If I Stay: 7:13 PM Summary & Analysis

Much to Mia’s relief, Adam finally arrives at the hospital, accompanied by members of Shooting Star. From the windowsill in the ICU, Mia sees Kim follow Adam into the hospital, and realizes her friend went to find Adam at the concert venue to personally give him the news and escort him to the hospital. Though Mia is happy Adam has arrived, she is nervous to see how he will react to her injuries.

Mia notices the late hour, and realizes that Shooting Star will probably not be playing their concert to open for Bikini, a popular local indie band, in order to accompany Adam to the hospital. Mia recalls another time one of the band members was too distraught to play due to a breakup, and though another drummer offered to take her spot, the band refused and cancelled their tour rather than go on without their band mate.

Unfortunately, when Adam and Kim reach the ICU to see Mia, they are denied entry to see her because they are not “immediate family.” While Mia knows the nurse is not trying to be cruel (as Mia no longer has an immediate family), Adam and Kim are outraged and attempt to reason with the nurse, who will not budge. Kim bears Adam’s weight, with his arms around her shoulders, as they are turned away from seeing Mia.

In a flashback, Mia remembers how she and Kim developed a theory that everything in the world can be divided into two groups, such as people who like pop music and people who like classical music, or girls who have boyfriends in high school, and girls who don’t. As Mia and Kim both assumed they belonged in the latter category, and that they would have to wait for college for romance, it came as a surprise to both of them when Adam and Mia began dating. When Mia broke the news to Kim, she already knew, thanks to the gossip circulating their high school. Kim told Mia that she supported the relationship, as long as their friendship remains intact.

Though Adam fits right in with Mia’s family once they begin dating, Mia is upset when he and Kim do not become fast friends. Mia accuses him of being a “snob,” and Adam points out that he’s dating Mia, not Kim. Kim, too, is unfazed that she and Adam don’t click as friends, and tells Mia that it’s okay to have discrete parts of your life that don’t blend perfectly. Though Adam and Kim would always be bound through their love of Mia, that didn’t mean they would be bound to each other. Their distance continues to make Mia upset until the moment she sees them walk away from the ICU together. She finally realizes that they have come together to support one another in the face of the tragedy.