Creative Enrique

Hero Girl story (Hero Girl from Cardiff)

Hero Girl by Claire Younger

Ok, from the beginning, we met up with Simmone and Jody at the pre-concert meet, had a couple of cokes and headed over to the Arena. Alli and I had excellent seats and although we were in the second row, we were situated just left of the platform, and couldn't have picked better seats, I remember having a hero girl talk with Alli before the concert started because the stage looked huge and we both said no way could we climb up there, forget it!

The concert started, we had some smiles and some waves directed at me and Alli, and already by this stage, we were on cloud nine, the atmosphere and the music were electric, by the time Hero was ready to be sung, we had a funny feeling about it, because whilst he was up and down the stage asking for a volunteer, whenever he came to the platform, he looked directly at us and either smiled or waved, eventually he looked straight at me and mouthed "Do you want to come up here?", the poor girl in front said "Me" and he looked at me and said "No – you!" despite ourearlier reservations, I found myself nodding and being pushed over the front row seats by Alli, I was met by someone and taken to the stage, where there was a chair to use as a step, and before I knew it, there he was, within stroking distance, he did the usual spiel "name, married, boyfriend, next 4 minutes we are married, etc" and he started to sing, at this point he was holding my hands, but the minute he let go, I can remember looking out at the audience looking for the girls.

I knew roughly what direction they were in and waved hoping for the best, but at that point I did get a bit nervous, because it looked like millions of people were watching me, my hands started to shake, but Enrique just smiled and held my hands steady, at the point in the song where he sings "I just want to hold you" he stepped behind me and literally just held me, I don't know how or when but he ended up on his knees singing to me, not once does he break eye contact with you, you spend the entire time looking deep into his eyes, and oh my god, the eyelashes really are as long as they look, towards the end of the song I knew the kiss was coming up, and he knew that I knew that the kiss was lips but I can't remember, but it wouldn't surprise me, the lights on stage were so hot, and the sweat was dripping off him, plus I knew what was coming.

The kiss, well it seemed to go on forever and ever, his skin is so soft and the bottom lip, I can't even start to tell you what that felt like, I can remember thinking why is his stubble so soft, and had to have a stroke to see if it was real – it was!

The kiss was over, and we headed backstage, he hugged me twice, covering me in his sweat and kissed me twice, I genuinely thought the concert had finished, and we started to chat, he asked if I enjoyed that, so I said yes, that the whole concert was amazing, he asked if it was my first concert of his, and I said it was, but we were in Birmingham the next night, he said "Hey, I'm in Birmingham tomorrow night" I said laughing "Yeah, so are we".

I asked him if he had a good birthday,for a man who supposedly doesn't enjoy birthdays, I know he enjoyed his 27th, the grin said it all, I told him that I'd made the piñata, which earnt me another kiss and another hug, he said that he loved it, thought it was so cool, he loved his presents and mentioned a couple of them, so I can personally guarantee he opened it girls, plus we'd seen his friend larking about with Cath's hat, at one point I had his face between my hands and asked him to do me a favour, he said "Sure", so I said "Please lose the beanie" (oh, the nerve), he grinned so I pushed my luck a bit more and told him that I was expecting him to wear the England football shirt and no hat at Birmingham, he grinned and said he would, the band started on the next song and he gave me two more kisses, another big hug and he ran back out onto the stage, I couldn't believe it, we had been chatting for ages and left 5000 people wondering where he'd gone, I headed back to my seat clinging to someone's hand (I don't know who, but he was very sweet).

I can't remember anything after that, I couldn't tell you what was said to me, what songs he sang, how much longer it went on for – I don't know!

After the concert we met him in a dressing room, I don't think it was his, but maybe the bands, because I managed to pilfer a forgotten plectrum, engraved with "Enrique Iglesias" and that nights schedule for Sally.

For everyone who has concerts to come – I swear it was the fan club t-shirt that made me stand out, had it been Alli wearing the shirt and not me, Alli would have been picked, all I can say, is that it was ten pounds bloody well spent!!!

"Gotta live this moment together...nothing else matters, just you and the night"

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*English version*

A question hung in the air – when will this finally not be so far? Everyone was waiting for the high point of the everning, Everyone knew – it must come soon. And… Enrique began to talk. He said that he wanted to sing a song for one of us, “ONLY YOU AND I, FACE TO FACE”! “Who wants to come on the stage with me?” He didn’t have to ask that twice! The whole arena screamed and everyone wanted to be (and if only in a dream) a HERO-Girl! Enrique examined closely the whole front row. He looked at every shrieking girl and shook his head. “NO-NO!” Stop! He stood still, looked at someone exactly in the eyes and asked the question again but to her “You? Well come to me!” The security people pulled the girl up, that wasn’t so easy because the barrier was in the way. The barrier was metal, I was standing directly in front of it and when three men want to take you out, you would in every case get some blue patches (bruises)! But what wouldn’t you do for Enrique! And what is about to come is by no means any comparison! The woman stood on the stage and everyone knew what was about to happen and everyone is endlessly jealous of her! She was 30-40 years old. Enrique asked her what her name was “Sylvia!” Enrique: “Are you married?” “I have two children….” She said in German. Naturally Enrique didn’t understand so an interpreter was immediately sought for on the stage. Someone in the band knew German and translated it “OK” – said Enrique, “- I’m going to be your husband for the next 4 minutes!” And he began to sing HERO! He came ever closer and in the last moments she was able to throw a glance into the audience and saw us waving to her! At that moment she couldn’t escape Enrique’s eyes any longer. His magic had worked! She was under his spell and his power to draw you in was like hypnosis. She could no longer move, standing there just like that and enjoying seeing Enrique so close! Then he hugged her and stood like that for about 1 minute, he sang looking into her eyes the whole time! Then he let go of her, and did another round of the stage and stood over her again, “You can take my breath away” – he continued to sing and their lips began to get closer. Then there was the highest amount of tension in the arean…. Now what happened, was what every fan wants, to get a kiss from your Idol. OOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! And he kissed her, quite gently, for a whole 5 seconds! The LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG 5 SECONDS!!! Huge applause in the audience with a mixture of envy and joy. Envy because everyone would have gladly like to have been up there, Joy because it proved that anyone had a chance to experience that! Enrique is still another guy to touch!

*German version*

In der Luft stand die Frage - wann ist das endlich so weit? Alle warten auf den Höhepunkt des Abends.Alle wussten-es muss gleich kommen.Und...Enrique hat angefangen zu sprechen.Er hat gesagt,dass er für eine von uns ein Lied singen würde,"NUR DU UND ICH,VON GESICHT ZUR GESICHT"! "Wer will zu mir auf die Bühne?" Da brauchte er nicht 2 Mal zu fragen! Den ganzen Saal hat geschriehen und jeder wollte (und wenn nur in einem Traum) ein HERO-Girl zu sein! Enrique hat die ganze erste Reihe unter die Lupe genommen.Der guckt jedes kreischende Mädel an und schüttelt den Kopf."NO-NO !" Stop! Er ist stehen geblieben,guckt ganz genau jemandem in die Augen und fragt sie nochmal:"Du? Na komm zu mir!" Die Security Leute ziehen die Frau raus,das ist gar nicht so einfach,weil die Absperre stört.Die ist aus Metall,ich stand genau davor und wenn Dich drei Männer da rausziehen werden,kriegt mann auf jeden Fall eine Menge blaue Fläcken! Aber was macht man nicht alles für Enrique! Und was jetzt kommt,ist gar nichts dagegen! Die Frau stand auf der Bühne und jeder wusste,was jetzt passiert und jeder hat sie unendlich beneidet! Sie war 30-40 Jahre alt. Enrique fragte sie,wie sie heisst. "Sylvia!" Enrique:"Bist Du verheiratet?" "Ich habe zwei Kinder..."- sagte sie auf deutsch.Natürlich hat Enrique das nicht verstanden und es wurde gleich auf der Bühne ein Dolmetscher gesucht.Jemand aus der Band konnte deutsch und übersetzte das."OK!-sagte Enrique,-ich bin jetzt Dein Ehemann für diese 4 Minuten!" Und hat angefangen HERO zu singen! Er kamm ihr immer näher und sie konnte noch in den letzten Moment ein Blick ins Publikum werfen und hat gesehen,wie wir ihr winken! Ab den Moment konnte sie nicht mehr die Augen von Enrique lassen.Seine Maggi hat gewirkt!Sie war nur noch unter seinem Einfluss und seine Einziehungskraft war wie eine Hypnose.Sie konnte sich nicht mehr bewegen ,stand eifach so da und hat es genossen Enrique so nah zu sehen! Dann hat er sie umarmt und so standen sie etwa 1 Minute,er hat ihr die ganze Zeit ins Ohr gesungen!Dann hat er sie los gelassen, nochmal eine Runde durch die Bühne gemacht und stand ihr gegen über."You can take my breath away" - singt er noch und nähert sich ihren Lippen an. Da kommt die höchste Anspannung im Saal.....Jetz passier das,was jeder Fan sich wünscht,ein Kuss von ihrem Idol zu kriegen.OOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! Und er küsst sie ,ganz zärtlich und die ganze 5 Sekunden lang!Die LAAAAAAAAANGE 5 SEKUNDEN !!! So,dass ich sogar diesen Kuss fotografieren konnte,obwohl meine Kamera nicht so schnell war.Riesen Applaus in Publikum,mit Neid und Freude vermischt.Neid,weil sich alle gerne da oben sehen würden.Freude,weil es nochmal bewiesen ist,dass jeder eine Chance hat sowas zu erleben! Enrique ist eben ein Kerl zum anfassen!

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