Every once in a while, everything comes276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8ehrdr1q6
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplqHzSgsXi
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfFq1aG4MF
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdz6GAHR23L
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCic6en84x
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1aGClZga5
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY14yv7Z02n
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmJQlw7HXp
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIqkAg0j8W
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9srE4kv7c
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1S5O5gZSCl
this year’s summer-end.
It took three276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SBz5KGHCA
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rYLOk5jIO
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisMkkqH0nJ
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJJNtETWr8
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPYEGncTtB
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQA8OsNQZe
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYl5hSKHuU
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqmmEoE3pw
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OwFoeT5YW
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFgNUUQI5m
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2ArIZy8Sk
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3PnrGgBal
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkvTO7M2q6
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MORxrwFJ9
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJ1mRpXQT1
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoz8No81rP
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsr0Or3vVUY
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6CbPOEeQt
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZinpXAbdZC
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcMS7BIuo1
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcleDJnvFev
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4iAzVFCwy
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2TEVOF3yV
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eu5vuwrlu
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeVKm3nctA
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoteGg0jQJm
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQUgnvhnAu
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYi3ZcY9UJJ
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMCl2zsJYz
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUzqoJtD0y
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uMy8TwLXm
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQ3kS93Apl
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KGHsAP5PN
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu90KQ0frfR
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHvB8VL2F7
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpe8DYf78p
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBijDlmE6fq
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuq5PU2pBew
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoN6LsFlKi
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQgPRgJfoz
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeuFyFW5Lm
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEwhYvfF8h
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQFVdlKaRt
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTM1JHFEsl
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1p7LUPAf6
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgf6qAk9yv
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAScNEfgD1
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9Yt83tFpr
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSonDgL0LZ
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiax3LKRA1
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaahuilN2F
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXZNBC6vg2
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCT0jnQXuF
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBy1TyEn4jT
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBrOgsj9nJ
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKQQURWpiW
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJMlxSCE1M
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLU0AfigoN
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeBpUteP9q
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbAfWIGggi
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLoWRiYCXYN
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡER0pDAOyFx
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQN9EOP9YaG
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIt4lsljwd
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3doETx0na
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFtqqlYFyw
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSIiARfHdk
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3kXoEQJGT
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTb5Gtvhy4J
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYj9XrES9i
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQQYNewPzT
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3hClB76iC
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUpkJDmK17
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwUzeYhGnV
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6D3hIbJLz
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfw66BY7w7
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjwV2E8lZ6
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvdXwNR3SC
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZOhwgq2zd
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqVMveWMRT
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rqDhDNtGW
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIEiDs1CSBl
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqB1KsTrG7
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHcj31uV9p
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FvreMGjBL
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayV1Y7FHqP
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHikhOR91Q
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnh3hZGb2Jc
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nYX7ASw0z
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJGm4zoLjc
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before276Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQinpragjf
school.
