Viernes 1 de Julio, 2005

I remember exactly how I felt…

As I saw her entering the room, a warm feeling fulfilled my body. I was nervous… excited…it was almost surreal. I kept thinking what I was going to say… what I was going to do… but I knew I was too afraid to speak… I just wanted to introduce myself, and I did…
As she approached the table, where we were laughing and looking for a topic so we could forget our impatience and act completely natural, I smiled. I knew something amazing was about to happen… the woman that I so much admire, the woman with whom I laugh when I listen to that special song or when I read one of her comments that just blows me off… she was standing next to me… smiling… I could tell she was nervous too, after all she is also a person…"a normal human been like us” said my friend.
She said: “a ver fana paresè!!” and just like that, I realized that these were people that I was going to remember for the rest of my life… I could feel the hug and kiss as if she were giving it to me… it was overwhelming.
She continued saying hello and when it was my turn I just couldn’t think anything else but “I have to introduce myself”, “she must know who I am”… I couldn’t listen to anything else but my heartbeat… this was just a few seconds and a memory for a lifetime. She said: “I know who you are, I have pictures!!” I felt silly and excited and thought to myself: “I never saw that one coming!” great!!
She continued speaking, thinking of things to say so she could stay a little longer… she knew this was important to us. I almost didn’t pay attention to what she was saying. I just looked at her amazed. I felt warm…but not very… just comfortable… a dream was coming true, I felt lucky. I looked at my friend… I knew she was feeling the same.