My time as Malerie
I am only going to write about my specific interaction for the sake of my friends getting the chance to write about their own with Chris.
I approached the table and he made this noise like he recognized me and smiled widely. I instantly handed him, Alla and the angry security guard flyers to join the Writer's Club and asked them to join to which Chris responded with "Oh, absolutely."
As he looked at the flyer I asked him, motioning towards the book, "Are you a writer?"
He laughed and said, "Yes, yes I am."
I then pulled out my notebook and announced that I was a writer as well. Written on the front of my notebook was "Malerie <3" and Alla pointed at it. First I began to read the beginning of the prologue to TLOS3 and after the date, he was already on board. He started laughing and said, "I recognize that book."
My Carson interrupted me and told me that I was reading from his book. I then rolled my eyes and flipped to another "story". I began to read the first sentence from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Chris recognized it immediately (It starts off with Mr. and Mrs Dursley so it's hard to miss) Again the Carson interrupted me to say that it was Harry Potter and Chris said, "He's right. You should listen to him."
The Carson cut in and I will leave the details of what was said to Sammi but at the end I cut in and tried to plead with Carson to let Chris join because he was a "real writer" once again pointing to the books because we needed them in our club. I then took her sign up sheet from her and handed it to Chris and he said "Of course, absolutely." Chris signed and then gave it back to us.
The sound of Chris' laughter is the sweetest sound that I have ever heard and knowing that we caused it, is purely amazing. To watch the video of our interaction, you can find it here!
