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I’m finally sitting down to share my experience meeting Justin and seeing the Believe tour for the first time. Let me start by saying I haven’t been around since the beginning (unfortunately) like a lot of you have. Right around the time ‘Never Say Never’ came out, my friend Jenni (@thejennimoore) introduced me to Justin’s music. After we saw the movie, it was on . We became a bit obsessed, but since we were (at the time) 22, couldn’t really admit it to that many people. Getting comments about him not being legal and such made it hard to let everyone know how much we loved his music, and how cute he was! We always said that when Justin comes to Portland, we are totally going to see him. I wasn’t a member of BieberFever, but Jenni was and when we heard the announcement that he was going on tour plus presale was on May 23rd, we knew the time had come. We were finally going to get to see Justin Bieber in concert! We bought our floor seats and spent the next few months getting excited for the concert! When Jenni told me she was going to enter a contest to win us a meet & greets, I gladly helped, but secretly thought we had no chance of winning. The winners weren’t going to be announced until the day before the show, at midnight, and the anticipation was killing us! The night that the winners were announced, I was out with friends and my phone had died. The next morning Jenni called me promptly at 8 a.m., and said she would give me two more hours, but was coming over. 10 a.m. came too quick, and in walked Jenni and her bf, ready to hang out. He took my phone, (secretly taking a video of us sitting on the couch) and she handed me hers, prompting me to read an email. The email was to Bieberfever, with her entry. I didn’t understand what was going on, and she took the phone, found another email, and showed it to me. WE HAD WON! I started screaming at the top of my lungs, with her boyfriend catching it all on camera, and we both started giggling hysterically . Although I had only had 4 hours of sleep, you’d better believe I was WIDE awake! We started planning our day, now with the knowledge that we were going to meet THE MAN himself the next afternoon. First stop, driving past his hotel. We thought we’d take a chance and see if he happened to be outside, and luckily for us his tour bus had just pulled up and out he walked, looking perfect as ever, as we were slowly driving by. Jenni stopped the car and opened her door, not knowing whether or not to go talk to him. I picked up my phone and started frantically taking whatever pictures I could. We quickly decided not to bother him, as he looked sleepy and seemed to be ready to go on a bike ride. We circled around and drove past him. I rolled down my window and said the only thing I knew we were both thinking, and the only thing that would come out of my mouth, “JUSTIN WE LOVE YOU!!!!!”. He said thanks, and as we drove away. I’m pretty sure we both giggled harder then we ever had before. We were in shock. I honestly don’t know how she drove, but we ended up at her house and proceeded to fangirl over our short interaction with him, and plan our outfits, hair, talking points and anything else we could to prep for our big day. I woke up the next morning literally smiling like an idiot, but I couldn’t contain my excitement! I honestly don’t remember anything before Jenni came over to pick me up for the show, that’s how elated I was to be meeting him. Fast forward through all the stress at the ticket window, Beliebers screaming and running frantically, and our Kenny sighting, we had finally made it inside the arena for our M&G. We made friends with some adorable girls in line in front of us, and heard shrieks and sobs over and over again. It was almost our turn; we ran over our game plan, and as we walked around the corner, we saw the black curtain that every Belieber at the concert wants to see. We knew he was behind it, and started freaking out almost immediately. The guy at the curtain was shouting, I need two more, two more people, and we yelled, we’re two!! My heart sank because I knew that meant we weren’t going to get to take a pic with him, just us two. But, I didn’t have time to dwell because this was it. There were 4 other girls that we had to go in with, and when the guy asked if we were ready, I think we all just about died. He pulled back the curtains, and I saw Fredo first, laughing and standing by the camera guy. I turned to my right and there he was. I swear I heard angels singing and almost fainted. Jenni ran up to him first, he was SO nice and gave her a big hug. I was next, and again got a huge hug like I was a friend he hadn’t seen in years. He was smiling from ear to ear, saying, “Hey guys, how are you”, and I’m pretty sure I made a total fool of myself and just said “Thank you for everything”. As everyone always says, he smelled amazing, and he was literally flawless. He gives great hugs too, that’s for sure. At this point, Jenni was on his left, and I made my way to his right side. He hugged the others and then it was time for our pic. I still had my arm around his shoulder from hugging him (cause I was not about to let go and lose my spot), and I knew it would look weird in the pic so I said, Justin I have to move my arm, and he said oh ok, that’s better, as I moved my arm around his waist. We took the pic, and I saw Alfredo still laughing, which was totally understandable; the m&gs have got to be the most entertaining part for him and the crew. As they led us out of the tent, Jenni got one last question in, and then it was all over. It lasted a maximum of 45 seconds I’m sure, but it was the best 45 seconds. As we fell out, we were in shock and screaming and I could hardly walk. We had to leave the arena through a door that had a huge group waiting to catch a glimpse of him, and everyone knew why we were so excited, which made me feel kinda bad cause I wish they could have met him to! Anyway, after that was the concert, and it was amazing, so amazing in fact that Jenni and I are going to Denver, Miami, and now San Jose to see him 3 more times . October 8th was one of the best days of my life, and I’m so grateful that no matter how famous and popular Justin gets, he still takes the time (even if its only a few seconds) to meet his fans. He really is the best, and I hope each and every one of you gets to meet him and have the same Bieber experience I did. -Madison (@madstout) Go here to see the original: I’m finally sitting down to share my experience meeting…
