Every once in a while, everything comes266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gvEwMzAvv
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Ibe3OF5tF
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3voJ2AyYq
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1KPlSDAg5
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoHErDE8pJ
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiYA6BrN6n
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4MeA0KFbk
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74Pq79b1gk
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqKlqVKb8l
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6N01IkmSd
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jYJ7nsSk2
this year’s summer-end.
It took three266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWb5IzVApt
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDF2ltsTZL
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMMUtR5aPU
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZSXmBU79o
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZCuTZXvwY
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3QXm2TwSC
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nK2B0TfzU
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XRD5qljlD
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEs0H1G774U
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4WNq3EPAh
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1GSRKmzPN
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxPNxDQTtm
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HKxVkkiNt
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPCCHEIVbk
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLKX9gyTmT
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YseU2tC72
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlpBM33VJw
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AjgEWshcx
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyWspaRCgk
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40bD8LbDH9
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyECZxzXoP
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk49WFR1wdN
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MtkEFKd3G
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDjeQBWPoS
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxBJgNa4HS
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWBerr0MOM
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRWk7uu17V
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFvCX9i6Wd
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUNNmOrByL
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBQFzzFGeK
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Jc5zZrVEm
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyglPEL8lZA
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpTJ4AYMyO
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmwTIUBndG
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzYXOcl5Hq
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHhMV3bqne
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyrGoABW4Y
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOa3xgYN43
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfTmPtGcC5
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOs41TAWRgU
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsI5jiQykKM
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7YnsqV5gC
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5CU72YdPl
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDijmg9Gyn
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqCJffLMWr
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPht7O7BUYg
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7c56s4ouk
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwtNCj4RiV
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnN178um6gy
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9TNllj2on
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQP2TBWhMb
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMeiAiWwTX
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72Ut0WKpmH
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDnkbWKD7l
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQ6as4fk1M
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pIDxnt4e5
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmOK9MV6zX
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQJxDsVxA2
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmR4XHf8s4K
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJZNqT9FPS
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMb0PiWfCKm
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32qZT5sOO4
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPOmqH8CTs
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbn7sksh3w
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qoiUDBj7Z
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCw5fYXtsO8
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinuVAwbXAy
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XxJqugajO
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprQmFv11cV
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7d1Zo4EE5
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrdD4AEfc5
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNc2N9JSy3
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJ7GmGGGKA
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1Wf5GWGJD
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjJ4mQmvJw
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhY0B0ACsyM
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPL2cS6Ozr
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQxY6qDpdm
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6ip1xBVY8
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBK5FYEhMqF
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 been266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9CqMgWFEO
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rkbiiHw7I
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMAuB6HaZM
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ebD4XkBor
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaH4gtNkT72
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTiDIeNnfi
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGD7dELO0i
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZ9FNITWiO
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1WsDiaw5d
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLnSWCNXF9
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEeGNdV7tK
school.
