"At the age of 26, Ludwig van Beethoven went deaf, ending his career as a successful concert pianist." "But determined not to let a little thing like his hearing end his music career, my pal Ludwig became a composer." "Turned out the new gig suited him." "It's like that old saying," ""Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."" "Take my dad." "When my little brother, Teddy, was born, he quit his band to get a real job." "But then he fell in love with teaching." "Now he spends his days in the mosh pit that is high school English class." "Or my mom, a riot girl who found her calling as a part-time travel agent and a full-time supermom." "These days, she only moshes with Teddy." "Scooch over, dude." "And then there's me." "I thought I knew where I was going." "I thought I had it all mapped out." "Turns out, I had no idea." "Your coffee, maestro." " Thank you." " Me too." "I want some!" "No way, dude." "You don't give crack to somebody who's already on speed." "Don't worry, we switched him to decaf." " As long as you don't switch me." " No, baby, that would be child abuse." "Hey, did you see this?" "I got a Google Alert about it yesterday." "It's the most we've seen of him in a few months." "I know." "My God, is he really opening up for The Shins?" "Yeah." "When they play in Portland tonight." "That's huge." "Yeah, I know." "It's kind of crazy." "Everything he's ever wanted's actually coming true." "I know you guys haven't been talking much lately." "Mom, I really don't want to talk about it, okay?" "I'm just saying that if you miss each other it's okay to reach out." "Okay!" "Come on." "If you guys want a ride, we got to go." "Now let's update you on the snowstorm and school closures." "Baby, turn that up." "Portland and Clackamas counties are now calling for a snow day." "All schools in Portland and Clackamas districts will be closed for the day." "Yes!" "That means no school, kids." "Well, ain't that a bitch?" "School's out forever!" "Did you really just quote Alice Cooper?" "My God, son, have I taught you nothing?" "Let's go make a snow monster." "We can try." "It looks like it's not really sticking out there, though." "You guys are all playing hooky without me?" "It's not hooky if it's a snow day." "So not fair." " Life isn't fair." " That is true." "But sometimes you got to, like, noodge it a little." "It'd be bad to go to work with this cough, spreading my germs around." "You know how when you meet someone and they just already are the person they're meant to be?" "That was Adam." "Nobody outside Portland had ever heard of his band." "But he already was somebody." "Everybody knew who he was." "Me?" "Not so much." "What class was this?" "Advanced Composition." "What's she doing?" "She's more advanced." "Adam." "What's up?" "I think everyone left." "Let's get some lunch." "I am Starvin' Marvin." "And, by the way, that Adam rocker dude was totally checking you out." "Adam Wilde saw me geeking out?" "He saw you blissing out and he was into it." "No, he isn't "into it," Kim." "Yeah, he is, Mia." "He's way into you." "Do not take his picture, Kim." "I'm not an amateur." "You're welcome." "Over the next couple of weeks" "I noticed Adam hanging around while I was practicing my cello." "You're Mia." "Yeah." "Good." "I just wanted to clear that up." "There were rumors." "I'm Adam." "I kno..." "Hi." "Yo-Yo Ma much?" "Kinda." "What's the deal with that?" "Is that, like, street or something?" "Yo-Yo Mama?" "It's Chinese." "And don't mock the master." "It's blasphemous." "I'm sorry, my bad." "Hey, I got some tickets to see a cellist." "Really?" "Yeah." "You interested?" "You're asking me on a date?" "Yeah." "Well, a friend of the family had the tickets and can't go." "Anyhow, it's this Friday." "I could pick you up." "What?" "You can't hide in that rehearsal room forever." "It's too late." "I see you." "Hey." "I'm Kim." "Hi." "Okay." "I'll see you guys later." "Bye." "My God!" "What?" "I told you he was into you." "No, no." "He just had a question about classical music and..." "Okay." "Better be nice to you or else" "I'll crush him like the bug he is." "God, all right, we get it." "You're in love!" "Go away!" "You got two types of girls in this world, Mia." "Girls who have boyfriends in high school..." "And girls like us who wait till college." "So much happier." "I'm totally off the hook." "What are we doing today?" "We can go the farm, visit Henry, Willow and the baby?" "Stop by my folks' place for a late lunch?" "Mia, you gonna come with us?" "I don't know." "There's this tricky part of the Beethoven sonata that I've really gotta nail, and, well, the letters were mailed on Friday." "Juilliard." "The audition was two months ago, but I can still feel it in my fingers." "Okay, this is painful to watch." "Look, who knows what time the mail's even gonna be delivered today?" "Come on, you got to come with us." "Come on, baby." "Pretty soon you're gonna be off to college, no matter where you're going." "How many snow days are we gonna be able to spend together?" "Are you really playing the guilt card right now?" "We'll let you pick the music." "And bribery." "Honey, guilt and bribery are the glue that have held parents and teenagers together for generations." "Don't fight tradition." "Fine." "Boom!" "I am a passenger" "And I ride and I ride..." "I thought you said I'd pick the music." "Yah." "She's right, Teddy." "Fire up the jams, sister." "Let's hear something old-school." "How 'bout I kick out a few tunes from our favorite Austrian melody maker," "Franz Schubert." "Not that old-school." "Iggy Pop!" "Iggy Pop!" "Teddy, you can listen to Iggy on your iPod." "But nothing after 1978." " You understand me, young man?" " Yes, sir." "Well, I choose Ludwig van Beethoven." "Surprise." "I've always wondered if" "Mom and Dad were disappointed that I didn't turn out more like them." "I tried to." "I mean, Mom and I went to all of Dad's shows." "Dad's band was called Nasty Bruises." "Embarrassing, I know." "They were what you might call "big" in our town." "And for a while, everyone thought they might get bigger." "That was my preschool." "But then one day in second grade..." "I wanna play it." "Cellos are crazy expensive." "So, I borrowed a crappy one from school." "Mom and Dad found a student from a local college to teach me." "And I rehearsed day and night." "I couldn't get enough." "I love her." "But I'm about ready to stab my eyeballs out." "This is exactly why I could never procreate." "Amen, sister." "I loved the order." "The structure." "But what really hooked me was that feeling I got in my chest." "It's like my heart was beating with the cello." "Dude." "She's been at it since this afternoon." "You want me to tell her to hang it up for the night?" "No." "You go in there you'd probably get clubbed with a bow." "I wouldn't risk it." "I wonder where she gets that from." "Naw, guys play music for two reasons." "To get laid and because they got rage." "But mostly to get laid." "Well, that's probably not her motivation." "No." "Exactly." "She's not doing it to get anything." "She's just doing it out of pure..." "We made that." "The next day, Dad came home with a present." "A cello of my very own." "Isn't it amazing how life is one thing and then, in an instant, it becomes something else?" "Like here I am, Mia." "The girl who thinks about the cello and Adam and whether a letter is waiting for me at home." "And just like that..." "Get some cribbing in there." "Support those columns." "We need a full spinal immobilization." "Hello?" "Our resources are good right now." "Excuse me!" "Sir, excuse me?" "Hello?" "Mom." "Teddy!" "Dad!" "We have foreshortening in this left leg." "Yeah." "Do you wanna get a tube in her now?" "Just grab the Ambu bag for now." "No!" "Wake up!" "Wake up." "Wake up." "Go, one, two, three." "Let's move." "Her Glasgow Coma's at a seven." "Tell Portland to have a trauma team ready." "Glasgow Coma?" "Why do you need a trauma team?" "One female, late teens, critical, en route to Portland now." "One 8-year-old male, conscious." "Mom!" "Dad!" "Teddy!" "Let's go, Demetri." "Hang in there, baby." "We'll be in Portland soon." "You okay?" "No." "You wanna hit up my closet?" "Your closet's terrifying." "I don't even wanna go." "Come on, he's just a guy, Mia." "Yeah, but he's the first guy I've ever gone on a maybe-date with and I don't know whether to wear date clothes or casual clothes or..." "Just wear, you know, something you feel good in." "And if this Adam dude doesn't see how amazing you are, then he's a total..." "Shithead." "Yeah." "I think I'm gonna puke." "Better before than during." "You must be Adam." "Yeah." "I am, yeah." "Nice threads." "Come on in." "I'm the old man, Denny." "I know." "You were in Nasty Bruises, right?" "You're impressing me already." "Well, I have your CDs." "You're the one." "They make great coasters, right?" "Come on." "Adam's here!" "Is that Mia?" "Yeah." "That's our little rock and roll." "She was Nasty Bruises' original groupie." "No." "Is he telling you old war stories?" "Hey." "We should probably go." "'Kay." "'Kay, you kids be careful out there." "I hear it gets pretty wild at the symphony." "Goodbye." "Bye." "Bye." "Your parents seem pretty cool." "So they tell me." "Seriously, I respect any musician who just leaves it all on the stage like that." "She was awesome." "Thought you were a little bored there in the beginning." "No." "That snoring was the lady next to me." "I loved every minute of it." "All right, Hall, so what's your story?" "How did parents like yours end up having a kid like you?" "Well, I was certainly bred to be a rocker." "But I have this theory that I was switched at birth." "Okay." "That explains it." "No, but seriously." "I don't know, I've always kind of felt like this Martian in my family." "I don't look like either of my parents." "My mom's this tough chick and my dad's all outgoing and I went and chose Beethoven and the cello." "When I was eight, I saw this old video of the Ramones playing I Wanna Be Sedated." "And it felt like my head exploded." "And I was like, "I have to learn to play the guitar."" "So, my uncle hooked me up with this old Fender." "Yeah, that thing saved my life." "You didn't really get those tickets from a family friend, did you?" "That was two weeks of pizza delivery tips." "Why?" "Why me?" "Because I like to watch you play." "You go to another place." "And you're beautiful." "You get this crease in your forehead right there." "Why do I have this feeling you're about to mess up my entire life?" "A little mess never hurt anybody." "A week later, Adam invited me to see his band play." "Liz, Mia." "Mia, Liz." "I got to change the tube on this amp." "I'll see ya in there." "Okay." "One, two, three, four!" "Whoo!" "I wasn't lookin' for something" "To sink my teeth into" "I didn't know what I wanted" "I never do" "I want what you have" "I want what you have now" "Give it to me" "Do you make it look so good 'cause you know what's up?" "Do you know exactly what to do?" "I want what you have" "I want you have now" "Give it to me" "I want what you have" "I want you have now" "Give it to me" "Thank you and good night." "So, what other bands are you into?" "Classical mostly." "Right on." "I love classic rock." "Mia!" "Hey." "Are you okay?" "Kinda miscommunicating with people." "The usual." "Yo, Adam." "After-party at Darren's." "You comin'?" "Yeah." "Yeah, we're in." "Yeah." "You in?" "I have my curfew." "Curfew?" "Yeah." "Okay." "Well, we'll set you loose early." "Thanks for slumming' it with us tonight." "Yeah." "No problem." "Yo, Adam, just kiss her and let's go, man." "Come on." "We're cool, right?" "You and me?" "Yeah." "We're cool." "Hey, you finally got to meet Liz." "Yeah." "You two have a lot in common." "You ever, like, hooked up, or..." "Actually, I'm glad you brought that up." "We do have a lot in common." "For instance, we're both into girls." "She's with Astrid." "Go, Astrid." "And now we've got that out of the way." "I'm bummed you can't stay out with us tonight." "Yeah, I know." "Mia, just go." "Have fun." " Mom?" " Kat!" "Get away from the window." " Dad?" " Sorry." "Like, your mom and dad are cool with you staying out, but you don't want to, or..." "Look, I think I'm coming down with something." "Right." "Yeah, well, just give me a shout when you get over it." "I'll see you around." "Hey, Adam." "Mom, get back inside." "We always do these stragglers' dinners on Sunday." "You should come by some time." "Thanks." "Maybe I'll check it out." "You know, that was wrong on so many levels." "What?" "She shouldn't be scared to hang out with those guys." "They're us." "Exactly." " Okay, bring her out." " Behind." "No palpable deformities at this time." "Go, go, go." "What do we got here?" "Collapsed lung, broken ribs." "Looks like three." "Abrasions to the legs, face." "Brain contusions, full extent unknown." "And an internal bleed." "Rest of the family's on the way in." "Ultrasound, X-ray, 12-Chem, type and cross-match." "Let's get the RT down here, please." "On my count." "One, two, three." "Hey, excuse me, I need to check on my family." "It's Kathleen Hall, Dennis Hall and Theodore Hall?" "Good to go." "Hello?" "Hey, I was trying to look at that." "Ruptured spleen, we need to move." "We're taking Mia Hall into operating room one." "All right, let's get her in there." "We got to remove the spleen, drain the lung and figure out what's causing the bleed." "If she wants to live, she better start fighting." "Start fighting?" "How am I supposed to start fighting?" "Someone just talk to me, please!" "Just help me." "Okay, let's go, folks." "Her sutures." "Arterial line set." "Okay, let's get it cleaned up." "Your cut-down tray's almost prepped." "Let's go, let's go." "Thank you." "GCS still looks high." "Am I gonna die?" "Is that what this is?" "Here's the secret, baby." "You control this whole thing." "If you live, if you die, it's all up to you." "So, whatever fight you got in you, you got to pull it out now." "Call the blood bank." "I need two units of O neg." "Keep two on hold." "I think we're gonna need a lot more than that." "Let's see if we can track down her relatives, please." "Right away, sir." "One of her parents is on their way to OR four now." "Dad?" "We just have to relieve the swelling." "For a guy who was in such a bad car wreck, he really lucked out." "Hey, Mia!" "Look what I found loitering out front." "Do we want him?" "I was hungry." "Well, I'm glad you came." "Because you're hungry and we have food for you to eat, or..." "Well, food to eat is my favorite." "Out of my way, people." "I just worked a double and I need to feast." "I'm eatin' dim sum for a twosome." "Hey, what's up, Willow?" "Welcome, Adam." "It's nice to see ya." "Play your cards right, we might make you a regular." "Okay, Mom, we got it." "Thanks." "Come on." "Okay, so who is it?" "Bobby Schayer from Bad Religion." "Tim Leitch from FEAR." "Tim Leitch from FEAR." "The guy from Dead Moon." "Andrew Loomis." "And the guy from The Wipers, Sam Henry." "So if you think about it," "Portland's kind of like a haven for legendary punk drummers, right?" "That's a good point." "Mia, your man knows his punk rock history." "Thanks." "My God!" "God, something just stung me." "Who does that?" "A bee?" " Babe, are you sure it's a bee?" " Yeah." "We got to get the stinger out." "No, we're not doing that." "Trust me, this is this only thing I learned in Boy Scouts." "Got it." "Way hotter than tweezers." "Stand down, woman." "You're already knocked up." "You know, you should get stung more often." "I'm sorry to say that's the furthest we've gotten since our first date." "Yeah." "Maybe we should do something about that." "I like where your head's at, Hall." "Adam?" "I'm coming up." "No, you cannot come up." "I have something to tell you." "Besides, it's too late." "I'm already climbing." "God." "Okay." "Schroeder." "Hey." "Hey." "I thought you went home." "I got lost." "Did you actually learn that beesting thing from the Boy Scouts?" "No, I totally made it up." "I just really wanted to suck your hand in front of all your parents' friends." "What did you want to tell me?" "Today was awesome." "You guys are like a real family here." "I don't think I've ever seen one of those up close." "It's impressive." "Yeah, well, trust me, it hasn't always been that way." "When I was a kid, things were so chaotic." "They'd be up late, so I was up late." "And Dad would be on the road for weeks at a time." "They didn't really get it together until Teddy was born." "What about you?" "What are your parents like?" "They're not really a part of my life." "Honestly, I can't remember them ever being in the same place for a meal." "And if you want to track down the old man, that's gonna take a while." "So..." "Adam." "No, it's cool." "I'm good at being mostly alone." "But that's the thing, you're not alone." "Not anymore." "Wait." "I need to take it slow, okay?" "I love slow." "And meet" "Me there" "Bundles of flowers We wait through the hours of cold" "Winter shall howl at the walls" "Tearing down doors of time" "Shelter as we go..." "Is there enough room?" "A little more underneath, please." " Suture." " There we go." "The surgery's been going on for hours, and they're nowhere near done." "I need to find my family." "Kim?" "Kim, wait!" "I came here as soon as I could." "What happened?" " Is everyone okay?" " We don't know." "Gran." "Gramps." "We need to find out what the hell's going on here." "Excuse me, my name is Estelle Hall." "Our son, Denny Hall, his wife, Kathleen, and their two kids got in a car accident this morning and we'd like to find out how they're doing." " Yes, of course." " Mr. and Mrs. Hall?" "I'm Liddy." "I'm your social worker." "I've just been assigned your case." "I am so sorry for what's happened." "Now, I haven't been able to speak to anyone's doctors yet, but I do know that Mia and Dennis are still in surgery." "Most likely they'll be heading to the ICU." "There is no information on Kathleen in the system yet." "But Theodore..." "Teddy?" "Yes, Teddy" "He was conscious when he arrived." "He's getting a CAT scan now." "Why don't you make yourselves as comfortable as you can and I will come and get you the second" "I have any new information." "Okay?" "Thank you." "Hey, Henry and Willow are on their way." "And I tried calling Adam and left a couple messages, but I haven't heard anything yet." "There are two types of people in this world, Kim." "Those who like real coffee, and those who like froufrou drinks with ridiculous names." "You know, I'm not ashamed to be a cinnamon-spice chai latte lover." "Thank you very much." "Yeah, well, it kind of smells like Christmas threw up in your mug." "Fine by me." "So, Adam." "Is it awesome?" "It feels big." "It's crazy." "I can't eat, I can't sleep." "But..." "For starters, I hate going to his shows." "Do you not like his music, or..." "No, I love his music." "He writes these amazing songs, and..." "I don't know, when he comes off stage" "I just wanna, like, lick the side of his face." "Baby." "But when I hang out with his crowd," "I just feel like..." "Like a fish out of water?" "Like a fish on Mars." "Come on, it's not his friends you're afraid of, it's him." "I mean, he's older, he's in a band." "All those girls surrounding him." "I mean, it's scary." "I get it." "What if it doesn't work out?" "You gonna be there to pick up the pieces?" "Every last one of 'em." "But if it gets serious, you better not turn into one of those girlfriends who only speaks in the first person plural." ""We love the winter."" ""We never use deodorant."" ""We only like quinoa."" "If you ever turn into one of those girls, I'mma gonna shoot ya." "If I ever turn into one of those girls," "I'mma gonna give you the gun." "Hey." "Mom?" "Who's the toughest, hottest rocker chick you can think of?" "Debbie Harry." "Okay, cool." "Or Patti Smith or Joan Jett." "Lucinda Williams, even though she's country." "Kim Gordon." "What's this, a social studies project?" "No, it's for Halloween." "Tonight, with Adam." "You're going as the rocker chick." "I don't even wanna go." "Bunny rabbit." "What's up?" "I wanna dive into Adam's world." "You know, I wanna be like his friends." "But what if I can't pull it off?" "The whole messy punk rocker live-in-the-moment thing." "Then you return all the clothes to my closet in the morning and go about your life." "Baby, it's one night." "Right?" "I mean, I know it's not your thing, but why not try out messy and in-the-moment and see how it feels." "You might be surprised." "Hey, Adam." "Hall." "I didn't think you had it in you." "Yourself." "I'm Beethoven." "Ludwig." "Come on, let's go." "What's up, Adam?" "Debbie Harry always said," ""A shot before showtime does the trick." So..." "Bottoms up." "I'm good." "Okay." "Well, it's there if you want it." "Yo, Adam." "We're goin' on." "Okay." "I've gotta go do my set." "No running off with some me wannabe." "I'll try." "Have fun." "My God, Mia." "You look amazing." "Did you get this in Seattle?" "Hey." "Wanna bone?" "You're frickin' embarrassing yourself." "Come on, at least give me your bone number." "Ladies and gentlemen, Willamette Stone!" "Happy Halloween." "Whoo!" "Are you coming?" "I've gotta say I'm feelin' better than I should" "Don't got a lot, but I know life is always good" "Come on over" "Bring some friends who have the time..." "Mia, you have to come." "Wait." "I'm feeling fine..." "Hey." "'Scuse me." "Move it." "So tell me now, are you in or are you not?" "I don't want to move the world I just wanna sit on top" "Let's raise a glass" "Here's to the best and to the worst" "Here's to the feelings that you just can't put to words" "We got tonight We got tonight" "For the years" "For the night" "I'm feelin' good" "I in feeling high" "I'm feelin' like I've never felt" "We got tonight We got tonight" "For the years For tonight..." "Bye, Adam." "Bye, Rocker Mia." "Bye, you guys." "Bye." "So..." "Do you like me like this?" "At last, you finally figured it out." "No, come on." "I mean, do you like me how I am tonight?" "You know what I liked?" "I liked how into the show you were." "How you actually wanted to dance and hang out with us riffraff afterwards." "That was cool." "Yeah, but do you like me better, you know, like this?" "Better than what?" "Better than the normal Mia." "You know, with the hair and the makeup and the clothing." "Mia, I don't give a shit about your clothes." "Don't you get it?" "The you you are now is the same you I was in love with yesterday." "The same you I'll be in love with tomorrow." "Can we go somewhere?" "Yeah." "What is this place?" "It's an old boatworks shed." "One day, me and the band are gonna fix it up and we're gonna rehearse and record here." "It's perfect." "So are you." "Adam." "Yeah?" "I've never..." "Just think of it like we're playing music together." "Adam, that doesn't make any sense." "Yes, it does." "All right, well, take your jacket off." "Okay." "All right." "So we have four strings." "We have the C string and G," "D and A." "And if I were to play glissando, it'd feel like this." "And if I were to play pizzicato, it'd feel like this." "And if I were to play forte." "I know forte." "I ain't never gonna shut you out!" "Everywhere I'm looking now" "I'm surrounded by your embrace" "Baby, I can see your halo" "You know you're my saving grace..." "Intensive Care Unit." "Yeah, she is." "How are we, beautiful?" "I told 'em that I don't wanna leave you." "I'm not gonna let you out of my sight." "We have another one from the accident, Nurse Davis." "Dad." "Thank God." "My God, George." "Is he going to be okay?" "We're updating his chart right now." "The doctor will be in to speak with you shortly." "Dad?" "Where is he?" "Where'd you guys take him?" "I'll just finish writing the orders and then she's all yours." "Girl's been through the wringer." "Yeah." "And this is the easy part." "Accident like that?" "Mom was DOA." "Dad died on the table." "Poor kid's waking up an orphan." "If she wakes up." "Mom." "Dad!" "I'm getting you!" "Whoo!" "I love you." "Teddy." "1814..." "Teddy." "Hey, little man." "Look at this room." "You got the best place in the joint." "Are you okay?" "That's right." "You just get some rest." "I'm not going anywhere." "Gran." "Hey, I just got here." "They're saying he's through the worst of it." "They were assigning his room, so, I thought I'd come here before I checked in on Kat and Den..." "They didn't..." "My God!" "Excuse me." "You're mine now, Teddy." "And no matter what, I will never leave you." "We're gonna make it." "Listen, I need to do something." "But I promise you, Teddy." "Adam." "You came." "Listen." "You can't let Teddy grow up without a family." "You have got to fight." "You can do this." "You have to do this." "Mia!" " Excuse me." " Sir!" "Mia!" "Adam." "Mia!" "Mia!" "Being with Adam was like learning to fly." "It was exciting and scary, all at the same time." "That spring was a magical time." "Adam's band was playing bigger clubs and festival in different cities." "Once he graduated, they started getting booked even more." "By the fall, record labels were taking notice." "People were taking notice of me too." "I was the first high school student ever invited to perform solo at the college's fall recital." "And even though Adam was away a lot, when he was in town, we spent all of our time together." "I can't believe I'm stuck at school for another year." "It'll go by fast." "You still thinking of applying to Lewis  Clark?" "Yeah, of course." "I mean, they have a great music program." "I need someplace with financial aid." "Maybe we can live around the corner from each other." "Or we could shorten the commute and get a place together." "Really?" "That actually sounds kinda perfect." "Kid's good." "Whoo!" "Sir, I told you you can't go in there." "What do you mean I can't go in there?" "This is bullshit." "Sir, you can't be in there." "You need to calm down." "ICU visitations are restricted to immediate family only." "Are you family?" "All right, you got me." "I'm not family." "Come on, just let him in!" "Do I need to call security?" "Adam." "Juilliard?" "Just look on the computer like you do and see what it takes to get in there." "They say it's the best there is." "Of course it is, but it's across the country." "You know, and Lewis  Clark has an amazing performance studies program." "Besides, my whole life is here." "Dad, can I ask you a question?" "Always." "Do you ever miss being in your band?" "What brought this on?" "You always say that you left your band to become a better dad." "But you were a great dad when you were in the band." "You didn't have to give up something you loved so much just for us." "No, baby, I didn't give anything up." "I played that adventure out, and then it was time for a new adventure with you guys." "And sometimes you make choices in life, and sometimes choices make you." "Does that make any sense?" "Yeah." "I mean," "I think that the cello was a choice that made me." "There you go." "Do you think the band would ever relocate?" "No." "Why?" "I don't know." "To see someplace new." "Maybe New York." "I can't imagine." "Portland's where we're from, you know?" "Yeah." "I gotta tell you something." "I have to listen to what you have to tell me." "I'm going to buy all of these albums." "The whole three bucks?" "Slow down, big spender." "Whoo!" "Mom." "Seriously, that just makes me more nervous." "Sorry." "Just ignore me." "Yeah." "Just pretend we're not here." "Dad, honestly, how was that one?" "I thought it was fantastic, Mia." "You say that about everything." "Because you're awesome." "They have to give you an audition." "Yeah, but you don't understand." "This is Juilliard." "This isn't just some punk album where you can throw music at a wall and hope it sounds all right." "I'm sorry." "I really didn't mean that." "This is pointless." "I'm not good enough." "I thought the last one was amazing." "Really?" "I think I can do better." "Then let's do it." "Okay." "Yeah." "Let's do it." "I miss you every time you go." "It'll just be a few days." "Maybe more." "Well, I know you guys are gonna kill it at City Limits." "Are you sure you can't come?" "I'm pretty sure I can fit you in my guitar case." "I would, but I got school." "Never thought I'd hear that again." "Come on, man, we gotta hit the road." "Okay." "I'll be back before you know it." "Okay." " Come on." "We gotta go." " We're bringing him back, all right?" "Bye." "Have fun." "We roll." "So what's the whatty-what from Austin?" "Hear from Adam?" "No." "I called him, but I haven't heard back." "It's fine." "I mean, he's slammed." "Yeah, life on the road." "Don't give me that face." "Speaking of the devil." "Hello?" "Hey, babe." "So, you all rich and famous now?" "Not yet." "But Merge Records made an offer to sign us." "It's been crazy." "Shut up." "That's amazing, Adam." "Yeah, they're throwing us a party right now." "Well, I miss you." "Dude!" "You got champagne all over my phone!" "Hello?" "Waiting for the rejection" "It comes in waves and it feels like a throb" "You wanted only the ending" "But what you got was much too long" "I can't be you, you know" "My heart is underground" "When I believe it was different" "I believe we could turn it..." "Wait." "Sorry." "Mia, wait." "Sorry, I didn't see ya there." "No worries." "Just bringing food for you guys." "Cool." "Thanks." "We're just gettin' ready for tomorrow night." "It's gonna be a total homecoming." "It's our first gig in town since we got signed." "Adam." "Yeah?" "I applied to Juilliard." "What?" "Yeah, it's this amazing school." "Yeah, I know what Juilliard is." "Well, it was just on a whim." "Isn't it in New York?" "Yeah." "Well, why didn't you tell me?" "Well, I tried but I figured, why tell you until it was real?" "Okay." "So why you telling me now?" "Well, I got an audition." "In San Francisco." "Juilliard." "Mia, that's..." "Way to go." "That's cool." "Yeah, well, I won't get in." "But it's kind of a big deal that I even got an audition." "Most people don't." "Well, Yo Mama better watch his back." "Right?" "I can't get you out of my mind" "I can't get you out of my mind" "The homecoming concert was different than any show the band had played." "They were tighter, better, more confident than ever before." "And Adam seemed, well, like he was becoming a full-blown star." "I can't get you out of my mind" "They're really good." "I've been following them." "Thanks." "Thanks for coming." "Did you like the show?" "Good." " Thanks, guys." " Aw!" "Hey." "You guys were insanely good up there." "Yeah, well, I'm glad you could make it." "Of course I made it." "A-bomb." "Hey, man!" " I can't believe you came!" " What's goin' on, Bro?" " Tight set tonight." " Could I get your autograph?" "Yeah, sure." "Okay." "It says Willamette Stone." "Yeah." "I can see that." "There you go." "This is cool." "If you're so bored you have to read, maybe you should've just stayed home." "I'm just trying to get some homework done." "And researching what phrase" "I'm gonna have tattooed over my left boob." "What's all this?" "We got booked last-minute to do a string of shows in Seattle." "We gotta leave tonight, so..." "For how long?" "I don't know." "Like a week?" "Ten days?" "It's hard to say." "Yeah, but we had plans." "Remember?" "For my birthday dinner?" "Right." "Shit." "Sorry." "Well, it's fine." "I just wish you would've told me." "What, like you told me about Juilliard?" "And for the record, I didn't even hear about the tour until tonight right before the show, so..." "So that's what "Glad you could make it" was all about?" "That's why you're so pissed at me?" "Why would I be pissed about you going to a school 3,000 miles away?" "I'm not going there, Adam." "It's just an audition." "Which you didn't even tell me about, Mia!" "And besides, this isn't about Juilliard." "This is about you ditching on our plans." "You're a liar." "Screw you, Adam!" "I haven't ditched out on anything." "Am I crazy, or did you say that us getting a place together would be perfect?" "It's..." "No, you know what?" "It's fine." "Whatever." "What?" "You get to follow your dreams, but I can't follow mine unless I have your permission?" "And I just have to sit here and wait around, hoping that you'll come home every few weeks?" "How is that fair?" "You lied to me, Mia." "We had plans." "One minute, it's one thing." "The next minute, it's the other." "I grew up with that shit, okay?" "I don't need it." "Even if I do go to Juilliard, we can figure it out." "Baby, we can text and we can Skype..." "Skype?" "Skype?" "Jesus, Mia!" "Have you ever even had a long-distance relationship?" "It's bullshit." "Okay?" "It's like dating a ghost." "But Skype, it solves everything right?" "You know, you're so naive, man." "You don't know shit about the world." "I can't believe you just said that to me." "What, you want me to write it down for you?" "Adam!" "Sorry, dude, but we gotta jet if we wanna make it to the motel before sunup." "No!" "No." "You cannot leave me like that!" "Why didn't you tell me?" "Maybe because I am terrified of losing you!" "You know what?" "You do your thing." "I'm gonna do mine." "Fine, but for the record, you're the one who's getting in the van." "Yeah, whatever." "Mr. and Mrs. Hall?" "Yes." "So, Mia's still unconscious." "The respiratory therapists are going to run some tests to see when they can wean her off the ventilator." "So, that's good news." "If she can breathe on her own." "With comatose patients, the first 24 hours are critical." "If she shows any signs of awareness..." "Adam." "I'm sorry." "I gotta go." "Woke up this morning..." "Looked up this morning" "Saw the roses full of thorns..." "The food was good but the service is a little, you know..." "Well, I'm sorry." "It's just the way things are." "That's not necessary." "When are we gonna open presents?" " Mia?" " That's gonna be fun!" "Yeah, you wanna do that?" "Yeah, sure." "I've gone all around" "Till there's nothing left to say" "Wrote it all down" "Into something that couldn't be said" "I thought you were supposed to be, in Seattle." "No show tonight so I just thought I'd drive down for the day." "What's that?" "It's a replica." "Of Jolari Hall in San Francisco." "Where you'll be auditioning for Juilliard." "That's the ceiling." "I put it up there." "It's intense." "Yeah." "I figured, you know, if you look at it every night it wouldn't seem so scary when you get there." "What do you want, Adam?" "Mia, I'm sorry." "I know, I suck." "No, no." "You can't just disappear from my life like that and pop back into it whenever you feel like it." "I know." "It's just, the people in my life have a habit of disappearing on me and when you started making plans..." "You're not gonna lose me." "Adam, I love you." "But these last few days have been brutal." "I know." "I know." "For me too." "Happy birthday." "Well, at least I know the wrapping's yours." "Shut up." "And just open it." "Come on." "It's a cello and a guitar." "Do you get it?" "God, I hate you." "When did you know you were good?" "I dunno." "Liar." "No!" "I mean, the guitar!" "Come on." "What was, like, the moment?" "Actually, there was one night." "When we first started playing out." "Right before the show, Liz talked me into going to the liquor store and getting her a Red Bull." "So I go in and there's this drunk dude buying a bottle of Jack." "And I realize it's him." "It's my old man." "And I just stop cold." "And he just looks right at me and walks out." "No idea who I was." "Shit, Adam." "Then that night, I played like I was on fire." "I don't know if I thought I was good." "I just knew that nothing else mattered." "Till now." "Till you." "When I play," "I kind of picture myself inside the cello." "It's like my little house." "Really?" "Actually, no." "I'm totally just in it for the guys." "I got you, didn't I?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "How am I supposed to find the strength to stay?" "What would it feel like to wake up an orphan?" "To never smell Dad cooking pancakes?" "To never stand next to Mom quietly talking as we do the dishes?" "But how could I go?" "The nurse said I control this whole thing." "If I live, if I die." "It's all up to me." "And that terrifies me more than anything else." "Mia Hall." "Good luck." "Thanks for driving me, Gramps." "I mean, that was..." "Thank you." "Mia." "I just wanted to tell you that" "I watched your audition." "From backstage." "I wasn't too sure if that cello was gonna make it out alive." "I know." "I didn't know I had it in me." "Well, you do." "You were fearless." "You played your guts out up there." "Mia." "You've got something special." "Your dad had it too, but I never told him." "I never made too much fuss about his music and I don't wanna make the same mistake with you." "If those Juilliard people don't take you, they are damn fools because what you did up there was magic." "Thank you, Gramps." "I spend these hollow nights" "All alone" "Safe from the looking glass" "Which you kept home" "I saw the sea and knew" "It was a mirage" "It wasn't even so" "I played the odds" "I never wanted to go" "And now I'm letting you know" "I just wanted to feel" "The life in me" "Hey!" "You're back." "That was a really beautiful song, Adam." "It's gettin' there." "How'd it go?" "Did you kill the audition?" "Are they gonna let you in on a full scholarship?" "I did all right, I guess." "But it's kinda like playing to statues." "Come on." "I bet you did better than you think." "And if not..." "Actually..." "Adam, I played better than I have in my entire life." "It was like I was possessed and the music, it just..." "It poured out of me." "God." "I've never felt anything like that before." "I wish I could've seen that." "Yeah, me too." "You know, for once, I actually felt like I could do this." "Why didn't you call me after the audition to brag?" "I know I should have, but..." "I don't wanna fight, okay?" "I know." "I don't wanna fight." "Okay, well, you played better than you have in your entire life." "We should celebrate." "So how come you've never written a song for me?" "I don't know, I'm no good at writing about things that make me happy." "If you want a song, you're gonna have to, like, cheat on me or something." "What do I have to do for a whole album?" "Come on." "Don't get greedy." "You know, I don't think I'll even get in." "There were like 100 other kids there." "Then I don't have to choose, right?" "But if you do get in, the choice is already made, isn't it?" "Mia, come on." "I'm not gonna be that asshole that stops you from going to Juilliard." "If it was me, you'd let me go." "Yeah, but in a way, I already have." "You know, you're going to your own Juilliard." "Yeah, I know." "But I'm still here." "Okay?" "And I'm still crazy in love with you." "Yeah, me too." "There you are." "Been looking everywhere for you." "Guess your big show got canceled?" "Like I give a shit." "I'm sorry." "I'm just..." "No, it's fine." "I get it." "The first day, man." "The first day I walked past that room and saw her playing, that was it." "God, I'm such an asshole." "No, Adam." "Don't." "She get in?" "To Juilliard?" "I don't know." "Letters sent out Friday." "I think she was supposed to hear today." "I can't." "I can't lose her again." "Let's go." "What now?" "Well, I gotta get in there." "I gotta see her." "Excuse me." "Hi, there's this girl and she's having a baby in the bathroom on the third floor." "And she's down there and she's just grunting and screaming and there's blood everywhere!" "And it's really unsanitary, and we really need someone down there right now." "Okay..." "We really need someone down there right now!" "Shit!" "Go!" "Excuse me, young man, I've told you you can't be here." "Security, get me Security." "Right now." "Mia Hall?" "Please, I just wanna feel you touch me." "Mia." "Please." " Hands off." " Come on." "What are you doing?" "Get off me!" "You can't do this to him!" "You know, I tried to do this the nice way." "You wouldn't know nice if it bit you in the ass, lady." "Hey." "Knock it off." " Willow?" " Willow?" "What the hell is going on?" "They were trying to break into the ICU." "Yeah, 'cause Jabba the Nurse wouldn't let us in to see Mia." "Well, I know these kids personally, so, why don't you just let me handle it from here." "Fine." "Then just keep them in the waiting room." "What the hell were you guys thinking?" "I need to see Mia." "Well, she's gonna need you now more than ever." "Hey, what's going on?" "Willow, what's happening?" "Willow, why aren't you with Teddy?" "Willow." "Shit." "Teddy!" "Mr. and Mrs. Hall." " Teddy." " I'm Dr. DeVenne." " Teddy?" " I am so sorry." "Where is he?" "He had an epidural hemorrhage in the brain." "We did everything we could to save him." "No!" "He will never graduate from T-ball to baseball." "And never learn to drive." "Never kiss a girl." "You can't catch me!" "Never fall in love." "God!" "I don't wanna..." "I don't wanna..." "God, I don't wanna..." "I don't wanna do this anymore." "I want this to be over!" "Give me the chart." "Abdomen's rigid." "Full of fluid." "Jesus." "Splenectomy, brain contusions, collapsed lung." " We gotta run." " BP and pulse ox are dropping." "Okay, let's get her back in surgery." "Let's go, come on." "Get out of the way." "Swipe the door, please." " Get that elevator." " Out of the way!" "They know we're coming?" "All right, sweetheart." "We can only carry you so far." "After that, it's all you." "My God." "Mia." "My God." "Adam." "Goodbye, Adam." "It's almost time." "It's almost time." "I'll take some of that." "Yeah." "Do not!" "Thank you!" "Cheers." "Nine, eight, seven, six..." "There you are!" "Here I am!" "...five, four three, two, one." "Happy New Year!" ""Even when they were just wasting time they weren't wasting time."" ""It was as if no time they spent together could ever be wasted."" "Who said that?" "Some guy in some book." "And what was he talking about?" "Some couple in some movie." "My point is..." "Yes, maestro?" "My point is he could have been talking about us." "That he could." "Promise me." "I promise you." "Wait, what am I promising?" "That we'll spend next New Year's together." "Even if we're in different places, you'll still be with me." "No, that's not good enough." "Not Skyping, not texting, together." "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." " 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." "God, it's gross." "It's not gross." "God." "You wash, I'll dry." "Yeah." "Make us feel better." "Warm water, soap." "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 torn 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 bitch." "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, I said, "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." "For you." "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." "Even" "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 there was a special feel to it." "People kept on showing up." "All the old friends from Dad's band days and all 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 spent the day flipping burgers." "And when it started to get dark" "Henry had the bright idea to start a bonfire." "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 that 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 I've ever known" "Can't live for tomorrow" "Tomorrow's much too long" "I'll burn my eyes out" "Before I get out" "I wanted more" "Than life could ever grant me" "Bored by the chore" "Of saving face" "Today is the greatest" "Day I've never known" "Can't wait for tomorrow" "I might not have that long" "I'll 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 I'm here" "Know that I'm here" "Waiting" "Stay strong, stay gold" "You don't have to fear" "You don't have to fear" "Waiting" "I'll 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." "All your love" "Is all I'll ever need" "I will do anything if you stay." "If you wanna go," "I want you to know it's okay." "How could I live before?" "How could I have lived?" "Mia." "Take my mind and take my pain" "Like an empty bottle takes the rain" "And heal, heal" "Heal, heal" "Take my past and take my sins" "Like an empty sail takes the wind" "And heal, heal" "Heal, heal" "And tell me some things last" "And tell me some things last" "Take my heart and take my hand" "Like an ocean takes the dirty sands" "And heal, heal" "Heal, heal" "Take my mind and take my pain" "Like an empty bottle takes the rain" "And heal, heal" "Heal, heal" "And tell me some things last" "And tell me some things last" "And tell me some things last" "And tell me some things last" "I spend these hollow nights" "All alone" "Safe from the looking glass" "That you kept home" "Let's go" "I saw the sea and knew" "It was a mirage" "It wasn't even so" "I played the odds" "Full of black and blues" "From all the nights with you" "I never wanted to go" "I don't want you anymore" "I don't want you to feel the same as me" "I never wanted to go" "But now I'm letting you know" "I just wanted to feel" "The life in me" "I went from solid steel" "To broken glass" "The darkest side in me" "You brought out fast" "The things I said were true" "I'm taking them back from you" "I never wanted to go" "I don't want you anymore" "I don't want you to feel the same as me" "I never wanted to go" "But now I'm letting you know" "I just wanted to feel" "The life in me" "I miss you" "I wish you" "Will let me be" "Just leave it" "We stopped breathing" "I need to be free" "I never wanted to go" "But now I'm letting you know" "I just wanted to feel" "The life in me"