Every once in a while, everything comes217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TlT2u6tpR
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPdAK9x3YW
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gA8g5pod9
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqDNpBR13N
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxXZnnPY9X
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FiBlVeICq
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyn6JprEFb
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gbdfK8Pl7
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Nawhs036E
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVhDnAm1vB
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmk0wrUo5D
this year’s summer-end.
It took three217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHeB3S4sWH
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkggxAYnFp
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwdhnZTk3i
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1XoesJzc0
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiB4BUuSHYk
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaH6WgzvxUd
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2S4vrPY9o
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHQpjLICmb
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CT2GpDZqO
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2Maz57er5
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgLdqnbWHK
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9eUS8GndZ
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbvMgmgTmP
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzyOFvkDri
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8umLfVKMN8
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHro028C2Y
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXAnVWp87Z
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvW2w3nwYa
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlw93yGwla
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qblm2K0C3
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUacVuRzXI
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKf7AutpCE
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuyTrLddQ3
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWj4sxkjpb
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgavPnSPCz
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5myj8RcDS
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjCyJHD8j8
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqNMMsmv9I
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnK0VK0otZ
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qrSscOLQS
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ123CmuWfBQ
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKr4Fob9Btn
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqZjo0xXk9
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFtqhXgzZS
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53b9Lijn2h
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkdFAmjZbG
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoedNnsDT9F
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rjILWzxer
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCuXyZPWWj
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnwMlinZfK
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWn4TLwOLEZ
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0yunnJ9oC
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4do7aPk97E
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzwbqx28Ma
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7zguH0JRk
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnwfBDbCL4
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dg8BOFFRp
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVhLc0ziJa
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡto9QjqIztv
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDIKjaLCD7
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLCkqVneJ6
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEcmM4ja4D
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrynaQHbJL
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisVdKSyF8E
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9PXyG1THM
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8I08idTE5V
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDDF4PCgjW
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6WipFfBVM
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PMlTyC6zU
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvSrd8loxe
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmqZD4tnk1
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYvVz72o1Y
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBAyEzAMT4
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0XMJCu9PR
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxnMR4Gyap
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0ipQL93vT
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMvrlRL4mS
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgg4gCIvM8H
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXW5qJYoTzR
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzV9ygCuz2
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRypRk0lAV6
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE02JE8waLw
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkM8lX8XxT
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKMCXHm7rQ
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoq0posloH
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCBN6Ccjfr
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZukJaZbS8P
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOL1mKKt9fi
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStwdDPPGky
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrm1Zvklvg5
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 been217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHyCeIWUEi
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTI2mDEoHXv
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7MRXtwehcL
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UP8YjasXV
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHo8WhGD5R
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmo94eVcuM
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwVOyjnCZf
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6QHlt4JK5
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVcWQU6HyP
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86q6SrJzfi
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQvgiNEYSz
school.
