How do I meet my boyfriend for the first time?

Alright no hate girls and guys...

I am part of an online and gaming community and we met earlier this year via a mutual friend. At first I didn't talk to him, but we each helped each other on the forums as well as in-game things. Eventually we became friends and started truly talking. This will be my first real relationship but his second or third (first online). We became best friends about two months ago because we had way too many similarities and had shared too many likes. We can talk about anything and everything. Seriously, we cannot get mad or irritated at each other.

Before I asked him out (yes, I asked ^-^) we were planning on meeting each other at a Con but then he had to take an out-of-state job for a few months. We've been dating for a little while now, and I'm meeting him over the winter break. I'll be taking a 15 hour bus ride to where he's currently living and I'll be there with him for about three weeks...

So how do I meet him? How do I interact? What do I do? He's basically ready to tackle me as I get through the door but I wanna surprise him a little bit, too. I've never been in a true relationship before but I've never felt this way about a guy before... I don't want to react like an idiot so I need advice...