Every once in a while, everything comes235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38ROvQPlCX
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSekMlCyCEc
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGO5cxlrGnH
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IyGeliSMg
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NVryLI85L
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllBkBBOMIK
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TcHC8m2WC
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5YSYdfdmu
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6A0cWXhi04
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIUuEaFcn0
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdi8hg2L53
this year’s summer-end.
It took three235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIlnbQPV1g
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkd8NOe32xD
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFBVIV2QvM
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IeRUGjk3N
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgFEIZO97w
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Uh6i6Wzf8
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisSbOrFzFZ
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqqTG1Rrbh
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2SZRXAYGw
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15MbErAma1
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEELnjrBoKA
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIVeHLlG1e
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdRllq0ODC
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJz0CeqTRO
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpOFQMTJ5I
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWXg3ZPTFc
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnmUcVfxrC
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQ5Q7xWdEQ
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDw78N40dX
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81QOc3tAZs
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrEaJcbSjK
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdcdiYeda7
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKEnCbCuTR
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMZ6SkY1YE
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWuUJV266U
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzQ0d0vE9P
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Rw3kHFVan
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54INbeTyGK
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNHmMeri08
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPTftVa8NA
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszymPtuvpI
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpC7IZdoATg
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6KZpEkKEU
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWajHe7LIMx
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASO2k940Ax
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRLbZNwAFG
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2SYUR15mD
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweQBBquUC0
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9WY3UwyGE
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2eEe0hcsQ
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fKJ7wXArY
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlELKAIf9C
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDuHwhupr6
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYphlLuieqR
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtWoSNVIC0
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyU9JV08r1k
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgVNAXfGd8
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57JViFbGwc
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzZGjR76mM
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMYAJ5NMl3
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVONHovQp3
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyLQIwO0QE
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHeQk2g9G7
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2hAOvepCk
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wQDRfLgxj
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIukC1B6Gy
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgw42MNIjS5
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypdizzMv8s
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pGrZ3SUvC
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITH47r76uk
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sZK615ki6
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflZXoO5d9E
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmr6tROlTMt
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WV67cO1F5
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfcg9AvjMm
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhsgw0QmyN
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRA8f5q7B9
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPwWHWwBkn
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIp2IqCJZR
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb59y3M8hn3
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNpPcLcyuN
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15hE8Q4ghx
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsomE2Y2uTe
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxv8ICngCV
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreT34EkDwk
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilG6zulPVJ
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWP8dxrcOQH
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTfFNK8xS0
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOg0pxm7hS
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5KmMFcTlt
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 been235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAatCzFG4x
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcJB63knND
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTG1DeXCIx2
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOriD87FtH
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKe8ajDE4T
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuLzIde3t9
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSDhjjMyoi
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGAjaf0zsN
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1IsFfcyiWs
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVc9d3VLf8N
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtp9165SHQ
school.
