Every once in a while, everything comes283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkq2lnr9JWy
together everyone gathers up and for that one night your life is amazing. “Summer283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKuzR6NKND
End” party has always been a tradition here at Beverly Hills, LA, it’s a party that’s283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWx8PBVJQW
thrown on the night before school, every single high schooler who lives here is283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxq3Z1dq86H
invited and tonight is the night for the 15th Summer End party.
“Hey Elli, are you going to this year’s summer-end?”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAJpVEx0eS
Neely spoke on the phone.
“Yeah definitely, it’s the biggest party of283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0cOu294jT
the year,” I replied while adjusting my summer-end dress that I’d pre-booked a283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjacfIewlz
month ago,
“Right then, I’ll see you tonight and don’t283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURamCwKAly
forget to snap me a pic of you in that gorges dress you booked”
“All right, I’ll snap a pic before I leave283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsVrNfWhtA
the house,” I said then hung the call as I walked towards my wardrobe again283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMjqDBZObH
trying to find the perfect matching heels to go with my dress and the theme of283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIn5R6JfSIk
this year’s summer-end.
It took three283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOQ2pnXkA9
rounds in the wardrobe for me to finally decided on the heels and it will take283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwZvB7TgdC
another two to three rounds before I find a delicate purse as summer-end isn’t283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzBpABkjMs
just a party before school but it also allows you to meet new people who’d just283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQKTfy7oR9
moved in and become friends with them, so if you want to be the new ‘popular283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudLdY96i77
girl’ in school I suggest you’d better dress yourself up with the fanciest283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzT1I2Bex8
outfit you could ever put together. I snapped a photo of my look and sent it to283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1ShWOeMyG
Neely then headed for the elevator that runs from the fourth floor to the283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVB6ceJB7B
underground car park, I grabbed a bottle of champagne from the champagne shelf283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PYWnk8oli
as I left the underground lounge then headed towards the two seated icy blue283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKi7s5FxTgY
Porsche 718. This car was originally pink, I took it to the garage just about283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSZQ5E2Vg3
four days ago to change the colour so it would match my dress and everything. I283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmwNiU6fTV
pulled open the door, placed my bag and the bottle of champagne on the seat,283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWNwQQNlJy
got into the driver’s seat, and started condition-checking, as usual, to ensure283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4jwKqyDo3
the car was safe to drive.
As I drive out of the car park, I called283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78WnMPdHAN
Neely so we could meet up at her house before we head to the party, we had an283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9DjJvxgjN
afterparty planned and I need to place the champagne in her champagne shelf283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GSvSYnNhU
before going to the party as the champagne wouldn’t taste good if it leaves the283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8MwmWmH9d
fridge for too long. About five minutes later I arrived at Neely’s house, I283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BEDXb8xGs
parked the car and got out with the bottle of champagne and handled it to283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLmRfO4xMg
Neely’s personal assistant who helped with planning the afterparty today, then283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJedTTCSyh
Neely and I drove off towards the hall where summer-end is held.
“Elli, do you know anything about this year’s283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOvUVJeQf7
new transfer students?” Neely asked,
“Not really, I just know that Jackson and283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01S5kt5mIW
Daniel are joining our school this year,” I said,
“Oh, the two guy-best friends of yours.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttEfqo31zb
Well, that’s fun” she said,
“Yeah, and I think there are exchange283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OTGmOjqM6
students from East Asia as well, my mom got an email about it and the school283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvcTrWn4xC
hopes Charli has recovered so she could re-enrol and continue her studies as283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzq67YsH34Q
they say she is a very talented young lady”.
Charli is my older sister; we are Irish twins283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLTxej54Cw
as she was born in November 2004 and I was born in August 2005. She used to be283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6upAwR1eoz
in the year above me until last year she had bad anxiety issues and had to drop283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHdDR7cXMv
out of school to recover from anxiety and other issues. Its good news that283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIJggBSo5U
dropping out of school for a year helped her recover as she seems to be like283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HvcNydE0o
who she used to be, that cheerful and encouraging older sister of mine. I truly283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDuBeygu8A
feel happy for her to be able to recover from anxiety and re-enrol in school to283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Nkw5jx8fU
continue her studies in the areas that she likes and have a bright future,283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qELxFR7dt
that’s all I ever wish for her, to be happy and live a calm life with no downfalls.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBY88Yo6Dsx
About twenty minutes later Neely and I had283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHv7AdGWRn
arrived at the front of the hall I’d say it’s more like a hotel but instead of283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0r6toTUoz
one ball room for summer-end, the whole of the hotel lobby has been booked283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD15w8nstfL
three months in advance for summer-end to make sure the decorations and service283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDqCzmnO62
is top standard. As I parked the car in front of the entrance, I see employees rushing283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigVrB1aF7H
towards the car to open the door for us, I passed the keys to the guy who283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRL4B1CKMaP
opened the door for me as I entered the hotel lobby with Neely.
“Elli, you look gorgeous today!” said283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XWL8isy2r
Jackson as he walked closer,
“Hehe thanks good looking guy in white, you283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowx6Q4xCeh
sure will get a lot of girls attention tonight,” I said, laughing but also283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi43WwDbnON
giving him a compliment,
“Hey, let’s find a seat in the hall first”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzTKZvQx2c
Daniel joined to remind us of going into the hall and finding seats for283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdCXn0nKyx
tonight,
“I agree with Daniel,” Neely said,
“Right then, lets go in” I said as we all283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1ebhfPLwE
walked towards the door and scaring off some other high schoolers, which is283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjd5Od4bPy
reasonable as whenever the four of us walk around together it seems like we are283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5lu5WMIKm
gang members plus the fact that we all go to very expensive international high283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulYwOewjsq
schools and drive around the neighborhood whenever we have time to do so.
Surprisingly we weren’t the first ones to get283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3pdgtlRCW
there as Anastasia and Victoria were already at a table with bags on the chairs283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4qVTd7GTG
around them,
“Looks like we have a booked table283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu839hruPpL
already,” I said while walking closer to the table,
“Elli! Come here let me give you a hug”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6o0Pq8Gtw
Victoria said as she approached to give me a hug,
“Hi Anna, I haven’t seen you in a long283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtj2I4CoExX
time,” I said after hugging Victoria,
“Hi Elli, how was summer?” Anastasia asked,
“Mine was okay, how was yours?” I replied283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mWIFrFyLq
while throwing my bag on to one of the empty seats, “so where is everyone?”
“Oh, they went on walks around the lobby”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5EV0dRW8w
said Vicki, that’s short for Victoria,
“I called Ann, he said he’ll be here within283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqyCuDxMcz
ten minutes,” I said,
Ann is another male member of our group, he’s283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjJjndkYFV
IBC which stands for Italian-born-Chinese which is quite different to Daniel,283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKDD2SJGGu
Jackson and I as the three of us are ABCs which stands for283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3AhZsht4N
American-born-Chinese so yeah, I guess its somehow self-explanatory why Ann’s283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNg39a8gwZo
full name is Antonio Piazollo as apart from being an IBC he also is a quarter283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91rkjr8plS
Italian.
After about twenty minutes or so we finally283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgx6X3ZnCdc
gathered everyone up at the same table for a group reunion and gossip sessions283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTD58al98N
as the host started the opening speech of summer-end like what they did283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jh3QbDdX0
previously every year with a,
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thankyou283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZBzHo0rLH
for attending this years summer-end I whish you all have a wonderful night and see283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPPP8a7BPV
you next year.”
The lights went off after the opening283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIRNmpGIqC
speech, well not exactly off but just a bit dimmer so the LEDs and the disco ball283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZlzcKbr8o
could do it’s job. We felt so insecure for a moment as everyone got up from283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhvxoOjLju
their seats as soon as the lights went off to dance but we just wanted to sit283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Vve85j24B
and chat, well I’m not sure about Ann and the others but as far as I know the283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeL9l0NL53
girls and I wasn’t really in the mood of dancing until later that night.
“Cheers to summer-end, Cheers to a new school283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJh4lMvcvS
year” we say as we raised our glass and drank the champagne.
I could tell that Daniel only came to283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8IUqFGUN2
summer-end to party and dance as he left the group to dance as soon as he put283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNx59zg315
down his glass, I was actually shocked that Jackson followed Daniel to the283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4Oof1gizC
dance floor as all these years I’ve known him for I’d never saw him dance.
“I thought Jackson would invite you to283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7ekySucVr
dance,” said Marianna,
“He’s not the type to invite others to283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGW1zrA1Pc
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 been283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcego4WNcDD
while the boys danced, the host came into the room after an hour or two to283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbS7z6yLoBw
announce that the buffet next door was ready, so we moved next door to have dinner283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMZjBIUccO
then came back and danced till about 11pm.
Neely and I waved goodbye to the others as283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjirWDpqe9D
we drove off to her house after summer-end, we both contacted our assistants to283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qLsA2CSNq
make sure that one the guest room at Neely’s house was set up and two, the283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9MoDoSunT
things that I need for tomorrow has been delivered to Neely’s house so Neely283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmb9QEEJVNj
and I could go to school together in the morning. By the time we got to Neely’s283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bqaAQNXbA
house it was already pass midnight so all that we did was skincare routines and283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aM20R7Fzt
watching Netflix while we had some champagne, the so called afterparty wasn’t really283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHES10eD47u
a party as we didn’t do much, but it was relaxing and good for the night before283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8t9YZnxwYh
school.
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