| Las Vegas October 16-17, 1999 |
| After my first ever BSB concert, my friends and I went to Studio 54 for drinks and dancing (mainly because girls got in free). As we were waiting in line, we heard people mumbling about BSB being inside. Unfortunately, we had to wait in line for like an hour and a half (it was too crowded with BSB's "people" inside), and I pratically made myself sick worrying. We finally saw some people we knew come out of the club, and they told us that BSB had just left through the other door. So close! *pout* When they finally started letting people in, I asked the door person if they were letting us in because BSB left, and he told me they were still there! I bolted inside and scanned the VIP area, but I didn't see any familiar faces. I figured the guy at the door didn't know they had left out the other side. Like 10 minutes later my friend Amber whispers to me "I think that's AJ" but we could only see the back of the guy's head. Sure enough, when he finally turned around it WAS AJ! :D So we glued ourselves to the wall separating the VIPs from us "commoners" lol, and then we spotted Nick about 6 feet away and a few minutes later Howie came walking by too. I stood there gawking FOREVER, watching Nick's every move, giving the play-by-play ("Is that Mandy Moore? He doesn't look interested thank god. What's he saying? Ooooh he looks like he's thinking... she's making him think too hard! I wonder what's in his glass. Oh no, where'd he go?! Wait, I see his shoes, he's sitting down. Look at his shoes..." lol It was hysterical!) Amber and I finally decided that we needed to get into the VIP area, so we left our perch at the wall to try to bribe the bouncer to let us in. No luck, although he was thinking about it. Before we knew what was happening, I saw Nick walking right towards us! (we didn't know then that we were standing right in front of the back exit, but I'm glad we were!) Somehow I kept my composure (resonably). When he got within touching distance the girl next to me reached out to him and he reached back, but the bodyguard YELLED at her "NO TOUCHING!" So I had to physically MAKE myself NOT touch him, he was like an inch away. *sigh* Without thinking I said, "Great show tonight Nick" and he smiled, looked down shyly, brushed his hair behind his ear (which it immediately fell back in his face, so cute) and said, "Thanks." I have the image burned in my mind forever! Then he got in the elevator and left. So little, but so much to me. I almost fell over! lol I had to grab Amber, my legs were shaking. I just kept saying, "He talked to me, NICK CARTER talked to ME!" I'm such a dork. Then like a minute later Howie was walking towards us too. Of course, someone stole my "great show" line and I couldn't think of anything else to say lol, but I got to rest my hand on his back as he was leaving because he didn't have any mean body guards with him. Gotta love Howie. AJ was at the bar just a few feet away from us drinking Coronas by himself (sad to think of that now), but we didn't want to just stand there and watch him drink, so we went downstairs to dance. After a while, we realized AJ was gone, so we left too and went wandering around the casino. When we came to the hotel elevators, we found a bunch of teenies waiting for a glimpse of ANYONE. It was great to tell them about our Studio 54 experience because they couldn't get in. hehehe They told us that Howie was still in the casino gambling but they weren't allowed to stand and watch because they were under age. AH, the many benefits of being an older fan! *grin* So we went to the casino, found Howie playing craps (I think), stood at a respectable distance, and watched. When he finally decided to leave, he just *happened* to walk right in front of us (not the other half dozen or so fans who had gathered around). So again without thinking I said, "Howie" and he turned around. I almost froze but blurted out, "Great show tonight." He pointed at me, winked lol, and said "Thanks" and then he walked off to the elevators with his gf. Pictures from the Las Vegas concert |
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