Every once in a while, everything comes282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwEfRgXW52
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYusJXWhRHx
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WmmqrHWSO
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qXD6Hmr4H
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfNrqw2OGG
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCbgkPap0u
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPJ6wVuDe6
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfN3HzeDD6
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonBXiuranG
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKBITNV5Yz
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWWzL1O0Ih
this year’s summer-end.
It took three282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yI4SI0J41
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGarBVQQlF
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXjfLp7qoh
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmT3MCrKBmP
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qzIcW4v3k
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDwEGqhujh
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEzv9XBuW9
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5QyLr87JD
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUJ6rDazZ6
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6afNQbMQ0y
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QsKLWwmCe
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gSRWequ7R
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFTQd2akbK
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0h1rlEEhYF
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHE988qpRo
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbFoZnIHdb
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVeMw6DRos
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeEwqbePrX
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJI9ifjrtmM
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukil6SqZg6
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSINDqOq0uf
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJT6HocDQ9B
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JsH7TjXca
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRNCtnuH6Q
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOoqWsWMTP
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpl26FnIbie
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLaTgncRwlS
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoFlzZuVSU
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmWNFX3kJO
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡposNrC8rmd
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFJQlGD280
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoat2HiQ84
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQaYu3Lflx
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWbChikwjx
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9EWBBTxYG
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jOZHEJ6PG
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwsoW76mD0
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikSRwJaofL
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIn5ByYlcVv
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTQ1wHneaM
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhtXqEaff4
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2qcxhAmEo
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkidbrwdFd
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCl5nulgdYo
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqNw0ay3JM
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXq5NJJzlT
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdJyHqz8QM
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQCIpf3NvG
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1jnwsSqEa
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9yGgbSee7
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCPEjZTKC6
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtUOouv44i
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPWV3qRxMl
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIjGLDxxgv
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9eABlcKUs
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlW72mBXP1
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kgA8M0c4q
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jIk2UCRbq
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkAFOLKlOI
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhccSQBzMvq
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qwiw3ymGy
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1ozN8O62L
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVK0ORWByA
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9z7vclA3kQ
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBAjqQbk0s
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNNmmk2GbT
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUQl4XtYOq
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxKDHOdN9B
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4l4ZsXBIJr
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZ3r9Sxv1r
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxlG743tEx
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2VE5mU4E1
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvfmXCClNg
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7MM5hi4JlU
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MPRW8DDie
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqdkAb2pjz
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRJ5usIBxZ
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqnEQ2GBSY
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUp6DIZGo6j
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExkgs9nmLB
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 been282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnA88Ji5MG8
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzUo4ppHGW
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYF4eu3AdO
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiCQ7rxFAt
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RXIUAvVVw
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqlIR1LjA8
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcgCNLsZTl
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XIagr6v9d
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnl3jK1BdF4
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewGY7ktPJw
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94A8SvHPEM
school.
