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I have no idea how am I supposed to put into words everything that I’m feeling right now but here is my Bieber experience. My name is Polina, I’m 16 years old and I live in Moscow. When the dates for the Believe Tour were released, Russia wasn’t on the list at first, but after a few weeks they finally added us with 2 concerts: Saint-Petersburg and Moscow. My best friend Ani and I bought tickets for the fan-zone as soon as we could and we couldn’t stop freaking out. This would not be my first Bieber concert because I’ve seen Justin during the My World Tour in 2010 for the first time, and then at a free concert in NYC on June 15th 2012. This upcoming concert would be a completely different thing because I would be going with my best friend and Justin would be performing in my country. We’ve been dreaming about this day since the beginning of November 2009, the month we became beliebers. We’ve been there for him from the start, when the name Justin Bieber wasn’t even well known yet. As the concert got closer we started to think of ways to meet Justin. That’s when Ioana, an incredible person and friend, offered her help. We decided to enter the M&G contest that Bieberfever holds for every concert date. The day before the concert I refreshed my email literally every 5 minutes but when it struck midnight, I gave up. In the morning I woke up and decided to check Twitter when suddenly I saw that I got a new email. I opened it and saw, “Congratulations, Polina!” from the Bieberfever team and I started crying. I ran to my mom and she held me and laughed at me while I was bawling on her shoulder. I called my best friend and started crying on the phone! I could hear her crying too. I somehow managed to get myself together and Ani and I went to the arena. Before we knew it, the guy put the M&G wristband on me I knew that this was it. I was about to meet Justin. At approximately 6 p.m. they took us backstage and explained to us how everything was about to go down. The guy told us that we should get comfortable cause we might be waiting for a while. Finally after the longest 2 and a half hours of my life they finally told us to line up. I can’t even begin to describe how I felt when I saw Justin. Well to begin, I didn’t even recognize him at first. The space was very dark and there was a bunch of people but then I noticed him. To be honest, I expected him to be a bit taller. He was wearing a brown leather jacket, a white t-shirt and jeans and the whole outfit made him look so tan. His skin was perfect, it’s like he was a doll, like he wasn’t even real. I stared at him for what felt like forever when I heard him say, “Hey hey.” He looked so happy and he waved for us to come closer. I was so starstruck but I somehow managed to say, “Can we please have a hug?” and he said, “Yeah, yeah,” and smiled. His voice was perfect. I looked at his face and couldn’t believe that my whole world was standing right in front of me. Even though he wasn’t smiling in our picture, he was really happy during the M&G itself which made me really happy. Seeing him smile is what matters the most to me. He put his hand on my shoulder and I heard Mike say “Ready..?” and I tried to make a decent face (well I tried to not drool at least). He took 2 pictures and Justin gave us a half hug, he sort of held us closer to him for a second, squeezed us and I’m pretty sure I wasn’t breathing at that moment. Then security started pushing us out and then I knew that this was the last chance that I’m gonna get to say something. As we walked out backwards, still looking at Justin I said, “Justin, you changed my life completely,” and he looked at me, smiled and winked. What happened next is a blur, the next thing I remember is Ani hugging me, screaming and crying. I could not believe that I just met him, after almost 4 years of supporting him, I finally met him. I’ve dreamt about this for so many nights. I always thought how would I act, what would I say, what would he say – but never in my entire life did I think that it would actually happen. It’s an indescribable feeling. I look at my M&G photo and I still can’t believe that I met him. He held me, he smiled at me, for a few seconds I was there, standing next to him and for a moment he knew that he changed my life. I’m still taking it all in, still trying to understand how did I get so lucky. But the story doesn’t end here, there was still the concert. We went to the fan-zone and surprisingly got really good spots. We were standing in the 3rd row so basically 2 meters away from the stage and when Justin performed, he was so close so us. The concert was obviously amazing, and at some points I just gazed at him, and thought about how I was just hugging him a few moments ago. The concert ended around 11:40 p.m. and with the biggest smile on my face, Ani and I went home. In the subway the concert continued, beliebers chanted “Justin Bieber” and sang ‘Baby.’ It’s amazing how close Justin can bring so many people together. I woke up in the morning and my phone was blowing up from all the notifications I was getting. I didn’t understand what was going on but when I found out that Justin RTed my tweet that was 8 hours old. I started shaking and crying again. I was in complete shock, out of all the people that tweeted about the concert last night, he goes and RTs my tweet. He’s such a creeper but I love him for that. He made the whole experience even more special, and I thought that wasn’t possible. April 30th was the best day of my life. -@jbieberside More: I have no idea how am I supposed to put into words everything…
I have no idea how am I supposed to put into words everything…
