2004-03-01
5:54 p.m.

Robin's Little BEVR

Just A Little tiny piece of my BEVR

(but it is the best piece I can offer…enjoy)

We all know by now how this works…you primp and prepare for hours…you drive to the “meeting place” as if you are practicing for the Indy 500 (you and Clay singing loudly all the way)…you meet the Broads (laugh, love, LIMBER-UP)…and then it happens…YOU ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE STAGE…WAITING WITH BAITED BREATH, FOR THE MAN YOU LOVE, TO CAPTIVATE YOU LIKE ONLY HE CAN DO! …..

Well…every now and then…a little Sump’n Sump’n happens, that makes the night SHINE unlike anything you could ever imagine. It happened to me……

As you may all know, I sat by myself, due to Mr. Robin surprising me with a late Valentines ticket. I really didn’t think I would mind, but once I had to walk away from Erin & Amber…I began to feel a little blue…AWWWWWW, poor baby!

The anticipation was over whelming, but I wanted BROADS to share it with me. Fortunately, sitting in front of me AND 2 seats down, where gurls I had met at the CD release party. We hugged and giggled like long lost friends. This eased my sad little mind and I became ecstatic once again.

Now…I had decided earlier in the week, that I was NOT going to read the Charlotte particulars…no downloads…no pictures…not even personal emails. It was HARD, but I wanted it all to be a SURPRISE! A full-fledged CLAY IN THE BOX, and… I was CRANKED…I just waited for Clay to POP!

Erin however, said, “Robin, you HAVE to know this ONE THING! He comes in from the back of the arena, and enters through the crowd….so be PREPARED!”

Well, it was obvious which way he was coming…with the lights slightly dimmed, the security guards lined a row from the floor to the upper level, midway between the seats. Everyone around me was screaming…OVER THERE, HE’LL BE COMING IN OVER THERE! We all turned and waited.

*Now…here is a little side bar…I was sitting on the floor. The 2 seats to the right of me were empty and a young gurl sat in the last seat. I had plenty of room to move around.

Then…like angels descending from the heavens…the lights were turned off and spot lights began to glow through the arena. The crowd went INSANE! I leaned over and realized the gurl down from me was facing the stage. I shouted to her, “HONEY, honey…he’ll be coming in from back here”. We ended up with NO ROOM between us, because we were drawn to each other in exhilaration…wanting to feel the touch of another human being. I kept asking, ‘DO YOU SEE HIM?????” She could not respond.

He was singing…OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHERE IS HE!!!!!!!

Then, the security guard looked at us and says…“HONEY, honey…he’ll be coming in from OVER HERE“!!!!!! And points down OUR AILSE! We stand at the end of the ailse and wait….

He is still singing, the crowd is still insane…BUT YOU CAN’T SEE HIM! For all that is holy in this world…WHERE IS HE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh dear God…I think he is THERE…RIGHT FREAKING THERE! My “buddy” tenses up so much I can feel her butt cheeks stiffen! I knew he was heading our way! I yell out, “Can you see him?”…and she says…“YES, HE IS COMING“!

Then…I do it…Oh God, I am sooooo sorry! Please forgive me!

I pull an Elaine from Seinfeld and as I am screaming, NO WAY, I knock the poor gurl over!!!!!!!!!!!!! …WHAT….I SAID I WAS SORRY! She flies into the aisle and I help the security guard grab her. As I do…I SEE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I grab my camera and click a picture of CLAY AIKEN WALKING TOWARDS ME! My buddy, is now upright, but she is shell shocked…was it ME who knocked her over…NO, I THINK NOT…it would have happened regardless…IT IS ALL CLAY AIKEN‘S FAULT!! You see him coming towards you and you just go down!

She (buddy) is in a daze…I think she blacked out while standing, the security guard looked at her as if she may faint.… I lean out into the aisle…

HE PASSES ME!

I TOUCH HIM!

I am screaming…CLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And MY HAND runs down HIS ARM!

That is all……….bye!

Oh…wait, there is more….

I stare at him in disbelief as he walks away and climbs the steps up to the stage!

I stare at my hand! I am taken to some far off land, where the sky is the ground, and clouds are the road.

My buddy looks at me and says, still shaking, “I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU TOUCHED HIM”. SHE can’t believe it! HA!

I start to shake and she asks if I am ok…,”No, I think I may throw up”. I am still staring at my hand…Is he still singing? Where the he** am I? Then…I just start crying. I cry like a baby! I actually concern myself at this point…Gawd…maybe I DO need therapy!!!! Where is Erin and Amber…Broads…I need to tell you something…quick…over here!…but I stand alone!…crying!!!!

Then I get over it and realize…I TOUCHED CLAY AIKEN! I AM A HAPPY BROAD!

Within seconds, I understand…hey, I know that feeling…..I know what THAT is! The BIG O can happen anywhere! Even in front of 10,000 screaming women!

After Clay mesmerizes us for what seems like hours…he leaves the stage…he is not the only one dripping in sweat!

I run to my Broads, still shaking and tell them…Erin cries! I love her…she makes me feel NORMAL!

When I get home, my adrenaline is rushing, my house is quiet…I call LB Lisa and tell her my story! I want to thank her for listening to the ramblings of an insane Broad!

The next day at work, people come up and ask me if I enjoyed the concert…I swear…all I can do is smile! If I say anything…I might wake up!

I TOUCHED HIM BROADS! AND I KNOW NOW, IT REALLLLLLLLLLY HAPPENED!

LB Robin

A proud groper of Clay Aiken since 2/25/04