Sorry for the delay but I was away for a few days not so far from Monaco ( Aix en provence ).
Back to the end of my little adventure now. Thank you for reading ans maybe to next year for volume 3.
PS : sorry for the lack of Eric's pics in this part but I didn't take much by respect. I know how lucky I was to be so near from him so I didn't want to intruse too much. But I hope that these few vids and pics are ok.
End of the day...The ceremony is at 7pm and we decide to go for 6pm to be the first on place and have good places in the hall to take pics. But at 5:20pm one of my friend who’s still at the forum texts me saying that they already make people go in the forum. So we hurry up but it’s not easy to walk with heals in Monaco’s stairs!!!
Around 5:45 pm, we’re almost there when my friend send me another text :
we’re in. Eric’s already there too. My heart is bumping hard and one piece of advice, don’t walk down stairs while reading a text. As a result, I miss a step and fell. ::)Fortunately, it wasn’t a very tight stairs or I would not be there to tell you this. My knees are hurting and my right ankle too. And I’m so pissed off to have miss maybe my last chance to see Eric this year. I’m so depressed that I want to go back at the hotel. :'(But the girls say that I may still have a chance. I can’t even believe my reaction but I think fear and tiredness are responsible of that.
With me limping, we arrive at the forum and on the red carpet. We meet the rest of the girls inside. Eric is the only one here at that moment: why the guy had to be so early???
LOL This year, they reinforced the security and there’s not much room to take pics. But I don’t care anyway because Eric’s already inside in the VIP’s room..Callum Keith Rennie arrives followed by Julie Walters (Mama mia!) who stops to talk with us.
Then a security guy asks us to go to our seats. The girls want to stay so we split and I go with the couple we met a few days ago. This year, we have places on the main room (not at the balcony). It means near stars. We trie to seat at a strategic place but I can’t locate Eric in the room. Unfortunately, the stars enter by the other side and I see the girls take pics. But no Eric in sight…but I finally see Keri a few rows in front of us. She’s alone. My friends tells me that Eric must be give a price tonight.
The ceremony begins still hosted by B. Montiel and Sophia Milo ( I don't remember exactly her name but she played in CSI ). He tells her that he can feel she’s stressed so he offers her a kiss but she declines ( humour ). They give prices : Desperate housewives is best dramatic series, The CSI best audience, Michael C Hall best actor in a dramatic series. It’s Julie Benz who comes for him with a little funny speech. It’s then the best European producer. Bernard announces :” the one I'm going to call now…well, I already know the reaction in the room but please welcome : Eric Close ! ». It cries and screams in the room ( I’m not the last one !
) Eric greets the prince and people then turns towards Bernard Montiel and says : « I need a kiss. You offered. » Laugh in the room. Montiel pretends to hesitate before going to Eric and kiss him on the cheeks. I really though a second that they’re were about to kiss on lips. Then Eric announces the winner, takes the pic with her then go. But I keep my eyes open and I saw him join his place after that.
Eric's speechwww.megaupload.com/?d=B55L9GMFThen back to his seatwww.megaupload.com/?d=IDW06E3CWhen the ceremony is over, we’re in the starting blocks and as soon as the lights are on, we pass over the seats to be quicker to join the main aisle behind us. It’s the dream team! The goal: me and Eric first then my friends with Glee’s actors. (Me first because Eric’s the nearer). We’re soon next Eric’s row, where he’s taking pic with a guy. I slowly approaches him but his back is to me so he can’t see me.
And as I’m about to call him he turns towards Keri and begins to kiss her : I don’t know the expression in English but in French it’s : un grand moment de solitude ! LOL ( a big solitude moment ! ). I must have a funny face because Callum Keith Rennie (who’s next them and waits to go out that the lovers end their kiss) is laughing seeing me. When Mister Close is finished with Mrs Close, I call him. He turns and says :” Hey, you’re here ! How are you? » ( Me thinking : I just lived the most embarrassing moment in my life but I’m fine ! ;D) I answer him and ask him if we could take a last pic. He agrees and while my friends are taking the pic, Eric tells me he has been touched by my present which was very thoughtful. I don’t even remember what I told him back! But if I knew at this time for the Nice Matin’s interview, I could have tell him that I’ve been touched too by his kindness. I then thanks him again and he wishes me a good drive back home ( so I know he read my letter because I made a joke about that in it.)
I then takes him with my friends and we set him free. There’s a lot of people now and I loose my friends. So I go back at our first place but I can’t see them. So I go back down and I observe Eric. I want to ask him a pic with Callum (because they’re the 2 favourite of a friend of mine) but I don't dare. I don’t want to abuse.
Eric and Keri join in the main aisle Joe Mantegna and his wife and they’re chatting. Apparently, they’re gonna leave together.
www.megaupload.com/?d=WP8EKW58I take a pic for my friend who’s fan of JM because he didn’t stop during the week. But he sees me and then smile and winks at me! OK, Joe is in my pocket !
Keri’s now on phone, so Eric waits for her then takes the phone (must be the girls because he is all moved).
Then they walk towards the exit so I do the same but higher…to finally be in the same escalator with JM and his wife just behind me then Keri and Eric.
I see the girl at the top but a girl from the festival is preventing them to pass and ask them to stay behind the cordon . They wave at me to tell that Eric is in my back (they don’t know that I already take my pic). Once we arrive, I take my courage and ask Joe if we can take a pic. In fact, I hope that it let time to my friend to thwart the security to come and take the pic with her idole. Joe agrees with a smile but I have nobody to take the pic. Eric sees us and I see he’s about to propose his services but Joe’s wife is faster so she takes a big close up (I won’t post the pic…too close up for my taste! ;D) Eric gives me a last smile then left with Keri at his arm while I’m waving my friend for Joe: it’s now or never! She success to avoid the woman who’s surveying and, at last, I take a pic of her and Joe, her heroe!
We then are asked to exit by another way (not the same as the stars). We meet Cote de Pablo and we take pics and, at last Stephane Freiss and this time, I don’t let him go ! We then meet another friend in the hall. She had places for the balcony and she’s deceived because the stars didn’t exit by the main door (cars were waiting for them to drive them at a party). Fortunately, we were this year in the main room otherwise, I wouldn’t have see Eric again.
We meet outside the couple and we’re waiting for the photographer. When he comes, he takes us together in front of the photo call and one of his friend is taking us too: we’re real stars ( while a few minutes ! ). The girls then take pics with the presenter ( Sophia something from CSI ), the only one to exit by the main door.
Then, we go to the McDo in our gowns for a last meal together. Then we separate L&J and C are going back to Nice. With the girls, we decide to go at the Paris Hotel to see what’s going on. Some festival’s cars are already going back so it means the diner must be over. We learn that Simon Baker didn’t go to the diner nor attended the ceremony (he just came and go) because he was upset to not have a price. We see him go outside the hotel with his daughter and he crosses the place towards the Casino. Nobody disturbs him. Then a van stops in front of the hotel and Joe and his wife are exiting. They go too at the Casino but leave it a few minutes later.
We decide then to go back to our hotel. Tomorrow, I have 6hours of driving. We go to bed at 2am, memories in our heads and a few beautiful meeting on this festival (fans and stars).
See you next year, Monaco! (With Eric AND Enrique: lol)
Thanks for reading.
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