SONIA
February 15th, 2003
London, England

". . . A guy in a black tracksuit thing came out and started jogging towards us. Everyone was silent and I held my breath as I had an inkling at the back of my mind that it was in fact, Freddie, but i still wasn't too sure until he came up close and it was! Freddie Prinze Jr was standing no more than 3 cm away from me! Everything was a blur from then on. I had a list in my mind of what to say to him. Things like, "how are you liking England?" "Do you miss Sarah?" "Can we see your tattoo?" But the words just wouldn't come out. I thrust my programme and my [green] marker pen forward (dropping the lid in the process) and he took it and signed MY programme first with MY pen! He then took the card (that i had made the night before) from my hand and started to sign that too. But then i said, "no, Freddie, i want you to have that. Please, take it" and he said, "oh, you want me to keep it?" in this really gorgeous American accent, and i said, "yeah, please. I love you so much." And he did - he put it in his pocket!

I have to admit, i thought about moving away and letting other people come forward, but i thought, no, i was here first and i want my pen back. Sorry people! But as he was moving away from left to right trying to sign everyone's programme he was just gazing at his face. And then i felt the urge to reach out and touch him. So i did. I touched his left hand with my left hand. I squeezed his fingers (while he was writing, but i just didn't think) and i was sure he squeezed mine back.. And then i cried..."

Read Sonia's full write-up of her encounter here.
Photos here.