Hey BELIEBERS! I’m April and I’m an 18 year old Belieber from Austin, Texas. On November 17, 2011 I flew to New York City to attend Pencils Of Promise’s First Gala. My heart was pounding when we landed but it stopped when hotel management told me they had no records of my meet & greet wristband being dropped off. After arguing with the staff and calling multiple POP team members, it was determined that it was gone. Luckily the POP team had a back up plan for me! They allowed me to register and pick up a new wristband at the door! At 6:00pm all of the meet & greeters met outside a secret location. After waiting in the freezing cold for an hour, they opened the door and one by one allowed each of us to pass when our name was highlighted and our wristband was checked. I was pulled off to the side because I still didn’t have my wristband, but it came eventually. I walked in by myself not knowing anyone and everytime I turned a corner, a new security gaurd was there who pointed me in the right direction and checked for my wristband. I walked into the meet & greet room after checking my coat and awkwardly stood to the side. I saw that another girl was by herself so I made my way over. She complimented my dress and from there we were best friends! She said, “I really don’t want to pass out! I’m gonna cry!” and I said “My friends told me I’d be in trouble if I blew it! They don’t want me to pass out either!” LOL. Adam Braun and Sophia Bush walked around the room for a while and after everyone was in they closed the doors. There was a big black screen that you could kinda see through that had a door behind it. Me and my new friend Aisling squeezed each other’s hand as we waited for THE BIEBS to come in the room! Scooter, Kenny and Justin walked out! Sophia Bush then got in front of everyone and said “LADIES. The man is in the room. NO SCREAMING! Now woman to women, you need to keep your cool. Don’t freak him out. On the count of 3 SCREAM! But no screaming after that!” She counted to 3 and we all screamed. Then Allison Kaye did the same and we screamed again. Then it happened. JUSTIN DREW BIEBER walked into the roped off area in front of the POP logo screen. I don’t remember breathing after that point but I made it through completely normal so I guess I was breathing. Everyone was put into groups for the pics. Me and Aisling got our chance to go up and I had my sharpie ready! I walked right up to him and asked him to sign my phone. He tried for a second and then said, “It’s not working!?” and I said, “Keep trying, it will work!” At the same time Sophia and Adam made a wall around justin, me and aisling. “You arent suppose to do this. No more autographs Justin we don’t have time!” I think Sophia said that. Then in seconds he had his arm aournd me and I had mine around him. A couple pics were snapped and apparently a video that POP used in their recap of the night. Then I started to walk away because other people still needed to go and I didn’t want to be a BIEBER HOG. Haha. But he gently grabbed my arm a little below my shoulder, looked me in the eye, smiled and gently squeezed my arm three times. I will remeber it forever. (haha I’m such a FANGIRL!). Then we walked across the street to the Gala location and cocktail hour began. There was a choir and silent auction. Durring this time, Shaq, Usher and Jaden Smith showed up! Shaq took pictures with us but Usher & Jaden’s bodyguard told me they weren’t allowed to take pictures. Everyone took their seat and Justin, Pattie, Diane & Bruce (grandparents) and his great grandmother Estelle walked in and were seated. Sophia talked for a while and some video clips were shown. There was a live auction that Justin had to jump into of course and Give Back Brands talked for a while. Then Adam talked and introduced Agency Net, Scooter & Justin who all gave inspirational speeches. I only made eye contact with Justin once when he first walked in though. After dinner I managed to catch Pattie for a few seconds and she took a picture with me. I told her “YOU RAISED AN AMAZING SON!” and she said “Awe thank you!” She is such a sweet person! When the night was over they Bieber crew exited to avoid being mobbed by all of the beliebers in the room and then I left as well. Over a million dollars was raised for Pencils Of Promise! The night was absolutely amazing and one I will never forget. Justin is the sweetest guy I’ve ever met and he truely does care about his fans. You can see it in his eyes when he talks to us or takes pictures or even just waves. I hope my Bieber Experience will inspire other beliebers to NEVER SAY NEVER because you can be one of the lucky ones that gets to meet Justin. You just have to BELIEVE Here is the link to the video POP posted of the night! I’m in it with Justin for like 3 seconds and I had no idea I was being filmed. I was with THE BIEBS though so I probably should have assumed. -@aprilwegesin See more here: Hey BELIEBERS! I’m April and I’m an 18 year old…
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