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A few months ago I won tickets from Tumblr to Justin’s opening show in Arizona. I live in Utah, which is about a 9-hour drive from Glendale , so I took Friday off of work and drove straight to the arena, stopping only once for gas, because I was way too excited to get there. As soon as I arrived, I saw a bunch of other fans waiting for Justin and as I walked over to join them, they all started screaming as if Justin was walking toward them or something. I immediately looked down the ramp and saw Scooter and Carly walking over, so I ran to the fence and found a spot just as the girl next to me yelled, “Scooter! Scooter! Can I get a picture with you?!” I was really bummed he took a picture with her since I figured he wouldn’t stop for me standing right next to her, but as he started walking away I said, “Scooter! Can I get a picture with you??” He turned around and looked at me so I yelled, “I’m @quotesfrombieb!” As soon as he heard me say my Twitter name it was almost as if he recognized me so he smiled and walked back over to take the picture. I’ve been wanting to meet Scooter for such a long time, so at that point I knew the trip was worth the long drive, but it only kept getting better. The people around me told me Justin had already come out twice that day, but Scooter told us he would come back out after rehearsals that night. It was over 100 degrees so I decided to walk back to my car and wait in the shade so I wouldn’t melt. After an hour or two I walked back over and found a great spot to wait for Justin again, and after a couple more hours, he rode up the ramp on his Segway. He put his hand out for all of us to touch it but I was too busy trying to take pictures to reach my hand out to touch his. Within only a few seconds, one of the security guards made a mistake and somehow opened the gate Justin was behind, and about a hundred girls started running toward him. Justin immediately zoomed back down the ramp and into the arena, and the rest of us were pretty scared and upset the other girls cared more about themselves than Justin’s safety and ruined the experience for the rest of us. The next morning, I got ready and drove to the arena, picking up some donuts I promised Justin’s photographer, Mike, on the way. I waited with the fans outside for a couple hours until a tour bus arrived, and as soon as I got out my phone and started filming, I saw Jaxon waving to us from inside the bus. It was the cutest! After that, my cousin and I went over to the radio stations who were having competitions to win tickets and meet and greets, and we decided to enter just in case. One competition they were having was a Bieber trivia contest, and I was one of the last lucky fans to enter. The radio station asked tons of easy questions like, “What is Justin’s middle name?” and “When is his birthday?” and I answered everyone else’s questions correctly in my mind…until I walked up on the stage and had to answer my own question correctly. Radio: “Where was Justin discovered?” Me: “STRATFORD, ONTARIO!” As soon as I answered, I knew what they were looking for was “YouTube” of course. I knew the correct answer, but I said the literal location he was when he was discovered. I was so upset and even tried fighting my way back into the competition, but it was too late; I’d lost my chance and felt like I wanted to cry. One girl I’d made friends with during the competition went up to answer her question after I lost. Radio: “Where does Justin currently reside?” My friend: “Los Angeles, California!” Radio: “That is incorrect!” I immediately yelled, “WHAT!?” because the radio station was incorrect. After a few seconds of confusion, the radio station announced that the correct answer was Atlanta, Georgia. Wrong. True beliebers knew the correct and current answer was Los Angeles , so when she left the stage, I went with her to explain to one of the workers that she answered correctly and they were wrong. After just a few minutes though, the competition ended, and the random drawing began for another winner. We decided to hold off complaining any more until after they drew a winner, and all of a sudden we heard them call out a name. I looked to the right of me where my new friend was standing, and she was in complete shock. THEY HAD CALLED HER NAME! I sincerely couldn’t have been happier for her, and I didn’t even care that I didn’t win the meet and greet because I knew she deserved it. I gave her a hug and congratulated her and talked to her mom for a minute about how crazy it was that we were just going to complain about the mistake the radio station made but she ended up winning after all. As I was about to leave the area and charge my phone in the car, her mom asked me for my phone number just in case they got more meet and greet tickets that we could use, but I wasn’t counting on anything because I knew they would only get two, and she and her mom would use them. Just as I got in the car and plugged in my phone, I got a phone call from an Arizona area code. Me: “Hello?” The other end: “Hi! Where are you? Are you close by? We have one extra ticket if you can get here in three seconds!” I started SPRINTING back to the arena and made it just in time to get a wrist band. I couldn’t believe how incredibly blessed I was to have gotten this opportunity after being genuinely happy for this new girl I’d just met. Karma is real! Her mom ended up giving me her ticket, which was the nicest thing any stranger has ever done for me. I just hope someday I can pay it forward and give back to someone else the way she did for me because I’ll never be able to thank her for her incredible act of kindness. As I was waiting in line to meet Justin, I saw his backup dancer, Jon Boogie, and talked to him for a second and asked for a picture. Then I saw his agent, Marco, and talked to him as well. They were both so nice and Marco especially acted as if we were best friends! I loved them both. The line started moving, and it only got harder and harder to breathe. I’d just met Justin exactly four weeks earlier, so I was rehearsing what I would say to him and I came up with the perfect line to say to him. As I walked through the curtain, Justin looked at me and said, “Hi! How are you?” and as those caramel brown eyes looked right into mine I forgot everything I’d planned and said, “Hi, good! Sorry I’m so sweaty!” Ya…I wasn’t even close to what I’d planned on saying! He responded with, “It’s all good!” and he continued to hug me as if he didn’t even care that I got my sweat all over him. Our cheeks even touched, and afterward I tweeted that Justin has the softest baby’s bottom skin I’ve ever felt…BECAUSE IT’S TRUE. My group and I proceeded to smile and take a few pictures before Moshe said, “Okay this way, thank you!” It was absolutely perfect, even though it was super quick and “Sorry I’m so sweaty!” weren’t exactly the words I wanted to say to him. We said bye, and as I walked out I touched Moshe’s arm and said, “Hi Moshe!” He said, “Hi how are you??” Then I saw Kenny and patted his arm and said, “Kenny how’s it going!?” and he said, “Hey what’s up how’s it goin’?!” I love Justin’s entire crew. They have a special quality that makes it so easy for them to make each of us feel so special whether or not they know our names. After meeting Justin and freaking out for the next little while, the doors to the arena opened, so my cousin and I went to find our seats. I tweeted Mike to see if he’d come by and meet me inside the arena since I wasn’t able to meet up with him and give him his donuts outside, but I decided to meet up with one of my good Twitter friends while I was waiting. As I was waiting to meet up with her though, my cousin texted me and said, “Mike came by, and I think he thought that I was you!” I was devastated I missed him, so as I was texting her back and trying to tweet him, I looked up and saw him walking in my direction. I yelled for him and luckily he heard me, and we ended up chatting for a good 15-20 minutes about everything from the show to Avalanna to photography to donuts. Even though I’d just met Justin, it was one of the highlights of my weekend to talk to Mike, because he was so down-to-earth and just a genuinely awesome guy. He spent so much of his time getting to know me and talking with me, and I’ll never be able to thank him enough. Thanks again for being so amazing, Mike!! The entire concert was incredible. I went from being the most excited I’ve ever been to shocked at the beginning of the concert…to laughing at some of the things Justin said onstage to almost crying while watching him throw up…to tearing up watching him dedicate One Less Lonely Girl to Avalanna and then singing Believe just for us. It was the most incredible night of my life, and I’ll never forget how special it was. After seeing Justin in concert, I can say without a doubt that he will be around for a very long time. Thank you Justin, Scooter, Mike, Kenny, Moshe, Marco, Jon, Natori and her mom, and everyone else who took part in making my weekend one I’ll never forget. Dreams DO come true! -@quotesfrombieb Excerpt from: A few months ago I won tickets from Tumblr to Justin’s opening…
A few months ago I won tickets from Tumblr to Justin’s opening…
