Every once in a while, everything comes212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGkyfVzGEw
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0sbqt4mLz4
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP50psTasjm
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHbQcITaVp
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRk9oqYEf9
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5Q9ncbT9T
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJV6wQPoHPd
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMAu4EJ7LX
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPqAWU0Bmh
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3oF0BT2iK
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oVWU5XIA4
this year’s summer-end.
It took three212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwXJ85DAjQ
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqK0fZPlkI
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDbjiJuJEB
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQ9jjAr9xn
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpWBnlPeER
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1YWVHEBUK
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKBtcIow01
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYmctUBqmO
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNiDHrHXgcd
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJUXDMmMnL
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLH8N5eVrP
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WKW4YlrKE
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtM2cE3ftg
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYF5Liw6EHc
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RoxVQ8Lph
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2BqxfHPEB
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZ9X4C7FvA
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqj7xj2OzT
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbSMNxff9p
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiamgGd1F27
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUBPstHhQK
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGlEq2SfT8
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7JU5ksH76
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ecwqiW36i
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrMsPm3x0m
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgYWLfBB6l
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdwclHM9PE
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwTVzXxAy7
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSd89IobtZn
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKWcmGrpOL
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVK2ns1Ncq2
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRqcmKH9T7
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEp7XqRMq4
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeKJx36eEN
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxV5W2WUZ7r
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CcAvxOviL
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdhHb4EF6p
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNT0q1dAPF
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjs2vxNiv7i
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHvLHjjdmw
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJrCW22dIp
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgcC01Ulo9
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPi6Vl8FfBB
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9KPjqm5Ic
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7ON22IF8H
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2TqPZY3N6
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9omVRzNSx2
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJrbZikZyQ
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZZZ5ga8lR
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD24Mc5xFG2
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpk5cE3HbvR
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2O2is8nkBS
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1WLDbxGpA
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHLLJxRC5i
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX448bAJ7lO
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEukNUnOaF
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1T9ccXUpLy
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBBor1B56A
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwR8KYyegEc
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGo67FE9JFE
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmK0LaQ6epU
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vn5W7rc5r
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCsRXw3Sur
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVAtnCVuPj
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoLhMx6UDF
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yRl4aKRm5
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1Dn1z4mcN
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBGvYc0mDK
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiq6XIOPdvr
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ohXsJ7fj9
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiQQZiftTd
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wUVIxpu5y
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ57lkFdmzi
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqQ0OV8vAs
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQhpU17EHl
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPUxqTkXFA
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoJ7wGUvUB
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAhYAxbt0k
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAa0wCVu2JR
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPY2SDK6bi
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 been212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OfylPYDoI
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIfdR6tYYH
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIf3Rxgfxk
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUqdkCOyLT
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStfbbuOlr5
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsds12rtoo
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0Qiyj6PSP
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUWQ62l4Bd
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNb9W7QPvB
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHM4WH1GRw7
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEYTJGRdLD
school.
