Every once in a while, everything comes229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbi6zCEhYH
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BZ04hkx1d
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGC8hYUJM9
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnslKuO51RQ
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvlpIsRiml
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptd9lqx38W
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPvW43xALB
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgf56239WX1
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWJU46DeXh
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5UdFgup9Y
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3rcY8UF2k
this year’s summer-end.
It took three229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXtuOlrX59
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjIprkmIrv
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx26zDHtiSp
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjYRYoJKKr
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKy7Ty2TO5s
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1IJGTPRky3
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEX8FwNMLHb
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqmTh4CC7n
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6avelu9r1
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pInpeMvMP
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9WqjlDam0
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7bf1GJ4ox
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyuuiOYvF0J
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcvqLzwDZw
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOYRDkqWUJ
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2al407uLCx
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1WLmS71p8
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkauWs0Zah
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVuhyeanHM
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iqp8xGqov
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrcDfYcKAJ
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsZ8lsMLai
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NR85dR4H4
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7qNYr3BZM
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBVdFIe8ue
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXX6q4DVhk
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbFEgJ4CFa
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTdsCDx0Au
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaifhxAnY1
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsasbQTo2G
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcoVBBeLmb
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCymDAgiIHt
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylKVyeCq3o
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGXCDqkaMP
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXqPmDkI6q
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KQ5SDsvra
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0pSzBZf5H
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwrcZ8QpvP
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JMWTYVBuA
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFecWvWKxR8
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1TMET3VfQ
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpljagTSObE
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAqAVpvILh
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6crFbSNWE
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhBdhoQ4fy
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEl2RjzVZ6
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSV6o66ALn4
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlskhelQN1e
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXSp4776bx
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArfB48fLSX
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktqHXgvV1O
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWS22JR2oc
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrmN1uwCLm
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzVbgmvtoz
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjNRwqfXub
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VmIyE1V3K
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBcTrd80NL
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSt712u9EF
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7REIhZ5Zzr
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcP1p6IJZu
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUebOvrhr8
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAxjlTW2BX
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxom8yS7gSb
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUB0foklfD
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmEC9zjI3l
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWzIrUK9Zc
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUgiaQ3SvB
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qdO0nYZD3
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3l8eL1iMdk
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe80u6HjZyV
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhe3EGinJc7
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAYWBe79NQ
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77eGh3lZOM
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0m6K0dLaYE
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NJvHJWG9J
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLigImVxl1E
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSHsWlc6Tm
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnISCsGAONw
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgykoV4hgR
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8fv4FxaFZ
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 been229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIz6IgCbh7
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ366Ka9MUti
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswCCROONbg
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77d7HMvfK5
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DYiz8VQmT
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6pWfNXH3K
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAjKPkmS1G
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD95NnItWWV
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBIKrn461z
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUC4ZBEdHg
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1oRAgA4rz
school.
