Every once in a while, everything comes277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzD0jh1N3t
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIa7RlAX4L
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeGTSokmAI
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EBdDPOLId
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQr9abtPAIy
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYSbcJuV7q
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXGul9RtQW
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQtyz7IN7a
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAWlaYbVYu
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEuJJk3Z48
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCG52MEbRK
this year’s summer-end.
It took three277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1BoLuF5jw
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwK3uwz5EH
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Kpjq40sUi
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCkcKMOXQT
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPT1WoHwP6
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoJXHRofCf
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqlQqmvQqu
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJQ2EMg5cq
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6YZWorWCG
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7xI5t4ial
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadErACrJom
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkjB6o3rbY
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlS31fByTw
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKME3p3kvV
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWEuoXXRMb
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMDJL6VvjS
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGY77U8NOA
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaay4vj3IU
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Roq6HK55J
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27h8BcufeG
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCl0JV6BRJz
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EXPr5lYx9
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtC6OAZdeS
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUE6PABAuCO
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2MgnAxj3H
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNBIA27OQH
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4pzUHDMBv
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NdGKIcFq3
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSx4YF0loHK
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoRVRsA7jr
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvnX7e55Go
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkA7oaVHC4U
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6PN2swk3y
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSx1uRhPDP
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMLcPzbbeL
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwg02UNGq6
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEetokjYci
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL31d6ELyhN
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8iJeoEmWY
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyTCc8QsTq
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4laIQcxP0c
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpGtDKu4hC
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQJp3YYo3p
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uhrLfqFZg
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwrRmAYABj
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpm6u8pW5f1
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqMfS1uIIs
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAhNjHg9uz
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YVqkm01Et
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkF9c5uitS
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45gXnFsCrC
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnVinhOi7B
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3TQH5Uqkd
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFb6W0Jcu6
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwE9O3PYlJ1
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt53gnJVIIz
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmAGbIE4EZk
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1VlCANft4
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCWofGZ0LI
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhaNiGwPmTp
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9XpJBtvxm
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOez28mIEsc
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbFRndKgAJ
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSz20oYa436
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRQMpPpQFc
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxiBGcui48i
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEW28fbvD6X
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkIpRfEN09
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8SMmWc6xt
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcMZIfE4Pz
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwtpsPzAtN
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xlGh3I7hb
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRs5UiCvWkx
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjff2hrruhs
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwW9crQ7ER
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MEdRVGs5X
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdD3zef3hk
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcTlvUA087
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Me4f2FpKe
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIoK1eEwNx
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 been277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPGQeo6dAY
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡothQto1U6i
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJjQ8HcaAA
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMG7K6Afaa
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsGnaCylKd
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6rqqy2QGL
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGsjkHkXZj
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyZtozCApm
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqoZyXxq1vB
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4WaFKKy0r
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before277Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTo7OBNYMst
school.
