I know it’s long.. but it is honestly so inspiring and is…
I know it’s long.. but it is honestly so inspiring and is worth reading. My name is Rachel, I’m 16 and I’m from Sydney, Australia. In 2009 I secretly started to develop depression. I felt like I didn’t have many friends, like I didn’t belong at school, that no one really cared about me. I found out about Justin in October 2009 when I was on my way to work with my mum at 7 in the morning when “One Time” came on the radio. I knew I just had to find out who this kid was on the radio. That night, on my computer screen was the cutest 15 year old I had ever seen in my life, which made me click on “One Less Lonely Girl” video and then another video then another video. I instantly fell in love with this boy. On January 15th, I was on Justin Bieber’s Myspace and I was on this open chat. I started talking to this girl named Caitlin “Caity” and she was from Melbourne, Australia. I got to know her over a few months then actually started doing webcam sessions and we’d always talk about Justin and how hot he is and how awesome it would be to meet him, and even started talking about everything. This girl, the girl that Justin Bieber lead me too, she had become my best friend. After talking pretty much everyday on Skype, we knew we just had to meet up, and we did. I drove 12 hours to meet my best friend and we just clicked. She has changed my life forever. We’re best friend and we have only been together in person 5 times. Not only is she my best friend, but me and Caity shared the same dream. Our dream, was to meet Justin Bieber together. It was Wednesday April 27th and Justin could be flying into Sydney any time now. I picked up Caity from the airport, finally reunited and waited at the airport for Justin to fly in from Sydney for 2 hours with no luck. That night we had found out that Justin’s Crew had land in Sydney that afternoon, so me Caity thought we’d try and find them and tell them our story on how we met and see if we could get to meet Justin through them. We found out that Dan Kanter and Ryan Good were at Bob Dylan’s concert, so we waited outside the hotel they were suppose to be staying at. Caity and I waited across the road so we could see into the drive way of the hotel. We actually saw Chris Brown while waiting! We met a couple other girls and found out that we’ve actually talked on twitter and we followed each other, and have seen each others embarrassing videos on Youtube! We watched car after car go in and out of the drive way. Anyways there was no other luck that day. Finally came Thursday April 28th. The day my Dreams came true . I hopped out of bed that morning in our hotel, only knowing that Justin’s concert was that night! We went to the airport and waited at Terminal 3 Gate 5 at the window for about an hour. A Quantas plane had landed and was turning into our gate and a flight of stair was pulled up right next to the long tunnel to come out. Their was news reporters and camera crews all around just me and my 3 friends (since other Beliebers had given up and gone home) I was shaking so much. This was the very first time I’d see Justin Bieber. In the flesh. With my own eyes. Right in front of me. In Person. I saw feet coming down the steps and saw the one and only (sexpanther) Kenny Hamilton. I screamed “OH MY GOD THAT’S KENNY!” and all 4 of us screamed! Right behind Kenny was the boy I was waiting for. The one I was FINALLY going to see in person. Not in videos. Not in pictures. Right in front of me. His feet showed from underneath the tunnel and down the steps he came. We all screamed “JUSTIN!!” and banged on the glass windows, but he didn’t look up . He got straight into his car with the beautiful Pattie Mallette puttering along behind. I started crying. I couldn’t believe my hero was just outside the window and I had just seen him in person for the very first time! I was overwhelmed. The camera crews were still rolling and filmed us all screaming and shaking and crying, but I didn’t care. We walked out to the actual gate where everyday passengers got off and just stood in the crowd when I turned around and spotted a cute couple that looked so familier. It was Justin Bieber’s Grandparents! We all freaked quietly to ourselves and I went up to them and asked “Are you guys Justin Bieber’s Grandparents?” and in their cute Canadian accents said “Yes” and had a little chuckle to themselves as we screamed hysterically! I asked for a picture with his Grandad and he said “Sure go for your life sweetheart, I don’t mind. ” While still trying to comprehend what was happening a short, tanned, dark – haired guy with the whitest teeth spent out of the gate and directed the grandparents to the left. It was Alfredo Flores! I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT! We went to our hotel to get ready for the concert. We all wore matching outfits and we cracked open glow sticks and splatted them all over the tops and we glowed. We looked epic, apart from the fact that the glow stuff dried up and we stopped glowing after a while but oh well. 5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. ONE!! The Arena ERUPTED with screams from 60,000 girls and Justin came out with a BANG! And when we thought the concert was almost over, Chris Brown came out and sung “Look at Me Now” with Justin. Chris had SO much Energy, and Justin KILLED Busta Rhymes rap and absolutely SMASHED his very own Justin Bieber remix version. Swag . We saw Justin’s van. I couldn’t breathe or believe that Justin was right inside the building I was waiting outside of. We talked to the driver about meeting Justin before he has to go, and he said “ It’s up to Justin ” My heart stopped. I KNEW Justin would want to meet us. He NEVER gives up the chance to meet or interact with his fans. We waited an hour out in the on and off rain until about 1 in the morning. Suddenly Chris Brown’s van drove off and up the street and I saw Chris brown and a few crew members get in, and a few girls came screaming down the street. They had just met Justin. He was out of the building, and we were standing right in front of his car. I saw the one and only Sexpanther Kenny Hamilton dressed in a lovely baby blue flannelet shirt, and behind him was the boy I had been waiting to meet, Justin Bieber. After taking the last step up the stairs he looked up with his big brown eyes and looked straight at me and smiled. Caity went up to him squeezing my hand and asked for a picture and Justin gave her a hug and said sure. He turned around to all of us and said “We’re gunna have one group photo okay guys?” I gently put my arm around Justin’s waist, and placed my hand on top of Justin’s on Caity’s shoulder . Our parents cameras flashed away as we all smiled. I wasn’t screaming or crying. I was totally calm. Surprisingly. As the photos had all been taken, Justin slowly lifted his hand off Caity’s shoulder and I slipped my fingers underneath and into the palm of his hand. And Justin didn’t pull away. I was holding Justin Bieber’s HAND! I kept asking Justin for a hug, but I think he got confused on who asked and gave Caity a hug again (JEALOUS!). Before Justin stepped into the van I said “Your concert was amazing, Justin”. Caity jumped around screaming “WE DID IT!” and gave me a high five. I went back to smiling and holding the love heart until the car drove down the street. I turned and looked at Caity and just BURST into tears. You know when in movies where a characters just finds out the love of their life just died? That was my EXACT reaction. I was shaking and screaming and crying so hard! I cried so hard for a good 20 minutes and gave Caity the biggest hug ever. I even made my dad cry. This was mine and Caity’s dream. to meet Justin Bieber. Together. and we did it! Everytime someone doubted us, we both turned around and said “Watch us! You wait.” We NEVER gave up and NEVER stopped believing, even when all we had was each other for support. Justin, it’s because of you I JUST missed the stage of Depression and you gave me a best friend I wouldn’t give up for the world. Thank you so much, Justin. April 29th 2011 at 1:10am My DREAMS came true. If mine can, so can yours. Dream Big and NEVER! SAY! NEVER! -@JBiebsIzMyHero
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