With much more confidence and probably even more excitement than yesterday if that was possible Lara walked towards the stadium. The venue already felt familiar to her now and admittedly, the fact that Phil had invited her here made her feel really special.

She walked towards the map near the main entrance, Phil had told her a space where they would meet because he didn't want all the other early arrivers to recognize him.

She couldn't really feel her legs moving, all she could tell was that she was getting faster the closer she got. Her heartbeat was so strong that she could feel it echoing in her ears.

The entrance at the back of the stadium was empty except for one person, which wasn't really a surprise considering it was only 9am and even the most hard-core fans had only started arriving now.

She could already tell from far who the person was. She sped up her pace a little more and could soon see the big grin on Phil's face. Though it was probably nothing compared to the one of her face.

Lara was only a few meters away from him now and Phil stared walking towards her. Before she could even contemplate what to do first he exclaimed an excited "hey!" and hugged her. He. Hugged her. Lara could already tell that this day was going to be even more amazing than she thought it would.

"Hi Lara!! Did you get up extra early for us?", he laughed. Obviously he hadn't expected her here at that time already.

"Well I haven't really slept at all...", She admitted sheepishly.
"I hope I'm not bothering you, I can also come back later.."

"Are you kidding me? Of course not!! You can come backstage with me, there you can also get some rest.", he smiled. "And we have a special task for you!"

"A special task?", Lara asked excitedly.

"You'll see later, have a little patience."

With that he took her backstage and led her into a rather large room with a few sofas, a ping-pong table, a TV and a few more things. It smelled of freshly brewed coffee.

"This is where the family and friends of the band usually spend their time.", Phil explained. "It will probably get more crowed later, most people are still in their hotel rooms or out exploring the city."

Phil offered Lara a cup of hot cacao.

"The rest of the band will probably arrive in a few hours, but knowing them they're always late."

"Wait you mean-"
Lara couldn't believe what Phil was saying. "You mean I will meet the rest of the band??"

"Of course!! I told them all about you already!"

Lara couldn't calm down anymore. This just kept getting better and better.

"Listen, I'm sorry but I have some things to get done. You can just stay here and get some rest if you want, or walk around a little and get to know everyone. Whatever you like. Catering's to the right if you would like to get some breakfast."

Lara just nodded, still too paralysed to talk.

"Oh and one thing. Can you give me your phone for a second?"

Lara did what he said even tough she had no idea what he wanted do with her phone.

A few seconds later he put it in her hand again.

Phil had made a new contact with his name and put a phone number into it.

"I just thought we might not want to keep talking over the official Coldplay Instagram. You know, it's so supposed to be professional and stuff. Just ring me up if you need anything, alright?"

Lara just nodded and uttered a "thank you", she was just too baffled. Had he just really given her his number??

"See you later Lara!"

He hugged her another time and then left.