I Still Believe

Jeremy is leaving!

- Hey, bud. - Jeremy is leaving!

Hey, not my head... phones, Josh.

Jeremy is leaving!

- What's with him today? - I don't know.

Have you seen my shoes?

- He has my shoes? - Yes.

Josh!

- Josh! - Jeremy is leaving!

We know. Stop!

Jared, stop chasing your brother!

- Give me my shoes. - Jeremy is leaving!

Tom. Do something!

Jared, stop chasing your brother.

Jeremy is leaving.

That... That's it? Really?

- Jeremy is leaving. - We know. Stop.

Come on, dude. Give me a minute.

Sit down, buddy.

Give me the shoes.

Here's your shoes.

Listen.

I know, I'm leaving,

and you're upset and you don't know what to do.

So just take a deep breath, okay?

Jeremy is leaving.

I know.

Here. Listen to this.

This is gonna cheer you up.

Just like the show, right?

Watch this.

"Kirk to Enterprise."

You try it.

"Kirk to Enterprise. Hello?"

Listen, I'm leaving for a while,

but I want you to have this, okay?

And I promise you I'm right on the other side.

But that's your phone.

I'll get another one. New life, new phone.

- Sweet. - It's yours, buddy.

I love you, okay?

Okay, come on.

Here we go. Let's do it.

- Let's go. - Come on.

- Thanks, Dad. - You got it.

- Jeremy. - Yeah?

Are you sure you don't wanna take the old guitar?

Dad, it's yours.

Yeah, I know,

but you play it ten times more than I do.

Dad, I'm not taking your guitar.

That's your story.

Let's get you to college.

I love you, Mom.

I love you, son.

Be good.

Okay, son.

- Love you, Dad. - Love you.

See you soon.

Hey. Love you guys.

- Bye. - Bye-bye. Love you.

Jeremy.

Come here.

No way.

It's a gift from all of us.

How did you afford this?

They took out a loan.

And we all agreed to no Christmas gifts this year.

We worked it out.

- Sure. - Yeah.

You gotta go.

For me, music is a hobby.

For you,

it's a gift.

So, go write your story.

Go on.

Hurry up.

What would you have done if he took your old guitar?

Well, I...

I would've kept that one.

Thank you so much.

Thanks. Thank you.

Welcome to Calvary Chapel College.

Not a bad front yard, huh?

Not bad at all.

- Hi. - What's up?

Wait up!

Hold up.

Hey, man. Uh, Norm sent me to help load in.

- Norm did? - Yeah.

Okay. Wait, who's Norm?

Hey, man. You're Jean-Luc, right?

Yeah. Are you in the crew?

Jeremy. I'm Jeremy.

I'm, uh... I'm a student here.

I'm a freshman. I'm new. I play the guitar.

Uh, cool.

Dude, I love your music.

You're, like, the reason I came to school here.

- You're a legend. - Oh, don't know about that.

Uh, anyway, I was wondering, if, uh,

I could ask you some questions sometime about music?

The industry, how to make it?

"Make it?"

Yeah.

You're asking the wrong question.

It's not about making it.

It's about whatever our songs give people. You know?

So, what do you wanna give people?

- Figure that out first. - Yeah.

Nice to meet you, man.

Hey.

Yes? Yes?

Do you know how to tune a guitar?

Yeah.

Half a step down.

That was so good. Love it.

Hey, kid. Guitar!

- Here you go. - Thanks, man.

Excuse me. I'm so sorry.

- Hi. - Hi.

I, um...

I'm Jeremy.

Melissa.

"Melissa."

Yep.

I saw you tonight.

I mean, I was watching you. "Watching?"

Watched you.

You were watching me?

Okay.

- Okay. - Melissa.

I gotta go.

Bye.

- Well, I sing too. - Hmm?

I sing. I saw you singing.

Nice.

Bye.

A record deal

two years after you graduated here.

How?

I just kept writing songs, man.

It's all about the songs.

Write what you care about, what you're afraid of.

Whatever it is, it needs to be truth.

Is that what you write about? The truth?

Brother, I write love songs, to God.

Mostly to God.

Sometimes to a girl.

I'm writing one right now for a girl,

and this girl, man, she is...

So, yeah.

Write what you love, yeah? Get after it.

Hasten the day.

What does that mean?

You know, a day with no more pain,

no suffering, every tear wiped away.

Our music pulls that closer.

So...

Hasten the day.

So, you actually do sing.

And?

And...

I have pretty high standards when it comes to music,

but it's good.

Like, very good, or...

Yeah, pretty good.

Oh, just "pretty good."

Yeah, pretty good.

Do you write your own songs?

I'm working on some stuff.

Can I hear it?

- Can you hear it? - Yeah.

Sure, if I can read your journal.

What? No.

- I should get to class. - Yeah.

You keep singing, Jeremy.

- Camp. - Hmm?

- Jeremy Camp is my full name. - Okay.

Jeremy Camp.

Hey, what are you doing tonight?

Tonight? Oh, that depends.

There's lots of stuff I could be doing, really.

A lot of things.

Oh, okay. Well, if you find yourself free at 8:00,

I'll be at the beach, Oceanside Pier.

You know, stop on by.

It's a date.

What? No.

It's not a date.

Really? Because you literally just asked me out

just right over here.

We'll see.

Oh, yeah, and you should, um, bring your guitar as well.

Okay.

- It's a date. - Not a date!

Not.

It's a date.

It's definitely a date.

Oh, hey.