First off, I’m the girl in the white shirt with the jean jacket. Now I know everyone says they can’t believe that they’re writing a MBE, but I honestly can’t believe it. I’ve been a fan of Justin’s since 2007, aka the pre-fame YouTube days. I remember seeing him on YouTube for the first time on January 19, 2007 (at least that’s when YouTube tells me I subscribed to him). There were three videos up at the time, sadly I’m not sure if I’m hallucinating the first two or if they got deleted, but the first video I saw of him was him singing “So Sick” by Ne-Yo, and it was posted January 19, 2007. Once I realized I had tickets to see Justin in Greensboro, NC, on January 19, 2013, I flipped out. Exactly 6 years after I found him – I would be seeing him in concert! Then, the radio contests started coming along. There was one contest where you had to make a picture showing how big of a fan you are, get votes, and the top 5 people with the most votes were put in a panel of judges choice the best picture. The winner got tickets, meet and greet passes, and got to fly to Florida the next week to see him again. I came in the top 5 for that contest and lost. Let’s just say I cried for about two and a half hours. It was devastating. After this contest I tried others but basically accepted the fact that I probably would not be meeting him on January 19, 2013, or… ever. I had that in my mind until my mom came up to my room about a week before the show and said to me, “If I was a lunatic and bought one meet and greet pass… Could you not tell your dad until after the show?” I flipped out. I knew my mom would pull through, but throughout the whole week she was determining if she would purchase it or not. Finally the day before the show she called me in the morning and told me she purchased one meet and greet pass, and I would be meeting him the next day. I can’t tell you how excited I was. Finally, the day came. I woke up around 10 and began getting ready. We were scheduled to leave around 1:30 so we could meet up with the guy giving us our pass well before the meet and greet began. We had to be in a group of 6 for the meet and greet, so me, a girl named Caroline, and a little girl named Katrina all grouped up, and with our parents it was a group of 6. We got into line and it didn’t feel like I was waiting forever at all. It went so quickly. Kenny passed by but he was running, so clearly he was in a rush and I didn’t get to talk to him. Dan came out and he talked to all the fans and I had a casual conversations with Dan Kanter. Not going to lie, I was shaking. Once we got into the room where the tent was, you could see glimpses of Justin when they opened the curtain for other groups, and it was the coolest thing in the world. I think that’s when I realized it was actually happening. Finally, I hugged Justin. He was so sweet. He asked me my name, and I told him, and then he asked me how I was and I replied with perfect. He laughed at that because clearly it was all because of him. We took our picture and after the photo I turned to him and said “Can I have your hat?” He jokingly touched my arm and said, “Can I have your address?” Justin Bieber flirted with me. Beyond amazing. After that, security “escorted” us out. We went inside and got to our seats, and Cody Simpson and Carly Rae performed and they were both really good, but I was too stoked to see Justin again. Once he came out I was shaking all over again, crying and dancing and laughing and smiling, all at the same time. My favorite moment of the show was during ‘Be Alright.’ I was in a section with a lot of little children and adults, and they all sat down during that song – my guess is because it was slow. But I stayed standing up, belting my heart out. He turned to my section and I guess he saw I was the only one standing, and he, unless I was hallucinating, looked me right in the eyes and sang at least three to four lines of the song to me. I was singing back and smiling and pointing to him, and it was the most heartwarming feeling in the world, besides being right next to him, of course. I turned to my mom and the lady next to me and I asked if they just saw what I just saw and they both said yes, he was singing to me. So needless to say, January 19, 2013, was the best day and night of my life, and it always will be no matter what. -Julia Continue reading here: First off, I’m the girl in the white shirt with the jean…
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