Every once in a while, everything comes241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEKKqk2EMa
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRJ9JlGi7y
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFWBpJ3hZf
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7Gf8dVLFB
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIjxJyYXrV
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ802MY1agaz
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8G76aCrlI
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ECUmRClMh
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXaqhqpShy
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQO4V2oK75
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnc7rcJvGwD
this year’s summer-end.
It took three241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKQzKmqCZN
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqjNc0U4LM
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JZMMBkacC
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8WjJlJlWo
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7aA8tNCWv2
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOi0WmMm1b
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucL3IUnX4s
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOuBcGQoNM
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDJdbEi5eF
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4IooaOmxV
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTA4HgvRwe
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjacPEE4h7
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNL8EjmmO0q
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rYrVD8kNc
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhk3IlWwZX
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8fIGlBcAV
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaS8dZGcnL9
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyMEKzrOhn
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSqlxNrMJw
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoXicBKD4p
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5GucLxrK9
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IGoOaFGgI
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNMfMSFoBP
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRrtVDnlkr
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9YcnSfgho
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhqgcYuWsf
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlHfctIAR0
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tlOlgBuDk
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwb2HfJ8fx
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4sVd0nCq4
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSnBUARQif
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IXcsk1mud
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMfBhZgc6R
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHFPYxZrJw
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi62Uyv9Dtz
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71pd9rvUgc
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEtN81Uuu3
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRa83V7lF8
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1aUwZ2p9O
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHB0tdRlNp6
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIqvAFOBUS
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qCe1MzBoa
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOc7vWKSNOc
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4Hyc7DqUt
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsn2JgVKJfr
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45F5SJA84q
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ455V35EaPV
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9l4hxxN2rJ
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPO9GAcpUwV
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9d6MhH7Kr3
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFti0ak9JqJ
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ439qf1xaOu
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPdZASkjMO
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WAGZvmDdt
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqQgQ3JuZQ
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00yk2t2KKq
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUukiBrM8nK
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNZhCNGcR4
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvp6IcqfPDv
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV14PbrWeKd
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYcLNILdF2
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITEzECRFaJ
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdasJXzmgg
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zHnOjDwV0
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3f5nHuHue
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiX8FmePUVI
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZ0prbliAm
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjn414J46PB
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKjmw99fAt
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEMoX0X473
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7FrP1L2O5
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTacHsIgmR
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyKwhyhImY
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjl4pNV7IGh
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdzJWqWNcA
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFZf4kJl0b
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkLnBi6UFr
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJqWzznWSP
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJkIjDGKBe
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5D9TIsaRYZ
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 been241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXVLzAOcnZ
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFiehEYIuM1
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzeemOJsVM
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMHDRY4k0P
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiGcn9c5L8
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzM2O6YrfSe
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wMN7WzYPg
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhaidHaCjG7
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrlKTpGBcq
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToaCn4jNOl
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngk1nk7L26
school.
