Ahhhhhh, I had been looking forward to this day for so long
and it was more amazing than I could ever have imagined!
On the morning of the concert, my friend and I who I was
going with were ecstatic, we couldn’t wait! We had no idea that we were
actually going to meet her too...
During my second lesson at school, @Turn1stArtists tweeted
about a Newcastle meet and greet competition with Rita, where you had to take a
photo of yourself with your tickets and hash tag it with “#radioactivetour”.
Easy enough, right? Not for us!
I panicked because there was only about an hour and a half
to enter, I didn’t have our tickets with me because I was at school and we only
had a 15 minute slot at break to get my Dad (who isn’t very tech-savvy) to send
us a photo of our tickets and enter. Wasn’t looking good...
Lucky enough for us, we managed to do all of that! We
entered three times, and one of our entries was a picture of us with my drawing
of Rita which we thought would give us an advantage.
Okay, so we entered, and it was just a matter of waiting... unfortunately,
just to add to the tension, the winners were due to be announced at 12 which
was at the start of the ONLY LESSON where I’m in the basement with no phone
signal. Ahhhh, screw you Chemistry!
Me and my friend happened to be together during that lesson,
which made matters even worse, we were just freaking the whole lesson! It was
by far the longest 50 minutes of our lives; we were just dying to know if we
had won. Luckily enough, our one of our amazing friends got signal at the end
of the lesson, so while we squeezed each other’s hands, he checked my Instagram
for that beautiful “WINNER!” comment...
WHAT
WE WON /TWICE/
ASDFGHJKLRIEOWTNUGVWCRGIMKRIUEHCVGTKGMVHKRMHGKSRH
We arrived on time, but still ended up waiting in the rain
for 40 minutes and looked like drowned rats by the time we got inside the venue.
We were worried about looking hideous standing next to the beautiful Rita, but
fortunately, we had to wait another half an hour before going in to meet her!
*reliefffffff*
There were about six pairs of people (including us) who were
about to meet her, and we were at the back of the line meaning we had the
longest time with her! Could this day get any better?!
Okay, so enough rambling... onto the actual MEET AND GREET!
When we finally went in, she was one of the most beautiful,
genuine and down to earth people I’ve ever had the pleasure to meet, she was so
lovely! She gave us both a hug when we went and was asking how we were, said we
looked great, told me she bought a pair of white Doc’s (which I was wearing)
that day... she couldn't stop apologising for us having to wait in the rain for ages, we didn't mind of course, it was so worth it! We felt so at ease with her, as if she was a friend we had known
for years!
I showed her my drawing, and I was so happy because she was
beaming; she absolutely loved it, I couldn’t have been happier with her
reaction, I felt so honoured! She even said she'd put her copy up on her wall! She signed it for me, (even though she couldn’t
figure out how to spell my name hehe) and I noticed her watch while she was
signing it, it was gorgeous! She told me it was Rolex, and she pointed at my
gold Casio and said “I’ve got loads of those, I love them!” I started babbling
on about how I wanted it because it reminded me of her amazing style, and mid-blubbery-sentence,
she hugged me again! I was so happy!
After that, we got our photo taken with her and said
goodbye... we were sad to leave, but at the same time, so happy and overwhelmed
that we had met one of the most beautiful and talented people in the world!
If you ever read this Rita, thank you so much for an amazing
night, we’ll never forget it! I love you!
Melissa x
