I'm sure most of you now know my story, but I thought I'd just post it again, with the links to my pictures and to my youtube account so you could see it all officially from the "jailbait" girl!

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It all started with a train ride to Dallas at 10:01 am. And then we took another train and a bus and then BAM, American Airlines Center. My friend Preston (who doesn't watch AI) got there a little before 11am, and were the ONLY ONES THERE. Then we ran into some nice Archie fans, and we hung out with them. A million and a half dreadheads show up (honestly, there were only about 100 of us, and 60 of them were dreadheads. I was the only one with a MJ sign, which read "JAILBAIT FOR JOHNS" on one side, and "MY NINJA SKILLS PWN MICHAEL'S") We all chatted, and everyone wanted pictures with me and my sign, which amused me to no end. Also, they kept asking me where I was sitting. Now, I went there with no tickets. I decided to help my mom pay off her hospital bills instead of getting tickets, so I was just going to go and get autographs and be happy with that. Well ... that's not how my day turned out. ANYWHOO, I'll get to that in a moment. So, everyone was saying that they wished they could get me tickets and stuff, and I was just "It's fine, really." Moving on, we waited for like .... three hours and then David Cook comes out. We all freak out, of course, and he starts making his way down the line. Along the way, a lady gives him the black cowboy hat, and he starts making really bad southern slang terms ( "Why hi there ma'am") to KLC and Archie.

It was really, really cute, and I was just all a flutter because he was getting closer. I got out my letter I wrote him, and was holding it there, clutching my MJ sign when he comes up to me. First, he stands back and looks at my sign before going "I'm jailbait for johns, too" I ALL ABOUT DIED. Then I gave him my letter. I handed it to him saying "I know it's lame, but I wrote you a letter" then, totes deadpanned, he goes "it's the lamest thing i've ever gotten" and i just was all like "..........................." until he SNORTED and thanked me for it. Then he signed my poster (ON MJ'S STOMACH AHHA) and laughed and asked me "Where are you seated so I can tell Mikey where to look" so I just said "oh, I don't have tickets" He proceeded to ask me why, so I told him about my mom and said it was fine. He got this look on his face, and called over his assistant-guard person, whispered in his ear, gesturing to me and my friend preston, then came back over and said "go to will call at six, you have two tickets for you" and I just burst into tears, and he pulled me into a hug and it was just fantastic. He wished my mom all the best, and continued his way down the line. I called my mom to tell her I'd be stuck in Dallas for hours, and then she thanked Cook, so I yelled "MY MOM SAYS THANK YOU" to him, because he was down the line, and he just smiled and was all "Wish her the best for me" (I couldn't tell what he was saying hahah)

Preston and I just waited in this resturant across the street for two and a half hours, met some really, really nice fans, got asked lots of questions about David and stuff, and it was great. So then I go to will call, get my tickets, and what comes with the tickets? TWO FREAKING BACKSTAGE AFTERPARTY PASSES WITH DC INTIALS ON THE TOP. I burst into tears again, and everyone was just really happy for me and stuff and yeah ... it was amazing. So we go in, get to our seats (which, by the way, were like ... twenty feet away from the stage) and we settled in. It was fantastic, and I was just mainly waiting for Michael's set. And then ... he comes on stage. I flip, I really did, and was screaming and waving my sign around. Then, during the pause between "We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions" and IAWBIAR, I screamed out "I LOVE YOU MICHAEL" and he turns around, looks right at me and says "I love you too, thank you!". I seriously almost passed out. THEN HE TALKS TO ME AGAIN AFTER IAWBIAR! He sort of goes "Jailbait Johns?" (he obviously couldn't see the FOR JOHNS) "What does that mean?" and then sort of chuckles and goes "Jailbait Johns ... sounds kind of dangerous." ( YEAH, I GOT THAT ALL ON VIDEO HAHAHA)

His set finishes, and I'm mainly just waiting for the bottom six group number. Then ... they come on. I've flipped my sign so the ninja part is facing the stage. Michael totes sees it when he's walking down the ramp, and he karate chopped at me, smiling. It was amazing. Then intermission, and Jason (who got a million screams, but of course, he's the hometown boy so yeah) then Syesha (she's so meh) and then Archie (i thought my EARS were going to bleed from all the screaming) and then ... DAVID ROLAND COOK. He comes out, performs "Hello" and then "Time of My Life" and then he launches into "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing". I was singing along when he comes to edge of the stage, points right at me, smiles, and waves. I just ... I almost died. I waved back, and he smiled before going back into his song. Every so often, he'd glance over and me and smile. It was fantastic. Then, it was PDSTM. I was on the other side of the stage, so I didn't get to see the Mavid dance so well (IT WAS STILL AMAZING HAHA) but the big thing for me was, when Michael was going down the ramp, he saw me, and started DANCING TOWARDS ME and he did this whole thing with his fingers where he gestured to his eyes and then to me like he's all "i'm watching you" and karate chopped at me again. I was just stunned, and then the concert was over. So we with the golden stickers were lead to this private area where basically everyone but Jason (he had SO MANY PEOPLE that they got their own private room) and Preston and I were two of the like, five who got special passes from Cook.

I met basically everyone, got signatures from Jason Yeager (HE WAS SO THERE AND WAS SHOCKED I KNEW WHO HE WAS), Stacey Johns (got a picture with her and chatted about printers for five minutes while Michael signed stuff. It was great), Jeff Archuleta (and a picture, he's so nice haha) and then ... I met Michael. He laughed at my sign, saying it was his favorite, and signed it, putting a "hilarious!" above his name. Stacey informed me they already had a picture of it (Preston says that David Cook took a PICTURE of it WITH HIS iPHONE .... i'm a picture in Cook's iphone ... just ... ) and would NOT stop talking about it backstage (Carly, Brooke, and David also informed me he wouldn't stop talking about it as well) So he signed my poster, and I got a picture, and I was walking away, he's all "so, show me your skills." so I did this weird jumping ninja move, which caused Stacey to like, die of laughter and Michael to nod and go "That was good" and laugh. Then I went and thanked David for the tickets and passes, and he PULLED ME into a hug (I HAVE VIDEO) and just thanked me for coming and wished my mom good health again. We took another picture, and then I got pictures with Chikezie, and then we were about to leave when I realized something. I didn't get Michael to sign my shirt. So, I go back over, and he's all "WHY HAI THERE" in his thick accent (which almost killed me, fyi) so I asked him to sign my shirt, and he said he LOVES my shirt, and signed right above my heart, and I thanked him and was pulling away when he YANKED ME into a hug, thanking me for the awesome sign, and I just grinned like an idiot.

Oh, my name is Taylor Swift (no joke) and David all about DIED when he heard my name. He had already moved on to someone else, and was in the middle of signing his name when the security person asked me my name to reserve the tickets, and I went "... taylorswift" all quietly, but of course David heard me. He stopped signing, looked up and went "ARE YOU SERIOUS? THAT IS SO FUNNY" and i was all "yeah, it's hilarious" hahaha.

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my poster: http://i36.tinypic.com/2qxc3sy.jpg
my pictures: http://community.livejournal.com/the_flybo...239.html#cutid1
my vidoes: http://community.livejournal.com/the_flybo...806.html#cutid1

ETA: OH! and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEiO9VPsmN0 at 2:10, although it's shaky, you can see David pointing to the audience. That's when he pointed to me. I cannot believe what lyrics he sang to me. Just ... fantastic.

Wow, great story!
Glad you had fun!

Cool story did David want to start singing Our Song when he heard your name?? Sorry had to say it lol.That is so nice you payed for your mom's hospital bills.

thanks for sharing your amazing story!

*HUGE thud* That was such a sweet story! You are truly incredible for giving up your wants to help your mom out with bills, i bet she is so proud. I bet Davids hug was the most sincere thing you ever experienced! i am so thrilled for you Do u think you could post the links to the youtube and what not. Thanks!!

best wishes to your mom and your family,
Laura

What an amazing and touching story! Dave is just a class act for doing that for you! I appreciate you sharing that with us and i'm so happy for you. You deserve it! Hope everything gets better for your mom soon and congrats on getting into the show and meeting the idols!

Hey Jailbait Girl!!! Gosh, that should have been your screen name here! HA! Welcome to the forum. Have you read my story yet???? I was in Dallas, too!!!! Wish I could have met you!! I took some unbelievable pics of David in his cowboy hat and you are also in the background of a few of my pics!....please visit my thread and let me know what you think. My story is not the same as yours, but David was very sweet to me and I love telling the story:


http://www.david-cook.org/index.php?showtopic=13053



Isn't it a dream come true to meet David! What a man! I just love your story. David has a heart of gold!! I love him more and more everyday! I also hope things get better for your mom!


I went back to my pics from that day and found one of David talking to you....it's not a close-up, but it's still cool. Here you go:

haha, it's my screenname on MJO, but I didn't think to use it here! I'm so silly!

I SAW YOU! I saw you crying and him giving you a hug and I remember going "AW HE'S SO SWEET!" And then I remember going "OH MY GOSH SHE IS SO LUCKY KISS ON THE CHEEK?" I always get so freaked out that if I ask to do that, I'll get kicked out so I don't haha.

I saw your thread, and man, I love his cowboy hat! I took a few pictures with it on him as well. He looks so handsome in it!

THAT PICTURE IS AMAZING! I LOVE IT! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
That was when he was asking me where I was seated, and my face is all ".... um .... I don't have tickets" hahaah.

Hey Taylor!! Just wanted to let you know that the girls who videotaped in Dallas do not yet have the DVD put together yet. We are all going to Tulsa show this weekend and they are going to combine all the footage after that concert. Once I get my copy of the DVD, if you are on there....I'll see if we can get another copy for you!!

Hope you are having an awesome day! I can't believe I'm going to the Tulsa show! Seeing David once in concert is just NOT enough!! HA!

Oh okay! Oh man ... lucky duck!

My mom was going to get the money together, but I told her not to worry about it!

OMG, Taylor!!! OK, so I was just chatting with my dear friend Grandma Joyce (from this forum). Joyce met David yesterday before the concert! She had a long great conversation with him. She is a 59 yr old woman, so he spent extra time with her, which is very cool!!

Anyway.....she told him, "Hey, Queen Davida says HI." He laughed and said, "I remember her!"

OMG!!!


Just had to tell you because you are awesome and I knew you'd be excited. IF I meet David again this weekend...I will tell him YOU say hi!!!

OH THAT IS SO AWESOME!
I AM SO SO SO SO SO HAPPY HE REMEMBERS YOU!
That must be an awesome feeling!

... WILL YOU REALLY? OH MAN!
my friend Kath is also taking a card my mother and I wrote for him to the concert, so I hope he gets that, too!
Thanks so much for saying hello for me, that means SO MUCH TO ME!
hahaha oh man, would it be lame to ask for a video thing? like "say hi to taylor swift from dallas!" with the video camera.

I wouldn't want to take away from your time with David, though <333

OMG Hey girl this is Mary. I'm the red headed girl in the purple shirt (see previous pic...standing on the left with the camera) I am so glad you told your story cause it is the most incredible thing I have ever witnessed. What a heart!!! And I am so glad (and btw jealous) that you went to the afterparty. Incredible!! I know I just about died when I met him...to hang out with him and MJ WOW!!! Congratulations!

Oh and just a correction. When you told him your name was Taylor Swift he said "This is starting to sound a bit suspect". I thought I was going to die laughing. Great stuff!!

Again, congrats and hope you and your mom are doing well.

C ya

Do you think I look happy?!?!?!

Really? I was still crying at that moment, so I didn't hear him too well ahhaa.

Yeah, it was the best day of my life. I totally remember you! haha you look so so so happy!

The afterparty passes were too much for David to give me, and I'll always be thankful to him. I'll also always be thankful to Michael for being such a sweetheart to me. It really was amazing.

What a cute story! Man, am I late to the party or WHAT?! haha

Hey Taylor!! Tulsa show was phenomenal!! WOW!

Barricades were crazy though..UGH. I do have little story and I'll be posting it soon...I had a brief encounter with David!! I will let you know when it's posted...

Also....I have viewed the video from Dallas and unfortunately my friend did not record any of your encounter with David. I am SOOOO sorry to disappoint you. You are so sweet and I was really hoping there would be footage for you I am lucky that my encounter was recorded. I have no idea how to do any kind of uploading to YOU TUBE, so I am not sure if I am going to do that, but I'll have the DVD for special memories.

Hope you are having a great week!!

I heard it was crazy!

I read a bit of your story on the Tulsa thread, and congrats on getting a hand hold! That's so totally tubular!

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww that sucks! It's okay, though, thanks for looking! I'll just live in my memories hahaha.

I'm glad you had so much fun, and my week is full of sickness (on my part) so yay!

Just read your story Taylor. It's amazing. I am so glad you had fun. How could you not?

Hi Taylor!! I love your story! I saw a link to it somewhere else right after that fact and didn't know how to get back in touch with you... I was the first DC fan there. LOL that's me with the red sign. Doh.

I hope you had a fantastic time with all the idols. I talked to MJ about you briefly the next day in Bossier. He thought your sign was funny. and "dangerous" LOL

awww this is amazing dc is an amazing person and so r u cuz u did sumthing tht is WORTH a hug, no wonder both david and michael gave it to u
Luv ya
zara
xxx