I’m Maryam from Montreal, Canada. Before telling you guys about my experience, I just wanted to say how much I love this tumblr. I’ve been reading stories since 2010, and I always knew that one day it would be my turn to share my moment with Justin. All these stories gave me hope, I actually never gave up, and here I am now telling you my experience. It’s crazy. I tried so many times to convince my parents to fly me to New York for the launch of Someday, or to fly me to Toronto for the MMVAs. I entered thousands of contests, but nothing ever happened. I saw Justin in concert in 2010, so I knew I was lucky enough. I was trying my best to be positive, but sometimes I wondered if I was dreaming the impossible: meeting Justin. It was May 23rd and Justin was about to announce his new tour dates! I was so excited because it had been a long time since he came to my city. When I saw that he was coming back on November 26th 2012, I freaked out! My mom let me skip school to buy tickets on pre-sale. I had been saving up money for his new tour since March 2011, and I was more than happy to finally make my dream come true, by buying meet & greets. That was probably the most stressful moment of my life! I knew I could get them, but there was still a little part of me saying “It might not happen, they might be gone in a second.” I ended up getting them at 12:05 p.m. I cried my eyes out! Was I really going to meet my idol, after 3 years of waiting, and see him live for the 2nd time, first row?! After this, 6 LONG months passed by, I was counting down the days ‘till I could take a picture with my boy. Finally November 26th arrived. I couldn’t sleep the night before the concert, I was so nervous, stressed and shocked. Around 4 p.m we checked in, and they gave us our wristbands and tickets for the show. I started freaking out. My dream was about to come true soon. While we were waiting for the meet & greets to start, we saw Kenny, Justin’s grandparents and Dan! It was great to finally see the crew, the ones that work as hard as Justin, and help him stay true to himself. The line finally started to move. I was nervous as hell. I kept asking my mom and my friend if this was real life, if Justin was really a couple feet away from me. Then, when the security said “next group” to us, I took a deep breath and walked behind the curtains. Justin was there smiling at someone, looking flawless. I stayed there like an idiot, admiring his figure. I honestly didn’t recognize him, cause he was wearing those big glasses. He felt so unreal, I was literally speechless. I found my words and said, “Hey Justin.” He turned around, smiled at me saying “Hey” with his sexy deep voice. I smiled back and went next to him for the picture. When he wrapped his arm around my waist, I was like *Holy shit, Justin Bieber is actually touching me right now,* but I just acted like this was a casual/typical thing. After they took the picture, I turned my head to face Justin and asked him for a hug. He said, “Sure.” While hugging him I said, “I love you.” When the meet & greets were over, I freaked out, I kept screaming and jumping everywhere. It’s definitely a moment I’ll never forget. During the concert I saw Pattie, Jeremy, Jazmyn, Jaxon and Kenny! Being able to see him first row was special, I could see every detail, it was perfect. We were so loud, Justin seemed speechless and happy, he even talked French. During the show, he threw a bottle off the stage, and this girl picked it up. I was spazzing and I had to drink it, I mean Justin Drew Bieber had his lips there. So that’s what I did. I honestly went crazy. After that concert I entered the BieberFever contest to win a meet & greet at Justin’s show in Toronto. My mom told me that if i won it, she would take me to Toronto right away, without hesitation. She said that, only cause she thought I wouldn’t win. On Friday November 30th, I got a message from BieberFever saying that I had won! I started screaming, jumping, thanking God, kissing my family and crying even more. My mom couldn’t believe it, she asked me to read the email over and over again to be sure. When she finally realized this was true, she said, “Oh shit, now I have to take you there.” We arrived at the Rogers Centre in Toronto around 2 p.m. on December 1st. There were a lot of fans waiting for Justin, singing his songs and stuff. I was nervous, because I didn’t have tickets for the show. I was afraid they wouldn’t let me in the meet & greets. My mom and I had this sign, we were ready to wave it around the stadium to get a pair of tickets. The sign said: WE DROVE 7 HOURS FOR JUSTIN’. There wasn’t anyone from Justin’s crew, just fans. After, we walked by the box office and we looked for tickets. Even if they were section 500, I didn’t care, but we managed to buy a pair of tickets in section 123 row A! Then I saw Jon Chu, surrounded by fans and cameras. They were actually taping some stuff for the movie! My mom waved our sign, and this woman walked too us to interview me. I was in shock. Too much was happening in such a little amount of time. Just the thought of maybe being in the movie was so exciting for me! We finally got in line for the meet & greet. We saw Justin’s grandparents who walked by, followed by Pattie. I screamed “PATTIE!” and she turned around and I waved at her with a big smile, she did the same to me. She’s honestly so damn flawless and sweet! Finally my group was next. I turned around to see Alfredo, whom I haven’t seen in Montreal. I could see Justin behind the curtains, he looked happy, tired, and beautiful at the same time. When it was our turn, I went next to Justin and said “Hi.” He looked at me and said, “Heyyy hey hey.” I wrapped my arm around him, and he wrapped his around mine. The people in my group were taking hours to place themselves, so me and Justin literally stayed a few seconds holding each other around our waists. I looked at him and he had that big smile on his face, I was dying inside. I could have talked to him, but I was busy contemplating his face. When me and my mom got out of the meet & greets, Alfredo was still there with his camera. My mom told me to go and say something to him, cause she knows how much I love him. I told him I came all the way from Montreal to see Justin, he really seemed amazed. I had a little conversation with him and my mom. He is so caring and cute. I totally understand why him and Justin are so close, he’s a great guy. My mom kept fangirling cause Justin touched her hand. It was kind of funny, I mean she’s 40-years-old . The concert was as amazing as the Montreal one. Justin was definitely happy and excited. Justin sang ‘Right Here’ live for the first time with Drake. I went crazy, I love them both so much. I felt like a proud Canadian . Those two days will always be stuck in my heart, I’ll never forget them. I’ve met so many fans, had a lot of great times and experiences. I will always be grateful for everything that happened. Thank you for reading this. Hope it gave you guys hope that dreams DO happen. If mine became reality, yours will too. -Maryam (@ShawtyManeMtl) Here is the original post: I’m Maryam from Montreal, Canada. Before telling you guys about…
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