If I Stay Page #7

Baby, you know we can't

promise each other that.

I guess we both know

where this is heading.

Yeah, I guess so.

The old thing...

All right.

Delicious!

What are you

looking at?

Because we're fascinated.

You!

Fascinating.

You're a spatula

man now.

Look it, a drummer. WILLOW:

He's totally drumming with it.

Come on, give me your

plate. All right, get ready.

Hey! There she is.

Hey!

Happy New Year!

If you're still drunk,

you're totally grounded.

If not, I'm gonna

let it slide.

I'm definitely not drunk.

Well, you were still out

all night so come on. Spill.

How was the party?

Fine.

How was Adam?

Okay, everybody. Let's move

this party to another room.

Let's go.

Take your mimosas.

We'll go watch

the Rose Parade.

Come on. Let's go.

I'm sorry.

Oh, God, it's gross.

It's not gross.

Oh, God.

You wash, I'll dry.

Yeah.

Make us feel better.

Warm water, soap.

Oh, God.

I'm such a mess.

You know, we had this

perfect year

and a half together.

And now, we're just moving

in different directions.

Is it over?

Yeah.

You're supposed to

break up with someone

because you're not

in love with them.

Not because you're

completely in love with them.

But what do I know, right?

I'm only 17.

You know plenty.

It's just very inconvenient

to fall in love when you're 17.

Especially if

it's the real thing.

You know, if we weren't

musicians, we could just...

We could just go

to college together.

You know,

like normal people do.

There's no such

thing as normal, Mia.

Every relationship is rough.

I don't have to

tell you that.

Yeah, I know.

Don't blame it on music.

Yeah' but music's the reason

we're breaking up.

That is bullshit, Mia.

You know that.

What am I gonna do?

I am being completely

tom in half.

You're going to

go to Juilliard

and play the hell

out of your cello.

Or you're not.

You're gonna stay with Adam

and have lots of

amazing adventures.

Or you're not.

Or maybe tomorrow, the Earth's

gonna smash into a meteor.

Or it's not.

Life is this big fat

gigantic stinking mess.

But that's the beauty

of it too.

Whatever you do,

I support you.

Either way, you win.

And also either way there's

something that you lose.

What can I say, baby?

True love's a b*tch.

Gramps.

Gramps, what do I do?

I've been trying to think

of what Denny would

want me to say to you.

The kid was a helluva

of dad, wasn't he'?

He sure had me beat.

I remember the day

that he quit the band.

He just up and said,

"That's it.

The time has come."

I was surprised.

I never really liked

the way the band sounded,

but I knew how

important it was to him.

And so I asked him, Isaid,

"Why are you quitting?"

And he said,

"You make sacrifices

for your kids.

"For your kids."

He said that

without even blinking.

That's why

he quit the band.

For Teddy.

Foryou.

It was when he heard

you play so well.

I think that's when

it clicked for him.

Your incredible talent, it...

He just couldn't believe it.

And all he wanted to do

was to give you more.

So, he quit the band,

he sold his drum kit

and he bought you that cello.

Sacrifice.

That's what we do for

the people that we love.

And here's mine, Mia.

I want you to live.

I want that more than

anything in this world.

I want you to fight

like hell to stay with us.

But, with everybody

else gone,

I know it might

not be what you want.

It might be too hard for you

to keep fighting, so...

If you wanna go,

I want you to know it's okay.

It's okay.

I understand.

Thank you.

Gramps?

Hey.

Hey.

So many people

have come to see you

I've lost count

of them all.

There are like 30 people

in that waiting room.

Some are related to

you and some aren't,

but we're your family.

You still have

a family, Mia.

Look.

This is my favorite

picture of you.

Ever.

You were so happy that day.

And no matter what,

that's the way I'm

always gonna remember you.

The best day of my life

was one I never even saw coming.

It was Labor Day,

early this fall before things

started to go bad with Adam.

In some ways, it was just

like a usual potluck dinner.

But {here was

a special feel to it.

People kept an showing up.

All {he old friends

from Dad's band days

and ah the new ones

from Adam's band.

Willow and Henry were there

with their newborn baby.

Dad hauled the barbecue

out of the basement

and he and Teddy span!

the day flipping burgers.

And when it

started to get dark

Henry had the bright idea

to start a bonfire.

DENNY; Mia!

No way! I'm not

playing for you guys.

Not for us, with us.

Seriously, Mia,

if you don't, I will.

And have you ever heard the

sound of a thousand dying cats'?

Come on, Hall.

We're playing together.

I really hate you all.

All right, Mia.

Gotta play for us, Mia.

I've always thought of

the cello as a solo instrument.

It's probably why it's

always made me so comfortable.

Just me and my cello.

But mat night,

sitting around the bonfire,

jamming with Adam

and everyone else,

I realized I was wrong.

The cello isn't

a solo instrument.

It's part of something bigger.

Today is the greatest

Day We ever known

Can? live for tomorrow

Tomorrows much too long

H! bum my eyes out

Before I get out

I wanted more

Than life could ever grant me

Bored by the chore

Oi saving face

Today is the greatest

Day I've never known

Can't wait for tomorrow

I might not have that long

Hi tear my heart out

Before I get out

The thing is,

Mom and Dad

always had their scene.

And Adam had his.

And I was always jealous

because I didn't have mine.

Until the night

of the bonfire.

That was my scene.

That was where I belonged.

That's what

happiness felt like.

But that could

never exist again.

Just after this piece.

Adam.

Mia.

Don't.

Stay.

I know a huge part of

your life is forever ruined

because of what

happened today.

I'm not dumb enough

to think that I can fix it.

You can't.

But I went to your house.

And I had to climb up the

balcony to get in like I used to.

And I found this in your

mail slot.

I totally broke and entered

and stole your mail,

so the Feds might

be comin' after me.

"Dear Mia,

"it gives me

tremendous pleasure..."

Mia, you got in.

To Juilliard.

Mia, you did it.

I got in.

And if you want me

to come with you, I will.

Okay, I'll move to New York.

I'll do whatever you want.

Just please stay.

You're my home, Mia.

I don't care where we are.

I just care that

we're together.

I know that now.

I will do anything

if you stay.

I can't.

You know I can't.

I'm still kinda working

on this thing, but...

You wrote me a song.

Breathe deep, breathe clear

Know that Fm here

Know that Fm here

Waiting

Stay strong, stay gold

You don? have to fear

You don? have to fear

Waiting

Hi see you soon

How could a heart like yours

Ever love a heart like mine?

How could I live before?

How could I

have been so blind?

So blind

You opened up my heart...

You still have a family.

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