Every once in a while, everything comes269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJBTb2iYjt
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1rljo3amg
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYA1SeBnR2S
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg33iLbpCiv
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVZlJTjKrv
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4hkHORJTH
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbfTMRtEK3
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhijGLfFne
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9AAUKcOD8
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYSW3pOnR8
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJscgX5jFq
this year’s summer-end.
It took three269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtAyIlpXDg
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdknvVm634
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrc6LyUqC0
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0kCvtPB4D
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSH0tEeer0
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF35xVvXgg4
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA581vR2Gc4
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXd65YRl2BN
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7C84E6vkxm
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpHiHsMjjE
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMykVvLy2px
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHE8HZP4DoZ
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiqmYlw6tL
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WVSQL6RLd
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1fLMV27HQ
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTN72IPhwj
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeNBc2Z7do
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAV3MDegmD
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAa9yBgpiK
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPhctEYOyg
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WbONXo8zi
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hAfSmLObN
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjJF3xqpDB
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTkUagKv1d
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhnDuLVU6Y
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISyUs8TxVO
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDxmwUFVu0
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiRSMEdmg9
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnBHBWYvnO
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYF17RewNoM
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09pJH2MhSO
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MtTQ9YpV6
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnozLkK1pY8
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdP43ENpeY
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEC2lQnpEC
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojHYaNbq2x
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQx9h4k0sY
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzc4xeqL4ny
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgGHKoMFxg
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJW5QujXXJc
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoJksXl8hs
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0k2qvrv9T
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEk0bdkVIOj
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wFqZNmleB
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gRgznzs2P
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12xSezlzSi
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwU7rKOQdj
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrfSx8IegK
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmx88RoDSaY
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFmBSSWfOH
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZvl4mQ2Mn
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsxeeJhlPf
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4SMGLY9kQ
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWifH8MrP1
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIsqzyzunW
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLBIckEtEU
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOilsfguTZ
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbFGs2bBdQ
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoOMLDOPtb
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbltGqbQoby
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGQ3qwR2oD
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9njMrUZ97m
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGaFGOkmv3
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXf6GQcbu8Z
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcPlCO8zJA
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKWxbmkW3n
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6TdpI7buY
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAdngwKOWr
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNVEVqLVl9
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgapiIOaer
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiN21J590I7
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfd2jfu332j
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtdGARftbt
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJjClUzJ5P
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd33vpgd5VT
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2AWBDugDY
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgUQnaq2WH
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWdcSOZDFJ
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIHQuCLsw4
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZUU504Axa
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 been269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJ3h95zMbb
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGn91NewJgQ
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS59iZCxtYt
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3qbzDBhcd
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf904aRlYf7
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBP82oXHuoW
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27QIN1SHMx
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwisYdZ7ww5
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8x1FAYsPV
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ912vlhvkE5
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0unyG1hZgN
school.
