mrsmalfoyodair:

On the 15^th of April, 2012, my friend and I set out early in the morning to a pop-culture convention. Despite being completely sleep deprived, the idea of meeting the twins in less than a few hours got us really excited. The tiredness from fangirling on the train completely left us when we were at the venue. James and Oliver were in that building, and just the thought of this left us running to the entrance.

Upon entering, we headed straight to the Supa-shops, where we brought tickets to get a photo with the twins. There was still 4 hours before our photos were scheduled, so we went to meet up with a friend of my friend who was lining up for the 11 o clock photos with the twins. Then, out of nowhere, the twins entered the building from the side doors and walked right next to the line. And then, I started tearing just a little.

We then wandered around Supanova, with me looking at different graphic tees/typotees, Harry Potter posters and mangas before heading outside to ask about the Twin`s Q&A, which was to be starting at 12:45, in about an hour. And after waiting for AGES, we finally moved into the hall where the Q&A will be taking place. The twins were just so cute, answering questions honestly like that on stage. It was also a wonderful experience as I was getting to know them better. The Q&A ended in almost no time at all, which was a shame seeing as I was having so much fun!

Anywhoo, it`s now one hour before my photo with the twins, and Potterheads including myself have already started forming our own line. The line become official, and then we wait more until 2:45pm. I`m just sitting down, trying to calm down, breathing deeply, trying to empty my thought, and then I see my friend`s friend, who is a worker/volunteer at Supanova, tap my friend on the back, and she points to the aisle/walkway next the line. I turn around, and move in a bit as I see a man on a wheelchair, but as I look up, I see James Phelps smiling at me. Literally, at me. I`m not sure if it`s because I was the first one he saw, or because the card on my bag was obviously dedicated to them but his beautiful smile and eyes was appointed at me. As they walked past, it was then that I realised what just happened, turned around just fangirled with my friend. My heart beat also picked up in pace.

It felt like the longest 5 minutes before a worker announced that the line was moving. My heart jumped out of my chest. I just wasn`t ready, and I didn`t know what to say. I was really freaking out. As I got closer to the front, and my friend had taken her photo, I walked into the booth, and they both smiled at me and gave their greetings.  I somehow managed to say hi, before I was sandwiched by the twins, their arms around my shoulders, my arms around their hips. My God, I felt the twins! They were warm and soft. I cried almost immediately after I left the booth, and went to collect my photo, where I looked decent, enough. The twins were gorgeous though.

Now, my card. I was told I couldn`t give gifts at the photo booth and that I could only give it at the autograph lining. I didn`t have the money to buy autographs, and so I asked my friend`s friend who was working there, if she could somehow help me give it to them. And she was just the nicest person ever. She gave me $50 so I could give them my card. Autographs from both of them is $60, one is $30, so I could only have one twin sign my photo. And I just couldn`t pick between them, as I love them both, a lot. When I got to the front, I just gave my photo to the first twin, who happened to be James. He shook my right hand, and signed it, and asked me how my day was so far. I answered, clearly stuttering, before I handed over my card to him, saying that I made it for the two. James just looked so happy. He commented over and over that he thought it was an amazing card, and thanked me again and again. He said a lot of nice things about it, before he tapped Oliver and showed him the card. Oliver then said a series of nice words also, stated that he thought it was amazing, and they were both asking me questions, but I couldn`t comprehend anything! I was just shaking a whole heap! I managed to tell Oliver that all the little notes were from you guys, and then he asked me how long it took to make. I told him about a week and a half, and he was like “Wow ~, thanks heaps.” By now, we`ve been holding the line for long enough then, haha.

MY CARD, TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVEN`T SEEN IT YET: [x]

So I came to see that it was my time to say goodbye, and I slowly walked away from the counter. I looked back, and Oliver smiled and waved at me, and I did so back. When I was out of eyeshot, I completely broke down, and started crying. I`m getting teary just remembering, haha.

Now, this day did have something very, very tragic to me in it. It was during the moment James was signing my photo, and he gave it back to me. Oliver then looked at me, his eyes sad and asking if I wanted him to sign my photo also. And of course I couldn`t give it to him, as I didn`t pay for both autographs. My heart really just broke, his eyes were just so sad, and I`ve never felt so guilty before. I felt like I hurt him, when I really never intended to. Just thinking about the way his eyes looks completely shatters me. I will never be able to forget his eyes during that moment.

And yes, this is my experience of meeting the twins. It was overall, an amazing day, nothing that will happen later on this year could compare. That is fact. I met the twins, who were just completely lovely and polite, and nice and every good adjective you could possibly think of, combined in one.