Every once in a while, everything comes255Please respect copyright.PENANAxjrdipkqhY
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer255Please respect copyright.PENANAfUTlZFyQMX
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s255Please respect copyright.PENANAl5DAIjbdJL
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is255Please respect copyright.PENANA16DcHK1HrF
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”255Please respect copyright.PENANArDrVwiZM3i
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of255Please respect copyright.PENANAza46BfiMN9
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a255Please respect copyright.PENANAOEt9zXMx2g
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t255Please respect copyright.PENANAvLtdQZGSLf
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave255Please respect copyright.PENANA55CkMqF6v1
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again255Please respect copyright.PENANATj2rhn60pM
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of255Please respect copyright.PENANArtQS0WHRNL
this year’s summer-end.
It took three255Please respect copyright.PENANAsSoaKtzMhn
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take255Please respect copyright.PENANAFdo0vll8vh
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t255Please respect copyright.PENANAeFCwVAXtpQ
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just255Please respect copyright.PENANAneb4v7jWNh
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular255Please respect copyright.PENANA73jmZw8VKB
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest255Please respect copyright.PENANAtWWSgCCyZm
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to255Please respect copyright.PENANArOYLiOsJgL
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the255Please respect copyright.PENANAjUQqrXYbjR
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf255Please respect copyright.PENANAgJNqd1qDLz
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue255Please respect copyright.PENANAyaKGX92LfH
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about255Please respect copyright.PENANAmROWVSrcHR
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I255Please respect copyright.PENANA5xkXh0jMdz
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,255Please respect copyright.PENANAevpZx2zhlY
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure255Please respect copyright.PENANAj0Y0KGm0Ai
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called255Please respect copyright.PENANA6cRjHVwM4G
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an255Please respect copyright.PENANAmOFVid3W6f
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf255Please respect copyright.PENANA0DJOZU01vs
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the255Please respect copyright.PENANA246r5sXIe5
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I255Please respect copyright.PENANAVKRFMBq4sD
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to255Please respect copyright.PENANAEZdSmqwp35
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then255Please respect copyright.PENANASTVe2O6VOK
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s255Please respect copyright.PENANAK6SJDpHibA
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and255Please respect copyright.PENANAHfSjzhyKb5
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.255Please respect copyright.PENANAhw70CLoAX1
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange255Please respect copyright.PENANAWPuj1UdeOg
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school255Please respect copyright.PENANAPL4FQQLNSq
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as255Please respect copyright.PENANAw47SFXbcw7
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins255Please respect copyright.PENANAlBuVdRTJDm
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be255Please respect copyright.PENANABZ1stgvsMk
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop255Please respect copyright.PENANABIa0BiVxTQ
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that255Please respect copyright.PENANAO5Yj2cstTE
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like255Please respect copyright.PENANAeYgtQtUgKS
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly255Please respect copyright.PENANACF0bZ3sN14
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to255Please respect copyright.PENANA6i2Ph5ThyF
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,255Please respect copyright.PENANAVPWt8v9G5i
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.255Please respect copyright.PENANA4bcmCGeeyf
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had255Please respect copyright.PENANA3LWEK82J6Q
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of255Please respect copyright.PENANA5HfM2EmZXr
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked255Please respect copyright.PENANAhFY4ofX5Xf
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service255Please respect copyright.PENANAiWXYWJjXc8
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing255Please respect copyright.PENANAxkg6od1KL3
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who255Please respect copyright.PENANA9KBp2pZJx4
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said255Please respect copyright.PENANAc7PvNKhth7
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you255Please respect copyright.PENANA82BLDjGtI0
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also255Please respect copyright.PENANAfBAViuHA4y
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”255Please respect copyright.PENANAKQoDE1EhrK
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for255Please respect copyright.PENANApxN2d598iE
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all255Please respect copyright.PENANADdgjbbL8YC
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is255Please respect copyright.PENANApb5JYJXuxB
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are255Please respect copyright.PENANAZlGrggMbhQ
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high255Please respect copyright.PENANA8mvBYvYFOj
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get255Please respect copyright.PENANAOfMKIOuOWf
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs255Please respect copyright.PENANA91P5w2Uruy
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table255Please respect copyright.PENANA4axu0oIaGV
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”255Please respect copyright.PENANAaLWHaycNos
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long255Please respect copyright.PENANAt5RQIJoxyv
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied255Please respect copyright.PENANA4PcSeh26qO
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”255Please respect copyright.PENANAFkiRWTY7KH
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within255Please respect copyright.PENANAq5CVWGko1f
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s255Please respect copyright.PENANAniSEFlLqL0
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,255Please respect copyright.PENANALtP6FpMfpl
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for255Please respect copyright.PENANAaI6vBdrNPr
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s255Please respect copyright.PENANAq0NDBMxiZs
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter255Please respect copyright.PENANAFm6iejLTuI
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally255Please respect copyright.PENANAsvg08pLlnn
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions255Please respect copyright.PENANAjpAYv7yG7U
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did255Please respect copyright.PENANAIEwIO1sTNY
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou255Please respect copyright.PENANAh1MH5AmZlP
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see255Please respect copyright.PENANAR2KVQbpLM9
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening255Please respect copyright.PENANA5q0ilQ9PEm
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball255Please respect copyright.PENANAUW0ICQDt08
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from255Please respect copyright.PENANAvFlxS3TrxN
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit255Please respect copyright.PENANAj6IvVlVa1s
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the255Please respect copyright.PENANA6xswTlr5Oh
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school255Please respect copyright.PENANAUnQL7DVr6O
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to255Please respect copyright.PENANAI0M906KE4J
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put255Please respect copyright.PENANAH1LbtUhzY1
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the255Please respect copyright.PENANAeY9WAQMzhg
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to255Please respect copyright.PENANAg4TtcH83tg
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to255Please respect copyright.PENANAk9s67YZYL8
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 been255Please respect copyright.PENANADLMwsawyqo
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to255Please respect copyright.PENANA1deIGd31mc
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner255Please respect copyright.PENANA10GwdqFlpC
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as255Please respect copyright.PENANAZS0FVqrTk0
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to255Please respect copyright.PENANA9CxxIPVA7Z
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the255Please respect copyright.PENANArjhecN2ezD
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely255Please respect copyright.PENANAkYLFanot9b
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s255Please respect copyright.PENANA4VAbCmYylC
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and255Please respect copyright.PENANABOP2gOs5nr
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really255Please respect copyright.PENANABJjxgcl0zB
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before255Please respect copyright.PENANAg2DWkl8B82
school.