Every once in a while, everything comes219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6KeTElffZ
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kOSC1IBgA
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0kU2jr3rK
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYoWPADSLc8
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQVyMnEJRM
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDoZ4njrYID
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyqkGWRG0n
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU04qDfqyqD
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNKtp4qp9r
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqd0n46ihc
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKrGfaGOKP
this year’s summer-end.
It took three219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB206K5NC7J
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJ3RFuPDHz
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCDr8m27w0
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAACeMj1nBV
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiFr39i92A
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzXHhdWXW7
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJTQvoxfFb
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7aQMoMSNjW
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0hsDm2VaS
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9E7VIGp9sQ
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRY38Pa1py
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfuZT9NrWy
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmDGwCax23
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsLAIZpo8P
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAemFz3ESET
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7zJST2ymc
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZWMlQU5vD
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJW16cJgHW
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILkyMCBwXt
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdErkat2pC7
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZZo0lL6Ts
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXPsI7aE3a
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZX2yAyRok
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzdqS4gk2u
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMjeHkRnDV
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1zm7eek1C
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURO2x0Wnis
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTHm3as3wP
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8i8lAeWehn
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FMSuT8dA8
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhge9F5Lbpl
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fVHfDJwxt
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2Jf5vWgIJ
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4tRzvjJK3
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxu9VnQLcD8
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfXxRltcuy
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbT5Sl0baVu
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LWcztHOQw
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcV8SiX0huY
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ555qoYO5td
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqzEwRurZ9
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtU2zqSvcp
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KjR20AxO1
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQtidfCBbr
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVeIJ2DTVT
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTAIJ5kDFI
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QimUzzVLn
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1J2EFQuAaN
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAwUPMZyE0
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJcr2rf11T
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQe5cxZvFO
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsREMJ5kwIT
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAOfHQyVJp
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzA71OVvWDc
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpag5hEcpht
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR55GKWSnhw
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MwK5mT4ym
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjt9PtH33EO
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjx5CgH84K
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNQRQT350L
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDIYbz08pz
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonUpHHB90O
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7725d5iutq
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbEh7raBgG
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCedGcDysl
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77rC3ENnkj
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qKGWxqURo
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElih0BvAMs
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGafn6Nxb8p
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPaXh7zWlg
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TVtkhebma
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHaBoIPXSd
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡue0ctgAAvm
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBHLHHzLT1
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EugVc0hvT
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDgZv0lkq7
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiwuAfBOL1
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Q6t7YdMeg
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVfgLADvXe
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9k8wcYHr5f
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 been219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoiuxqW4A4l
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDEJ4dVfus
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmkmh9o38n
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXRoz9X2aW
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjXaNSDif2
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyuOb2W1Oom
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiVZBPRpIx
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3FsyvMUso
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Q9IAWquIY
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoGN4Ey9KZ
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJxelueBu2
school.
