their science762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQsnoMHTIW
teacher’s pants—who was at least forty years old for your information.
Seeing all these boys here made Caspian feel so small, as if762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQUXTJ14Vr
he was just a puny ant who could get stepped on in any minute. It terrified him762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iLygR0dOI
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,”762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5ysmaagTs
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 other762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalCV9Ztyyz
boys who watched his every move (But that was what Caspian thought. They were762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKplEqtcPl
actually just bored out of their minds right now.)
They silently waited. All they could ever hear was the762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQfF7NzAYu
tapping of their Principal’s computer keys. Tik, tik, tik, they went.
Finally, the silence was broken when someone opened the door.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJP23yF6qD
Another one of the eight boys who were beckoned by their intercom. And who762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wvF7Ii5I5
exactly? None other than Robinson Wyatt, Caspian’s one and only childhood762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cpYSgnI78
crush.
They weren’t close when Caspian first saw him, but he thought762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAMWuVn7HP
that Robbie was… cool. He watched him play around in the playground from a762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dquVWPqx8
distance but never found the courage to actually talk to him. He was too afraid762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYsSRwIEyX
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 Alpha762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoDImZzQF8
and that just made things more confusing for him. He couldn’t understand why762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGIlzNLneu
his face would heat up or why his heart skipped a beat when Robbie passed him.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡus0qal3Pdb
It was a weird feeling that forced him to grin for no reason. Soon, he found762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EUSiVAZHA
out that it was Love.
“Okay,” Principal Gwen started.
Caspian awoke from his mental nap, blinking his eyes762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJzkQOM0J7
furiously under his round glasses. The boy didn’t even notice that Blue, Caleb,762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoedHgWfjOZ
and Lee had already arrived—and that Robbie ended up sitting beside him.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtZQaCSu5S
Fortunately, he could still breathe. For now.
“I called all of you here today to discuss something really762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3GzJtQDX9
important-” she leans forward, fixing her posture- “though it may sound762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKWJ2wnGm4
extremely odd.”
“Ma’am,” said Lee. “Are we in trouble of some sort?”
All eight boys leaned closer, as if they were programmed to762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTr4HyKHfcu
do this in sync. Their ears were open wide enough to fit a moth.
Their once fully composed principal smiled. “No. I’m sorry to762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTZYqG4y40
disappoint you, Mister Emmet.”
All eight boys eased up. Lee sat back, pleased to hear the762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2625wPYn3x
good news. A small phew was could be heard from Blue—that is, if you762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MANYMUlW4
listened hard enough. You could hear familiar cuss words from Jax and Mason’s762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzWAVwTz7G
direction. Will, Robbie, and Caleb sighed for a good two seconds, thanking the762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvww0mT3Fb
Lord’s Holy Name. And Caspian finally eased every inch of his body.
“Why?” their Principal asked. “Is there something you should762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74roH55nKp
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 there762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxAdTYFhln
was, you’d still have to participate in this activity.”
“Activity?” blurted Blue.
“Yes,” Principal Gwen said enthusiastically—only in her voice762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4ZeGYpWfa
though. “I would appreciate it if you eight would plan an event before this762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQeqio1yaV
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 to762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE51aHOpuTy
keep going.
“What makes this year’s seniors make you want to plan a huge762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlkFAz1PrL
event for? (No offense.)” Blue continued.
We heard chuckles from some of the boys, knowing that Blue762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclkl8AOVLx
was referring to Will, the only senior in the room. He was a good sport who762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheHe1uZQpb
smiled it out and muttered, “c’mon, guys.”
Miss Gwen chuckled along with them. “Well, what’s also funny762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGm0EhAWVk
is that we actually raised too much money for the yearly charity fund, and we762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaJ0YBzfqd
couldn’t locate any other charities who were willing to accept the excess.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoMrSxfvaN
Plus, the school’s had a good year, so I didn’t think it would be necessary to762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkwZbabCpc
keep too much money on our hands.”
The boys go ooh because now they understand what’s762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcUhGjqSzo
happening.
“So,” Caspian blurted out, absent-mindedly. “You gathered all762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJU7DM2kMn
eight of us randomly to plan a pre-prom party?”
He realized that all eyes were on him again. All eight pairs762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoH2fu1shGU
of them.
“Uhm, yes,” their principal confirmed. “I like the sound of762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhf3IMVYkF
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 still762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvx2BnPOnG
sitting beside him.
“Good job,” he whispered. “Caspian Grenfield.”
Hearing his name come out of Robbie like that made his face762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMLDt6IRf8
grow warm. He put his palms on them, trying to hide his flustered face as he762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCW4YDDdvhd
muttered back a shaky “thanks” to everyone.
“Okay, okay,” Principal Gwen hushed. “Here are the forms762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qdN5roLje
containing most of the other information you need to know, -“ she passed a pile762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEE9v6SUq4H
of white paper to each of the eight boys as she continued to explain. “-and the762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGP0M0yhmw
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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