Every once in a while, everything comes240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIzPbcaPUY
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ER4fkiKNl
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5sxfGZ4oR
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogMQkSR2j6
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OVgs13QrH
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbrnbNLRN6
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCircmLOnq
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgubLB8Jame
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAHehbrhZI
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjwGCp3yAY
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FiD2IC7hk
this year’s summer-end.
It took three240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nCLi8wZWE
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXj7KWgA664
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bS5TL9nGv
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehKZTyf7tE
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKB1zRktX8
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKzikod24i
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPX1JzEbF8N
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLX4IIaJ2C
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7v9O92Ic4A
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHyjsClvSD6
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFivQZ2NIF
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIfjKgBaNR
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlCTFbnM74
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZJ097XPuS
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTQfPua2yE
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa49Ir9tW34
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6lKbtvP4K
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEXZo2TN14
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuv2AjCGBm7
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ090ZEUgQmQ
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKG4PvyNdNk
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9ITlyp2Kc
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYTDDmiz9n
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMbjG5dZuy
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOsv4uUN4J
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXqqMVYa3W
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVe8KXQaC6
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFfDKhZlPX
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRczPnELlb
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLw4P9yYqT
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4mQZcXWoA
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PQnZz2F3S
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleOmQTVq0M
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8u4R0sD8w
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2GDAlr6wu
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNr8KaIdceW
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2UeUGSAez
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0OewwQ5d5
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiso2PouLEj
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0u5klhhrL
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbz9LAyCCyq
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71ZRbCs9Xq
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoV0VrRWky
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHe1st3440r
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEK1Oj9Pdt
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtj9FzjCZy
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeAY0wyWQV
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsY6Tm0Zr4
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9dowfzxu6
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4390Q2XPn
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpieh7Ybzf3
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Kn4tDv0Yd
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpH9vTPyOR
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaJLI4x9nz
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwYSrU94QN
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjewo1tGvSV
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVls44Cbt9u
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqG7J6wxHss
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmhPUwP1Oq
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYK1nvpGdg
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOtmMg5Bnb
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNvr7mKpKV
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUS0bMvn5Zw
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJFfyvQrg1
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2nAIJAbBM
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaD0vsK4Wx
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP246MQwqqL
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTJGm5jJDd
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4mUUiY3Vb
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBprDrWh3f
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ134MSadkqa
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oqSBdsBhz
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KQPUHolF3
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFR5q8ZZLG
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVYKr3bZe7
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbsMVfQGM3
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNuV4NONgv
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CwgNym8I5
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvuin3jyII
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VQh1Qf9vC
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 been240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloxiZp93ZN
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVfx6IZTJ8
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6haiAmj5Tv
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySaoY1H1wm
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7rLokptFl
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4awBIRK5o
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVnxPKYgdI
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQLQWBl8xr
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eCqFczhIe
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzjAe0lkbr
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVPh080pE4
school.
