My name is Natalie, I’m 17 years old, and I’m from the Bay Area in California. Let me just start out by saying that I never thought that I would ever write a My Bieber Experience, but hey look at me now. The best day of my life took place on June 26 th , 2013 in San Jose, California. I had been counting down the days to Justin’s concert ever since I bought the tickets back in December. When I bought them, unfortunately I was unable to get M&Gs, however, I was able to get some really good seats, so I was extremely happy. I knew that there was going to have to be some other way for me to meet my idol. As the concert got closer and closer, my amazing friends started to try to trend #BiebsMeetNatalie, in hopes that the crew or someone would notice and help me. Well that’s what happened. On the morning of the concert, I had no expectations of meeting Justin or any of the crew that day; all that I knew was that I was going to see my idol perform. As I was on my way to the venue with my cousin (we left super early to meet up with people and hunt down the crew), everyone was trying to trend #BiebsMeetNatalieTODAY. Literally every single one of my friends were participating, trying to get a crew member to notice the trending hash-tag. As soon as I arrived at the venue, I got a DM from one of Scooter Braun’s friends, Steve, saying that Scooter wanted to give me 2 meet and greets. At this point I couldn’t breathe, I felt like I was going to pass out or something. I couldn’t believe Scooter actually saw and wanted to help me. I realized that I was finally going to meet my idol after so many years of supporting him. Unbelievable. Let’s fast forward a bit, past all the shaking and crying and all the confusion that came along with getting the M&G bracelets (the venue had terrible staff). Once we finally picked up our M&G bracelets, my cousin and I waited in line to meet the guy who means the most to me. We made friends in line, and even saw Dan Kanter along the way to meeting Justin. As we got closer to the curtains, that’s when it hit me. I was about to meet Justin Bieber. When it was our turn to go inside, they put us into a group of six. I walked inside and there he was. Flawless. They didn’t allow me to stand next to Justin or even touch him, but I wasn’t about to walk out of there without saying anything. As I was being pushed out, I shouted, “I love you Justin!” and he responded back, “Love you too!” That made me so happy. On our way out of the M&G, I saw Scooter casually walking the opposite way as me. I stopped him and was like, “Hi Scooter I’m Natalie, the one you gave M&Gs to, thank you so, so much!” He immediately knew who I was and opened his arms and was like, “Come here,” so we gave each other a giant bear hug and he said that a lot of fans wanted me to meet Justin. I asked for a picture and we said our goodbyes and I made sure to thank him about 100 more times just so he knew how grateful I was. After that, we arrived at the actual concert. We had missed the first opening act, but were able to make it just in time for Hot Chelle Rae. When they were done performing, I sat down and realized that I hadn’t met Alfredo yet! Now if you know me, you know how much Alfredo means to me. I tweeted him that I’d meet him anywhere, any place. He ended up DMing me and asked where I was sitting and told me where to go and that he would come out, but very briefly because he didn’t want to cause a big commotion. As I was waiting there, I saw him peeping through the curtains backstage, and came sprinting out with his arms wide open and a huge smile on his face. We hugged and I asked for a selfie, and he said, “Yes of course!” After that, people recognized him and the whole stadium started screaming, and I knew at that point that he had to go back inside. I told him thank you and that I loved him, and he ran back backstage. It was quick, but it was all I needed. I had never seen Justin so up close and he did amazing. I was so upset when the concert ended because I wanted it to last forever. June 26 th was definitely the best day of my life. I met Alfredo, Scooter, and most of all Justin. My advice to the people that haven’t met Justin yet is, don’t ever give up. It WILL happen one day. The rest is here: My name is Natalie, I’m 17 years old, and I’m from the Bay Area…
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My name is Natalie, I’m 17 years old, and I’m from the Bay Area…
