My encounter started Sunday morning. We were driving from Cincinnati to Cleveland (4 hours).. It was a loong We got to our hotel at like 12pm, so we decided to take naps and such. Around 3:30pm I started getting ready for the 7pm show with doors opening at 6pm. I wore my red plaid pants, black sandals, and a black one shoulder top. At about 4:15pm we headed out to go to a grocery store to buy some roses for the boys/3rd Faze. Then, we headed over to the Auditorium, there were already some fans that had been there for two hours! And it was like 20* out, and FREEZiNG!
About 2 hours passed, we were just sitting in the car..and then at like 5:55pm I headed up to wait in line. But, they didn't open the doors until 6:25pm, so you had this mob of freezing girls wanting to get in. It wasn't good, but it was funny because girls started singing their songs and stuff.
After they let us in, I ran into one of my online friends, so we decided to wait together for another online friend that I had met earlier in the day. They're so nice ;D But, the people at the arena kinda had us sit there for another 10 minutes, and then they let us in. It was so small! I couldn't believe it! We headed to our seats, which were Pit BBB. Which, was second row. I was like awesome! That night, they didn't film for the movie, and it wasn't Louie introducing the other bands. It was the two Radio Disney guys. They did alright, it was cool.
After they did their songs and an encore with Jump 5 and Myra they headed off stage. I went up to Louie, my 5 roses in my hand and was like "Louie, is there any way that I could give them these roses?" and he was like "Well, I'm going to let the guys get cooled off, and change, then I might bring you back." So, we sat there for about 5 more minutes, and started getting kicked out. Then we saw Louie come back out, and my mom and I were like "Louie, is there any way?" And the security guard kept pushing for us to leave. Then Louie was like "Alright, yeah, I'll take you back." And the security guard was like "Lou, they're with you?" And he nodded. So, we followed Louie backstage down the steps..and then he handed us off to Claudia to take us the rest of the way.
At the bottom of the stairs, she brought us into their personal dressing room. I went up to Chris, and he hugged me without saying anything other than "Hey.." and then I handed him a rose, and he kissed my cheek and hugged me again. And I asked if we could pose for a picture. So, we did. Then, I went over to Matt and I was struggling to get the rose out because I was trembling because of adrenaline. I handed him the rose, and he hugged me, and posed for a picture. Then, I went over to Frankie and hugged him, my mom got a picture with me hugging him. Lol, and then we posed for a picture. And then up next was Greg. He was waiting for me to hug him, because he recognized me from the night before (Pen girl, lol) and so we hugged, and I handed him the rose, and then we posed for a picture. Up last was Jesse, I got a hug, and a picture with him. I also gave him the link to my site and email (www.dreamstreet.nethop.com). And he was like "Cool.." But, after that the guys pretty much were gone, so we headed back upstairs, thanked Louie..and headed out front to hang out with Jump 5. At the end, to please fans..Louie brought Chris back out to sign auto's. But that's all. And, that was my Cleveland encounter!