Every once in a while, everything comes222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsCKEAJs0f
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WfEgWo0fV
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WxDaMsqsQ
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgqAB2yhlo
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqvYcTdpr8
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmJwbaOJrq
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qg4klD103
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WxaoRKbh1
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMI8D6n6rbv
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYvxwc85RQ
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjL0ZO6oTeh
this year’s summer-end.
It took three222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXQA73nLK2
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgFgV6ohS1
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreKI6MYgHY
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZEZtsrC9N
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BxzMY5mrK
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUiDhUm8EoG
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDcp3sOhpL
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgC5gTbAk4e
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagQcRN3sBW
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxtjgax700
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISiHFny2IE
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIapY0aGxBq
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡft23VRxRjE
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzf0JFxCrPs
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtTbvMyexh
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEgjPs4zsM
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TIFquPxUQ
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHKEIrSBCG
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NOVZtGdlR
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4UURHo60A
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSGzxknuHf
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIgmqXJhOu
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2DPLvTsc5
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsMYUUlNzN
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YVazR16y2
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSg4re40L7X
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JhX9tL5Yt
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62cEGZqJP4
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrb6QbxavY
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpWRINc6nC
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkJRVpBOw9
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kZfy8f46k
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CZCb0iPlV
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpy0YyM7F36
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1LBVxqeb4
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAU8k8v41kr
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6klDY3c3Ce
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICrcrTanvh
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHUEVRN1E2
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcG12LCOGnX
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyJXTfDxtb
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXe5gXG9vb7
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJkaIQcjDw
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSHAEkjvks
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ptwd6a7Yx
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CluWvVVXs
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIQIOO91kq
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVmu7cTasd
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qblb9DyXE
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxT5qxUupmH
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2B5ECBqdE
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4ioVwhk9z
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oZKBbkDn2
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVa6EpCYue
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrklurDo9M4
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1Yt30CaUt
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWySS8EaC6L
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3Svmky6c2
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6JVReSTn7
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lIOPdjwTo
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTILAJLljn
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIZrg8UF3w
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhUtXaS8ua
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfqjHpLLbs
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1kPv9BCbF
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6QkF8SV0l
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvEZChB1As
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAawO44OItb
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNRfqRR7E2
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbafVDwSo5
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7TNHhbiGd
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMmzvr6moV
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZYgExDBKf
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFeywBoXMH
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPF8JJCpcX2
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMrwtgOF74
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jkvEbBYfd
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGBXNh0jAj
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRqVOwFmWC
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsx3wLoDf4
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 been222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnOk20mhhG
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYnttNZBuI
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwRU8hGT9P
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYm8tVOHTyR
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZLEagCzqy
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7j8cbF3hF
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLpMh9jW05
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSFhHk9Sty
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIH60kBNDr9
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVi2OOj9pp
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmc6AwqdUPa
school.
