Kristen's Encounter with Duncan
This was deffinatly a night to remember! After an hour and a half of driving we arrived at the mall. Then we headed into the Virgin Megastore. We being my dad and myself. At first the atmosphere was all calm and normal. then I looked over to the other side and Duncan was on the stage doing his sound check. My dad and I walked right up to the front and Duncan stopped singing and shot me a heart stopping glance. There were only about 4 other girls standing there in the front and off to the side. I stood there for a few minutes but then I had to sit so I plopped right down on the floor. Duncan was singing little bits of songs and for some reason his mic was messed up and the bassist could'nt hear him in his ear amp thingy. TECHNICAL TERM! A lady came over and was standing in front of me but to the side. We started talking and I told her about our "Sheik Freaks Anonymous" site. We talked about everything concerning Duncan, to how many times we've seen him (2 For Me!), how many cd's we have, to other bands that we like. We also talked about seeing Duncan at the Bowery Ballroom. By now her husband and two kids were in on the action. This conversation when on of course between the sound check and concert. The woman asked me if I wrote a letter to Duncan and told him about our web site. I shrugged and said "no I did'nt". LIGHT BULB! The lady told me that she'd save my spott while I ran around like a psycho looking for paper and pen. I found my dad at the cash register and got a pen from him while I asked the cashiere for paper. He tore me off a piece of receipt paper. I wrote my message all about our site, the address, I think I told hima bout Nov. 11, I got guttsy and put down my phone # and address. Yeah.....there's wishful thinking. I said " I love you" and somewhere else " I luv You". I slipped it in my pocket untill autograph time. While I was writing this I was back on my spot on the floor and the crowd was growing rapidly. Right before the concert started they were passing out raffle tickets to win an autographed guitar of Duncan's. Hmm??? Then Duncan came on and got a really good response from us with lots of screams and hand clapping. He played Bite your Tongue, In Between, Wishful Thinking, Rubbed Out, and That Says It All (MICK JAGGER!) He looked us all over and it felt like he was looking right into your eyes but for a splitt second he was. During one of the songs he spitt a little and this may sound weird but it was actually kool. After the incredibley kick ass show Duncan picked a ticket and a few minutes later a girl and her friends were screaming because she won Duncan's autographed guitar. When the crowd was heading to the other side for autographs we pulled a poster off the side of the stage so Duncan can sign it for us. With my poster, cd, note, and camera in hand I was there on line and bot that far. We could see Duncan signing stuff and taking pics. I was thrilled that I got a few pics of Duncan performing but the best was yet to come. It was finally my turn and I layed down the poster on the table. He looked up at me right into my eyes and I handed the note I wrote just before saying " this is for you" and he said "thank you very much". Then he looked in my eyes again and i told him that my name was Kristen and he spelled it exactly right the first time and he did'nt need to ask how to spell it. When he was done he looked at me again and I aske if we could get our pic taken. He said " oh yes, deffinatly" and made a gesture with his hands to come here. I walked around the table and he was standing there ready to put his arm around me. I put my other arm around him and we were in a nice comfy squeeze. I rested my head on the soft part of his shoulder where his arm conected to his body. It took a few minutes for the flash to go off so I had plenty of time to take it all in. After my dad took the pic I said " one more" and we still had our arms around eachother so I could feel and hear Duncan giggling while he said " yeah, one more". He actaully giggld through the second pic wich made me giggle too. I must say that Duncan smells really good sweet like candy or something. Then my moment in heaven was almost over. I extended my hand to him and said " it was nice to meet you" he looked surprised at what I said but took my hand and said " it was nice to meet you too". My dad was next in line and I walked back about 3 feet so that the 2 big security guards did'nt jump me. He stood there and said "this is for her too". I just stood there and I could'nt hear what they were saying. then I heard.......Sheik Freaks and I said pretty loud " Sheik Freaks Anonymous". I swear I heard a chuckle and Duncan was trying to look around my dad to see me. We got another quick glance before we turned around. I asked dad what Duncan said to him and he said " he knew there were some sites". Our friends who'm we met that night were standing at the end waiting for us and asked what he said about the site. Then we departed and were talking at the same time saying " see you on the 11th!
On the way home I sat in the car in complete heaven. I told my dad that I love him and thanked him a lot. I also thanked God because it was deffinatly him that made the whole thing work out. Expecially since I was took a sick day because i was throwing up and did'nt eat at all. I'm still not eating much. I was telling my dad what it was like standing next to Duncan. I when into how he smellled and how I could feel how warm he was. I also said that it was warm and cozy there in his arms. then I got home played Humming and Red Hot + Rhapsody. They Rock! On my poster Duncan wrote " To Kristen XXX OOO Duncan Sheik" and on my CD he wrote " To Kristen Big Kiss Duncan Sheik". The most amazing thing was that I was totaly calm and there were no butter flies through out the whole thing. I've been more nervous about other things but meeting Duncan was like seeing a friend.
Duncan I love you..........keep us Humming!
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