Every once in a while, everything comes194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU27liTP62Q
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfczN0OTuv0
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYk6AYuNSA
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnC8rnsRGa
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZlnConGbL
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoURvhH43SS
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2dWxyYUKz
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFdPHgLhnt
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTqgnYHPjQ
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaxzg87Oqq
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwajREI9Ht
this year’s summer-end.
It took three194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiymHthxWx
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdytjQe3ca
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcUqDr3E0p
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5QCsbu3zl
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7tRXcU1Q4
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhrq2qZM4K
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKIUyHYdhz
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9GQLbvxwg
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYloCWv0MrF
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyM0mzaRCHp
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlMho9zPeb
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBzU4VhhN2
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakGfLFT9QN
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQfZX0zD33
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvm55cUO865
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwsPrSOwrQ
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLND9Up3CbG
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DFlyK8vy3
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4t7IlM5Ru
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3LmPqofCf
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZvQpb1UPy
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmrXUZrBpl
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtUQw7MqDO
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraleRrQE6g
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pP9t8rNUi
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvE7Ga5hcDX
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziLlpPYAtR
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulksj2J0rE
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeME4IzqULJ
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnlExSkZZm
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfScVlXvhK
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkX5Oa6mds6
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqLqTT3sAd
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdm3Z0LWnWw
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmLOyUN7K3
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeL4WBzBS7n
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3SgDZNfoi
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfPsPDF3uB
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZS8kO05vt
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4V8KvDBdHO
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWyhzOhzwpB
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzr8byttMu
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPs41LM4QgW
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Nz76ks5Sj
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0SB4agdgA
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iBb6xlQ9A
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBglcmHsh9
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cwSThnwBb
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTAKzdSSSy
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kAy9iuvNN
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhi39JY1cQO
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRmcpRAKAe
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyplyNOOsY
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRI4IBYaLG
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gmenKhlV4
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7mXt9FDo7
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96H11q7f1j
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnBIIN2wAN
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vkXDsreEA
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCF3qJwdzO
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkwSyrtKQA
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7XEtDzPCu
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUenIRuR3Rr
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNSiBVE8iL
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5n0lbPB7lK
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKtFiu92cZ
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN37lR2PSFy
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ027qAaYXj3
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVjBQBMhRJ
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWZMBBzdcO
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwglfhnaubb
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cCJhf9rlo
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwParPlN0FG
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQQyNoJAId
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN82iKfmi44
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9F64tiaXB
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhSD9y9Fno
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahO6ryUvEl
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhC0uz9kdQ
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnbw04gZ70
dance, plus we’re only close friends” I replied,
“Yeah Anna, they’re just ‘friends’” Neely giggled,
We sat and talked about how summer has been194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7ebyecDvG
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOFGwvcyai
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLM6JGDTXJR
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDccEYLARx
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZXhdz3sUP
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRcP47Bib2
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01gQhL6c0D
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamGE4a4TPY
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgr1Z6HMMwf
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZ0lB2Z9RY
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhnzsxoSqt
school.
