I’m Emily and I’m 14. On October 9th, 2012, I was blessed enough to get to meet my idol, my inspiration, Justin Bieber at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. Never in a million years I would think that I was going to be writing my own personal experience of meeting Justin himself. It’s incredible. It all feels like a dream! My friend, Hana (@lovinbieber36) (far left), bought me a ticket before the sales started because she has an account on www.bieberfever.com . I was incredibly grateful and excited for the show! We bought the tickets in I believe late May ‘12, and so we had to wait and wait for the best time of our lives. I have been a fan of Justin since he posted on YouTube, and had been to his My World Tour two years ago. I was so excited for these tickets, because Justin’s latest album, Believe, has helped me with my own personal struggles I’ve been having lately. In February, I had a house fire, and the pain was hard to bare. I was so scared and guilt felt, because my mentally disabled sister and I were the only ones home. Then Believe came out on June 19th of 2012. With a new album, it kept me distracted and excited for my concert. I felt so happy. “Be Alright” made me feel as though everything was going to be okay, and it has been okay. October finally came and my friend and I kept counting down. “9 more days!!!!” we’d tell each other. October 9th got closer and closer. I was getting more and more excited, because Justin definitely helped in my life. He made my rainy days sunny, and my cloudy days blue skies. On October 8th, my friend who got me the ticket sent me a text at 2:42pm. “I WON THE CONTEST TO MEET JUSTIN BIEBER!” At this point, I was confused. You won a contest? One day before the concert? To meet Justin? You’re kidding, you have to be. I questioned her, and she called me bawling. “I’ll send you the email and show you!” she told me. Soon enough, I got the email. It was true; she won a contest off of BieberFever.com and she won two meet & greet tickets for Justin. We were going to meet him. I hung up and called my mom in a flood of tears. “HANA JUST WON MEET AND GREET TICKETS FOR JUSTIN BIEBER, I GET TO MEET HIM!!!” When my mom came home from something for my sister, and my dad came home from work, I smiled as big as I possibly could and kept telling them I get to meet Justin. I made a shirt (as you can see, I’m on the far right) just for the 9th. The following morning came and I got up and ready for school. I was still so happy and excited, and of course I was hyperventilating, but it just didn’t seem real. Yeah, sure, I’m going to meet Justin Bieber. Suuuuuurrrreeee. To be honest, I thought it was all one big dream. Hana and I left school early just to wait in line for the meet & greets. When we got to the Tacoma Dome, we met up with two of our friends who also happened to win the same contest (Mondona on the left closest to Justin, and Abby on the right closest to Justin). We started walking into the Dome, and all the sudden we walk past a familiar face, Kenny Hamilton! I walked past him, yelled “Kennyyyyy!” and kept on walking. At that moment in time, I figured it out: this was not at all a dream! I was going to meet Justin! Us four waited in the meet and greet line for about an hour until people started meeting him. The rules were very strict, which made me extremely sad. “You’ll have about one minute to meet him and take a picture. No signs are allowed in and you cannot give him gifts.” It hurt me knowing that I wasn’t allowed to give him my two-page letter, but I’m just thankful I was getting to meet him. Hey, maybe he’ll see this and tweet me? Never say never, right? We were first in line, and mentally preparing ourselves to meet Justin. We saw Kenny opening up the curtain to let people in and I saw a sneak peak of Justin! It all seemed too crazy to be real. Finally, after waiting for hours, the curtain was opened and so were Justin’s arms. He smiled and said to us, “Hey guys!” very cheery. I hugged him and he smelled so good. Like honestly, Abby, Mondy, Hana and I were so excited over his delicious scent, as odd as that sounds. We got ready for the picture, and before we took the picture, he just started rubbing my back up and down, something I never expected, it made me get chills. I was so happy. We took the picture, and we started headed out. I left with a “Thank you so much, you have no idea HOW much this meant to me”. They closed the curtains, and the tears started falling. I actually had just met the real Justin Drew Bieber. All because Hana won a contest. I called my mom, and in between sobs I said “I just met him!” to which my mother replied, “You don’t sound too happy, you sound like he punched you in the stomach!” because I was crying so hard! It was really embarrassing, but worth it. I called my friend, Katie Sue and cried to her while she was at soccer practice. Then, after I calmed down a little, I called my best friend, Zoe, and told her how amazing I felt and how everything was. October 9th, 2012, was the most perfect night in the whole entire world. I wouldn’t have changed it for anything. It really made me think that anything IS possible, and Beliebers, you all will get the chance to meet Justin. Your time will come. I thought I never had a chance to meet him, but just don’t give up on that dream! -@Mimily615 Read more from the original source: I’m Emily and I’m 14. On October 9th, 2012, I was…
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