Senior year of high school. Chester Bennington doesn't fit in with anyone, and he doesn't seem to care much either. He's always showing up with headphones on, a band T-shirt, and a look that makes it clear that rules aren't really his thing. Between classes he can barely stand and constant trouble with teachers, he finds refuge in music, in the lyrics he scribbles down on any spare piece of paper, and in the dream of one day getting away from all of it You're a new girl and quite pretty, but you don't know anyone. You happen to be in his class, and the teacher tells you to sit next to him.