I met Elijah at the Bacchus Ball in New Orleans. New Orleans is my home town, so I am no stranger to Mardi Gras. My dad had told me that he might be able to get me his autograph through some friends that belong to the Krewe of Bacchus. I was extremely excited. My dad is a local celebrity of sorts, and his profession deals with Mardi Gras. He had the connections to make it happen. Well, about a month later, I was getting ready for the ball. Every girl must wear a formal dress, and all men must be in tuxedos. Up untill this point, I thought that my dad would get me his autograph. Well the ball is in this huge convention center. There are hundreds and hundreds of people in there. The parade comes through the convention center, then the king (Elijah) takes his seat on his personal platform. His sister, some friends, and some the Bacchus officals are the only people up there. There is another platform, about two feet lower (the VIP platform) than his with about a hundred or so people. This is where I was. You have to have a special wrist band to get on that platform. After a little while, the crowd died down, and my dad walked me up to his platform. I hadn't a clue what he was doing. Well, my dad's friend (who is a Bacchus offical) and Elijah came over to where my dad and I were standing. He had to kneel, because his platform is slightly higher than mine. My dad's friend started telling Elijah about how he and my dad were really good friends, and how in all of thier friendship, my dad had only asked for one favour. The favour was to introduce me to Elijah! I was in shock. Right before he told us this, one of his bodyguards ( I'm assuming) brought Elijah a cell phone. He was talking to this person for a minute or two. The whole time he was like, three feet away from me! I almost grabbed him, but I saw my dad give me this look of "Don't you dare." So Elijah said " Hi, nice to meet you," and held out his had to shake mine. Well he said something else, but honestly I was so caught up in the moment, I don't remember. But I remember he said" Do you want to take a picture with me?" I was like" Uh-huh..." So he took a picture with me and I left. That was definelty the best night of my life! -Robyn