From all of the fucking people skipping the line, as soon as I entered the doors to Best Buy theatre, I ran down the escalator to the main room. I ran as fast as I could to get that spot that I deserved. I waited in the cold for over twelve hours. I followed breadcrumbs around the city trying to find them. I dedicated my entire existence to these girls. I deserved this. I was running when I encountered another mini staircase that I thought I could get down fairly easily and fairly quickly. I was wrong. I slipped. I saw the chances of me seeing them front row flash before my eyes before reality hit me real hard and I caught myself on the handrail. I continued to run and saw a tiny opening in the front row glowing like a light at the end of a tunnel and squeezed my tiny body in between the two fans who side-eyed me so hard their eyes must’ve came out.
I felt the bass and my heartbeat synchronize as one. The time has come. The background music stopped and the sound of air horns blasted through the speakers.
“I go by the name of CL of 2NE1.”
I was shaking.
I literally convulsed my body to such irregular movements from the excitement of the girls walking out on stage to their debut song “Fire,” the song that started everything. I held my picket up high, sang all the words, and danced their signature “eh eh eh eh eh eh eh” moves. I couldn’t believe my eyes. The perfection that I have loved and known was standing before me. Goddesses. Ethereal goddesses. This was no exaggeration. I felt as if light radiated through their bodies.
–there’s a lot of middle material between waiting for the performance that i still need to write. i’m having difficulty piecing the memories back together because it was insignificant to me then, however, it does play a role in supporting this piece.–