Every once in a while, everything comes276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lvw58nufk
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0Vz4iknuf
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgS4FjjLlk
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwc87xWZ68t
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNiaUl0Zwq
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjuYWCzPLv
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5Ps99KzRr
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20DZ7i7awR
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyPMKdFdfJ
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruSF7VPKTS
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡga6ceaGhhk
this year’s summer-end.
It took three276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWfQndlrLN
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1B3kVvInn
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0H8fVD98Yi
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjHWB30EqV
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLg8Jxzmzn
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqPikZW3iV
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcoiqOCkdi
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEu460OlsGd
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25a2EzMifa
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVjdcxVTlP
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBctxtgSpbx
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vdQ2ZhUi0
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrVFi3qsxr
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6xb199MZ0
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6J3Mdu9L7
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TEDcxWp2F
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0UDkwGCbV
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueAEqvdhkf
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGm8HOtEOp3
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyf7m4EsGK0
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrkQrcCmLY
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlY0nMF9mh
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzDpkDtl36
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5AkPcOgNy
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gQ42bu5Uh
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MLGw0G3qA
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzL27PItqrJ
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAJclGuGpO
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FSY99kGnL
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlApIt6IfiU
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAcHbalsX9
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaZRFIghSW
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOYZJRzPeG
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqK5saa1ss
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoW29r6Xpvv
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡex3ntx8BTN
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiW3fMpII9U
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbN8VtTEZCS
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhFCT2L6ZQ
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJD0C6tIllJ
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzN9mK2H7p4
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAi5A2ekPz
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQH3RA9Ynq3
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFGTgX5mGT
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPP8mOoXii
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGpOnrDfgJ
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hHyUSd3ej
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfRCg1phFH
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJkOFQN8LF
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kurgqiT9q
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3j3ZOTEPHB
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13JCpsB3rk
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hOyetW7xK
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVR0SPMdJo
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMjaBPyhsg
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOsWJH2HrS
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrIirytKPY
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSx3WHde5JS
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp42P3qnMNL
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0lsq9AA9E
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiP8FuU2zdE
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDH9p3WdGZx
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxSwoXFAhF
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcc6nvJHx27
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIDRCtW5AT
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfIkL5KOVS
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrytfHM65Dg
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKPqWB4em0
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpzQDlW8ri
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uFUfKm06Z
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGMRNc1Pc8
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLjxCdejMS
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfabgfsW6s
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLMDvYxxTu
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FczcS5QGk
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBhsOoYAqn
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrB5XoBFbjH
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUgP46Jb6A
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhwsJODSTN
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSWfXWu10m
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 been276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcEJ77u73S
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaUDr1e3m0
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwIDX0N3Vk
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDkMkSLqOj
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDENham9Vt
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJv3ZA96FGr
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKZ9e9Zbpo
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsOMQglsdI
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bQNKtvFFX
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqmtpjTppj
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHzfmc5vDi
school.
