Every once in a while, everything comes111Please respect copyright.PENANAy8nqSL0f6M
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer111Please respect copyright.PENANAB4yXXdS6t0
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s111Please respect copyright.PENANAFbErjvbBNi
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is111Please respect copyright.PENANAyiR7vlnCBJ
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”111Please respect copyright.PENANAuRnsvyl05o
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of111Please respect copyright.PENANAUvkGqOtlW5
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a111Please respect copyright.PENANAIVXnLtmXgh
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t111Please respect copyright.PENANAqidtCfQhyU
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave111Please respect copyright.PENANA10PGoPuQmR
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again111Please respect copyright.PENANAkeAJQcNcHg
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of111Please respect copyright.PENANAS6JJDY5dIm
this year’s summer-end.
It took three111Please respect copyright.PENANA6MDT1nE64y
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take111Please respect copyright.PENANA28isTrPCSo
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t111Please respect copyright.PENANABLzIoE9JVV
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just111Please respect copyright.PENANAdMutaIT6Jb
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular111Please respect copyright.PENANAGm5czYDkfM
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest111Please respect copyright.PENANALTFJohBwCn
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to111Please respect copyright.PENANAQgOkyYRtyv
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the111Please respect copyright.PENANAnXYeqk3H81
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf111Please respect copyright.PENANAvpFny2Dg9T
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue111Please respect copyright.PENANAKra6LPCBjT
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about111Please respect copyright.PENANAYrTgtEZ48P
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I111Please respect copyright.PENANA2AdYYHyrIf
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,111Please respect copyright.PENANA2wOPlhDYCd
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure111Please respect copyright.PENANAxhFOeM8tRr
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called111Please respect copyright.PENANAPOrYbpQftz
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an111Please respect copyright.PENANAkFvntyS4GZ
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf111Please respect copyright.PENANAmryioeXQtg
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the111Please respect copyright.PENANAgHWGkjquCW
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I111Please respect copyright.PENANAXBoK58Pp5s
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to111Please respect copyright.PENANAWzyP2TYu9Q
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then111Please respect copyright.PENANAIcdG6cE6QI
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s111Please respect copyright.PENANAHWbN8kWp5I
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and111Please respect copyright.PENANAdI7OPrkTMj
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.111Please respect copyright.PENANAF4pqQFUIMd
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange111Please respect copyright.PENANAf8fuSti9C0
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school111Please respect copyright.PENANAfZ6mSoZlCh
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as111Please respect copyright.PENANAJyxtIX89pp
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins111Please respect copyright.PENANAu2NCgqixkv
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be111Please respect copyright.PENANAypnFAqbwXx
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop111Please respect copyright.PENANASGdeGjgqAN
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that111Please respect copyright.PENANAdRL1LuJJ5h
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like111Please respect copyright.PENANAeM1O9g8XR1
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly111Please respect copyright.PENANAruWSN68Ax7
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to111Please respect copyright.PENANANco8sYSvSA
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,111Please respect copyright.PENANABNwMPIqObD
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.111Please respect copyright.PENANAuZpwEpCwcw
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had111Please respect copyright.PENANAxXdg4WObis
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of111Please respect copyright.PENANA2BD5S3qcEX
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked111Please respect copyright.PENANAUSJklU1lLB
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service111Please respect copyright.PENANAPSnCRBNz1J
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing111Please respect copyright.PENANAyVPEOb1kMf
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who111Please respect copyright.PENANAfSiG0VKKy4
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said111Please respect copyright.PENANAG5dpkccioM
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you111Please respect copyright.PENANAoO1LQhx2oX
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also111Please respect copyright.PENANAooQzxQ7DVF
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”111Please respect copyright.PENANAENiaYMwzw0
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for111Please respect copyright.PENANAOuxWOyoC2d
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all111Please respect copyright.PENANANJkmCLtU4E
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is111Please respect copyright.PENANAy9l4FurzT7
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are111Please respect copyright.PENANALCdZ8MUBWV
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high111Please respect copyright.PENANAzjJWP0pFYO
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get111Please respect copyright.PENANAtx4sFlyyzo
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs111Please respect copyright.PENANAQVLMcpW22C
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table111Please respect copyright.PENANAiRk7alMQE8
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”111Please respect copyright.PENANArXJUPv1tk9
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long111Please respect copyright.PENANANhfAe60bMt
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied111Please respect copyright.PENANA3Q0EvloXI0
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”111Please respect copyright.PENANAy4QCxgLHsq
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within111Please respect copyright.PENANAc9M4Ty6Fbf
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s111Please respect copyright.PENANAIHjgZ687l0
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,111Please respect copyright.PENANAB8deJGCwFV
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for111Please respect copyright.PENANAjWS4pqBgaF
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s111Please respect copyright.PENANAVDujB6HL8i
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter111Please respect copyright.PENANABwjjA09zU8
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally111Please respect copyright.PENANAwUXtFPrDM3
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions111Please respect copyright.PENANAuLyag6WP5S
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did111Please respect copyright.PENANAEcVqbzm60Z
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou111Please respect copyright.PENANAs1dx2FmA5B
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see111Please respect copyright.PENANA05PWYWsNdh
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening111Please respect copyright.PENANAtHzmqnJMg4
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball111Please respect copyright.PENANArl1hfOcQsT
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from111Please respect copyright.PENANABFhCvfWjiP
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit111Please respect copyright.PENANAgmfw0juJEf
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the111Please respect copyright.PENANA0Gg5twoqWm
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school111Please respect copyright.PENANAv401DYlAc5
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to111Please respect copyright.PENANAyWKzgM8AJw
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put111Please respect copyright.PENANAHKvtR7nVUu
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the111Please respect copyright.PENANApqbvznWOnx
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to111Please respect copyright.PENANAfqAFnL0nfi
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to111Please respect copyright.PENANAIkKIChyLEN
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 been111Please respect copyright.PENANARa3A0chYXR
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to111Please respect copyright.PENANAnkFCqrbDjY
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner111Please respect copyright.PENANAG5XgyyNkaw
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as111Please respect copyright.PENANAP9Gk7eZa45
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to111Please respect copyright.PENANA3ImS3p3Z9z
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the111Please respect copyright.PENANA8zMSVZfhmi
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely111Please respect copyright.PENANARJloLW9yxZ
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s111Please respect copyright.PENANAmwSsvEjpS4
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and111Please respect copyright.PENANA3B6z4ibcTz
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really111Please respect copyright.PENANAl4ZnikWlox
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before111Please respect copyright.PENANAnb3aBYLj4i
school.