Every once in a while, everything comes184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeA1aTmCyva
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhygor4VJ6S
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTy8Toro1e
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmWFH2ZF4F
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kfKD3xcf2
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkb6alwkBKj
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAykxjy8sph
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzsw6RStLS
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplLhhlDYiq
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0H4lJytnY
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzl4ltHwcJz
this year’s summer-end.
It took three184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9QWu7PS50
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzB6Lo6D6gr
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32mvWQxSxc
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkd6zrBZkEk
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnt3AYnYJS
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmInlih3UcP
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSv5OQUXRK9
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHb06TaCd3C
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhYEJkvdoY
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIomKvjdqiI
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaF1mftvhMf
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtgh87lvRU
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1MEhdULWk
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSm0aXjUaP
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8iv8mpoZr
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRucE3h5VBB
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFl2FfYET8
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgwgn3cbM0
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulPBcOXr4K
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskp9076ekU
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3CP9IPMns
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYGTdYdoIj
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEDEa03CJL
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkN2VPwNLNU
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoXIhkPtAR
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iHGytwQAF
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiSCX349W7
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQ3DNT7PIc
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOwz5fzxm4
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TErQrxDIr
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjMKrq1x0C
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNy62v8sDY
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSThBpgdrg
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NtwlXpm96
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpfK4kgZjH
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFZEvHceCH
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKs0xlattua
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDXR9BYVJ2
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTkrtP63F8
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPo8wpEaey
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8VM03vD6j
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleDQAko0uG
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykQPa8tvHn
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVc1o8eMyxQ
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzf95JtPzjp
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmZw1eQP44
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAli36HcisO
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVlYoINXfD
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1t4qMu91oD
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBFAwMpObf
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqTztYNjKb
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAh1UXcbE9C
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLLyTxdMpa
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5I3eIxW5Gl
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4TRR6fC35
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPuXk0qeTc
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT02raZc8jB
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5fgg3fmCo
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GvnTlcwEL
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgzx6nNyWN
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUr7wbarPc
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlRVHZDaJx
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFse7nmlLL
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2auba8hAz
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj828O7WyCU
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbYEU5hDO7
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1G7Q3STQU
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqddmYIWDQ
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehHDvrytsq
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDvf0IAA4L
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8Ravb9iPl
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCTzioDHul
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniGGwZakfw
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsbZO6y1Ys
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOioHu5u0f
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8maTrw7JtH
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNGwuq2lII
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0q5q676iAp
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTfSYTRoUx
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfAFFgE384
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 been184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOquIdqxW8
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbEix3fMWV
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZ6wHV31IL
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoPb7aeBzf
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfviT9H10B
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4HRwJ7lt0
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxiUbN2bSa2
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfNhMFvqKt
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKPYp2CEtp
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYccDoUwGIG
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdb1WQ0XRpf
school.
