Every once in a while, everything comes232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7hrch0V2G
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSGzueJa0b
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4A9Mv0R4T3
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbeGs3gjx8
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5zuiXALHL
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WWexoRI9V
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2Y75X9Sd6
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCfIn9d0FV
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1rraiRhXq
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGgrNgMCip
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZwXynFaj1
this year’s summer-end.
It took three232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQQH3VJ83X
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuJE9OaZTa
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNy1UP0WcFe
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlyNFCrm94
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEOTNBXnKG
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDXs7T0CbC
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswBpxVX0pc
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzT2XI4MorV
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeRyfWsTfS
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJoUHfw8Gb
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gc8UyGcxW
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HpNZG4fe1
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7d7Ee0IdET
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ckgNIsOU4
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9aszhRuy9
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfExjIygKyG
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeICBNpKWEB
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwKFHTHh6l
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXG160khL7t
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSp2RuBwjk
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJn00OHxfd5
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTARjGNiRL
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdifYWdV8J
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Y3ZjrbY8a
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKL7FWFERyg
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PKlRAaDMw
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30AYq62Ywq
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiu3RUAJqRB
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyTN0LHJCf
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtRPFI7Qfj
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdysr0V8Jej
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhJl5DCibV
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyA4NiHZtfq
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkmPjlFnda
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYN6S5HdeuB
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gQOFlas26
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUacC0RsqZR
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAG1MnbkrN
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyotZjk3Vlq
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxveSpqDNWS
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9M3Q4wF7M
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMxeiKtcR1
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSN9iBp7D6
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSAckBaUFO
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDKvQfjjft
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNngMBpGZ5K
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jxHuKdbKN
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡid4WUdfBW8
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlYkn9Ve2A
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MKstr8pBN
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRl2oY77Y2v
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhNFfaCysp
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZ9RCEJ755
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoR2jqGoxNc
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCL2oUiB1f
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdo7cwbsxSc
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vAfLJFQfK
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZOe1dBKYl
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8XF1iM4Jk
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLo1WhIPJuw
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprttmz3QFO
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYn7Ev7ylm
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDbJTabnjc
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgppfJvWuL
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ESo6dXN8Y
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxjZ5C19sx
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUunrYUSab
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCWOqfDtbo
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdRveHfxtA
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUPcPcxG7g
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06caPnqkOL
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUiLweDHmCa
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnun2btA6v8
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOonCpLcqQ
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPrjnfRGak
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kQhveGgY0
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGVLz9FZXU
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FIQhyM56H
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDNM6TCvxV
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkjDz65to1
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 been232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbucnV2JxxV
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHqKhpmdIL
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLc0b0WJYi
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoJpYj9aHV
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPGe3Sx4aY
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMuzZa8ZrW
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocKcN8fNyL
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfgAwIOJFn
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfl5pJVtGWT
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdAdgBcslK
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFWhGyJy4p
school.
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