Every once in a while, everything comes275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MtTwIIujg
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqzorjM7Qr
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyH5Z8XF1SZ
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkebFiW0E3
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYitCam2jU
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoP99CdndAi
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2PnNHmUun
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2Oz6qbFBM
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnp6wVdULQ
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBORmopd3O5
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bHDGw4uSY
this year’s summer-end.
It took three275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fDn86lgCC
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejqUXO7I5r
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBZk2iQf1q
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkO5SAp47Fe
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkD5Gv9QheO
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRjXk4nnyj
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdUUKhE1fn
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJb9TmFZLEQ
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUdTVHbbcb
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJBRbwDgdf
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOPSkQEAnk
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLilXnMSXa5
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Y1gzK7F6n
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntWVdcGhJU
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ssOW0mpac
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ370eBe4ljG
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx74nzHNuNE
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykXoouPsHf
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcsDx3SAkf
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0FqtXAUa5
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LRHtdCQtT
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXgrn3PkLs
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkg4bEWd6ag
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsSvbTfUVX
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydIT35KyLe
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52LSkI34s9
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPt1LAvhTNy
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEa2e4GJNl
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0ka0xsQp7
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXdWixHr77
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugJTaLDdqG
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QacvHWlnI
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ytjqfe6ya
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrzWJ163bx
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnB1NlPRvx
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRLtNjkFpH
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZo1COicVp
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOLhsYo9Ql
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxXvPm1GTD
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsvEzVFsMP
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuljTXZmG6G
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ioU2xSZ1K
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBgyrUXZJW
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzckE3muKE
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEPzEpLr98
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GqYxJ1MhV
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWb5gsPeuKI
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKCbkjPqy3
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHCy0bXgf8
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDApiHILRN9
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2WplQaKgz
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDu4eQE76HH
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZu00JPenq5
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8RyUkGLcp
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiELa5FbvvE
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWf2fKthxe
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcv7xiJfX2p
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPzzgBxo6f
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZguSuYwfyQ
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqByPZMwV5
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEJM1a0mEu
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryFwtT2Q2T
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXH8HSQQs6
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kAzLh7J0Q
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrqHUhtQFe
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7AqHyW4td
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgfOkhyUxz
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIAaiNcZizJ
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLxHlx5MtS
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHOD8qgGoi
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEx8riuPXTD
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqR1GLg5Hn
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeXmUrxdpH
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBS59LLipux
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsyxJATrai
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurHiDh4uGW
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCkWedPJ8H
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLw7jH9I2X
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MZy4SPTv7
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizz4lqHl3c
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 been275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstZXfeAYvI
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxbJ0QnqVs
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrvLBWpJb6
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEEPns83tV
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgt0SlvPtMa
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLW0y7Okym
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWGrxzdNfL
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHMgI7crhr
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5g25CiBi5A
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrajwAY0Nwk
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before275Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnva5RAcgWQ
school.
