Every once in a while, everything comes244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZweWNbDLf
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gFj3P1pIz
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWZs9gSWve
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWra5P3z7iR
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjAxLYrsJt
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNz82mFqMGl
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZSwULeows
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzgsvmS0jM
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWgQJy4o2P
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Cojkd9yAn
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGa1OjDfnf
this year’s summer-end.
It took three244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ340RqhbINn
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglhsWKaLqW
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTl3jnZHMrS
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJHKl8KbFm
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTR3soJ6ZML
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUyhJzKCTF
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6ejEiJUh2
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhHrOownY2
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgqrHIDxYM
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHQQrmvzLq
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3AKZOEJR1
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdH4Rpn4MK
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMh6kFxm7fv
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZcnkAmjls
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNUD3TqwPn
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZYyycradV
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvLvzTpZ4S
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeY8jzCahDS
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIr4eNIOaBA
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7XBtPqYmc
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3npd8L2xv1
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcOIIChmwW
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPgrJOkHq0
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJJub2mCRa
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pwyqrMGsF
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJ81l4TRIT
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3hIVLkbEM
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnVpJO7nzc
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tO4bU3nv0
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiR01CpP846
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlq5GohPJL
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNYtAWwYb8
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWutjsL0HD
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWWtRfZcOS
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwF4ARylSsQ
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDfbaT1nic
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoHqQYuHwv
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXYpSONI0z
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Whvg1rIW9
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFE9NGZFWz
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBBDHnehar
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwSWTtdgKh
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSizi6xspX
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkwlhmB1kE
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZiBz6fYKH
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JLta83RGz
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPenO4ylxQ
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFKWYhBOSn
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57K52GGKHV
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFrTVzKCgR
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7gHZHpNst
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPSBAG5SMh
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AdNfazcLw
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3u7niCnw6S
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepkneeTD0v
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8WnSVYDZG
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXjuQKmxYd
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5DtJELHfD
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IdOqMgMnl
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1AqLBTeDQp
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHjXqzHKr6
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UAXk3KWGM
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOshXkrLFAD
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcv5dU3Iter
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefADIK1TDW
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ528dFs6CAQ
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0kioHaGLp
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡry8BrcISiw
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZeu5ocQ0A
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74UqV0PMGd
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36Lsg66imW
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWI1ARsxTPQ
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9M4EiWmKU
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSG1xY3dsmg
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWErQnAEkEj
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvx9FSZTblA
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ883I07XPtZ
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubK1F6rFbI
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0REHH1aHe
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGwPvPh8wX
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 been244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjUirEuiIU
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5wmpb9RPz
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT09zCLydW5
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYI8RHEoT0
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VMmKByh81
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrPo8U0teD
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc78A1d9meO
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiy4fdSop3q
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqfbKoKSm6
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfgzkzPkvS
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ikepeIwHd
school.
