Disclaimer: No matter how bad I want to, I do not own Linkin Park or their songs.

Chester Focus:

Chester walked into school like any other day, but he knew, like every day, it was going to be hell. He tried to make his way to his locker. He walked past a group of boys, they normally bullied him, but right now they were going at another kid. They were saying something about homework and he was saying he’d do it next period. He knew that if he got involved, things would get bad. He only got a look at the victim for a moment. He was a tanned boy with black hair. Chester has seen him before, but didn’t really know him.

He made it to his locker and put his bag in. He grabbed a couple books then went to his first period, but hardly paid attention because it was so boring. The day always dragged. Halfway through third period, he went to the bathroom to escape, but found something worse than class. He found the group of boys in there. He tried to leave, but they saw him. 

“Where do you think you’re going?” one said, flicking a cigarette to the ground. Soon, they were all on him. He was put in a corner and beaten. He began to panic, afraid they’d kill him. They soon left, but one decided to get a last hit. As he was about to, a stall door was flung open and knocked him down. Chester looked up, wondering where the guy was and why he wasn’t getting hit. He was able to put two and two together and crawled to see who’d saved him. He found the boy they’d been yelling at that morning in the stall, bruised and bloody just like him. The boy looked terrible and half-conscious.

”You okay?” the other boy managed.

“I think I’m going to be alright. Are you?” Chester replied. The boy nodded, but Chester wasn’t sure. Chester made it to his feet and helped the other up. 

“Thanks for that,” Chester said. He yet again got a nod as a response. 

“What’s your name?” Chester said, hoping for more of a response than before.

”Mike Shinoda,” the boy said.

”I’m Chester.” After a pause, he said, “I get you probably don’t want to talk about it, but what happened?”