Every once in a while, everything comes142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlKhcYZqMD
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeL9BDy1nid
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VG0WqcF5k
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeMBO1VIYx
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCNYii50aC
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZljaqBCYk
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZk4awIk2GK
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kztK5jrPG
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1arVEk2OLc
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDwpBlpDCP
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV41ySCxCju
this year’s summer-end.
It took three142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaBViNIuRV
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeA7LTcRfBr
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0l4AuEYyT
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDISdQPxQDk
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFSaGE0W8i
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DeGIfGHhd
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadShxAmbcu
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscbqsHoe9H
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurAjfVa7O5
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwN4D5pfnix
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wZl0uqOi7
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpn4JHikXnG
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeV51NLAd7h
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJYaPyZhKH
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGYrvzA6Ae
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIYHgWDhhD
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eu3dmlK56
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvTFoRYQKe
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXnVaU79wK
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqVFZjaNxo
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtQMiSIxdx
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzOmDv6czr
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5Thx5ub8S
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV19BJCyI68
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQErnYzJvpD
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPgxHB9Kg8
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRj4vCUVMa
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22HcP4i9oZ
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPy8B60bdtH
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKhYrUBTVu
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGcZn5NZpY
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnQYLiVbyp
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ns1Ndf9KD
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaz7Wr0qmqE
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEyLO89yKj
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIlbkasjbH
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFhjllpnoF
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4mlJK1D0H
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtdtkE3bLe
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4EgFNneYW
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRa0LuZma1c
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xsG3kzn3b
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4ZGIxvAjc
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAMfTK65NK
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnI7XMYDDmK
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPG9UmzKj9Z
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoxDhslFNe
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtSJxw3V6P
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPqNmSu4fJ
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwU79LggZK
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgiG6AwPTN
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxq9oWegb2
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡceuMbDKCZ3
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniVQaS0WZa
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicgZTYRivk
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wX6J3LAxX
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTJhEOLBDe
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMOxUDGMHP
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDh5zTjqgA5
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoyNqK97EN
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXUPaYf4jj
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylkkQZmwjO
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuresbcmvQZ
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtxcgLqFMK
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WOVceWYAo
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpUhBQr7XC
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbaYQPSViOd
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGSUNQXEE1
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EhiNuESq9
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLCTSKN4Yj
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexlb9BxPqB
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynpEKF2D5L
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0pPEHq9zJ
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoA8q4P1ctE
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8IXzQ7t2C
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkk2YBl0hSM
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CUaI4AbPc
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMRcmu2bAo
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDIkEaGyCE
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDMURlrMqC
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 been142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcRjd5oy7F
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdjkWMmfvA
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWMyXPZi1O
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgzJfPaQta
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccK3oFCXZi
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyc9lagkWk6
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOMVPokKna
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIBp6VYTzx
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsKBbX5D7U
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVjT4JjYzf
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDICml2OB7
school.
