Every once in a while, everything comes223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAsYVSWsFX
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUjZy0gbhj
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkCeq2kcQT
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZFLglDvly
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JenxQaio2
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSDpiKWThX
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG26DgscrsC
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZnpb9eMpA
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHnDL2SVp4
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawOPsHjmTc
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeySbPdkrB4
this year’s summer-end.
It took three223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENNzRY4QI6
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2qf3lJDSb
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RYbYqibOQ
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOD5OBIJATZ
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaBlipf3iL
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MnNy28TvD
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YAn5vbBzw
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PGSnOUpFg
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCSouFGdOE
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHH7cWipncF
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI79cuUSa0v
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPy78q3MNO
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGSI3iGuYO
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERPXFP778l
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwh5SrFIXi
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeDjfRYlNO
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIaBWSZnz7k
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LxhkQUDT6
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcnIryaXr7
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbElsFyirbg
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6q73Oz0G0
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlT5iNZ79jt
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJh0pWWyOAT
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6kGxQgqIC
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR33tsWL8gc
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKfgFoAtUl
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQnu4md3qD
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tpFWhyTol
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPPq9Rx2ZZ
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZ7BkbpiGj
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAizvcTe5y6
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BvMHI24t5
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZC1ttv1rF
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKN8dPZ3ED
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ86BsdIUe2
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuakDIFW7GY
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5T29Y5KFqG
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPityk5jxSz
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlv7b9wNYZq
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ456NiI8G2n
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcztPG2GMcu
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GSuRq8FKL
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEfzeHc290
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlI3tiwEu3
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQxiLtYMkL
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4l6Cix3jOY
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WAo1sPTDL
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBZgDBn2nh
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj27vllyWk9
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFURHmaFaH
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErjbR5rhIE
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWFEpxe6Ma
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHF2OjrzhFt
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHQFaGhU1U
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9vPLedhTm
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJBVjm49Bm
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvU3bKuWyju
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRO3ET0Nb5o
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVqZaeXxgk
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFCz811ool
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBr5oZvPm8Z
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BO2Uvc50e
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCHvXB4lah
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNMIj6aiLz
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxXJCfbS5s
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46tkOBMId3
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ricG2bKPZ
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgg3U95L82N
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVqZiIpa70
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpzYJbs9Vm
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIKsSDuFOk
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxY8805oJK
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTShg0ry6E
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLaf8CQsb6K
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrg76z4aiw
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2cJoeiJ36
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZO1REZri95
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm84oB378np
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6jn750o6L
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlATdGV2LJV
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 been223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7ytrmwy61
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbvK41wZH2
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKlKeGXGuC
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuFrHyiMIM
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyih9tlkuxs
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPG2BQVz3P
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5Gh3Xe4MD
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPU7ByLhhP
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzwLXV2QMF
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrhoE37znd
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before223Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrwTRm8sry
school.
