Linkin Park Oneshots!!

Starting to Fly

Requested by chesterbenningtonfan, sorry this took so long to write! I hope you enjoy!

It had been nearly a week since Dayton was asked to join his best friend singing for Grey Daze. It had been at a house party Chester invited him to in this very garage; when the two of them sang Polly together.

"Dayton, you give it a try." Sean handed Chester's friend the microphone. "Start from the chorus."

Dayton nodded, grabbing the lyric sheet from Sean's other hand. He quickly read the chorus of their new song before filling the room with his melodic voice.

"Open your eyes
Look to the sky
Grab your wings
And start to fly"

"Man, that was epic!" Chester shouted, giving his friend a pat on the back. "Let's go over it one more time, Sean record this one!"

"Alright, alright!" Sean grabbed the tape recorder and plugged it in, hitting the record button as it powered on. "Ok, its recording.

Dayton sang the chorus again, and with each word, Chester's smile grew bigger and bigger.

"We have to hear this with both of our voices!" Chester announced as soon as Dayton finished.

"Then record your voice and I will put them together." Mace said.

How in the hell are you gonna do that?" Chester asked.

"The same way we record every other song." Mace rolled his eyes.

"Oh. I'm not good at this stuff." Chester sighed before taking the microphone from Dayton's hand.

"Shut up and sing already." Bobby said from the futon in the corner. Chester did just that, sticking his tongue out at him.

"Okay, watch." Mace took the tape recorder after Chester finished singing the chorus. "Here's Dayton's version, and here's your version.  Now listen."

Everything went silent as the room was filled with the harmonies of the two vocalists. Putting their voices together was one of their best ideas yet.

Before anyone could even speak, Bobby jumped up off of the futon. "THAT"S FUCKING AWESOME!!" He cheered, making everyone laugh.

"Yeah, like you helped out at all." Chester teased.

"Hey! I make myself useful sometimes!" Bobby defended.

"Chill out bro, we're only joking." Sean laughed at Bobby's demise.

Bobby glared at the both of them before plopping back down onto the couch.

"Hey, could you play that recording again?" Dayton asked.

Grey Daze had become increasingly popular in the last few weeks. So popular in fact, that they would be performing a show tonight, with a signing agent watching. They knew that the crowd would love the new song, and they hoped that Dayton joining the band would go over well.

"Hey, don't be nervous, you'll get used to it soon." Chester put a hand on Dayton's shoulder, his shaking body seeming to calm down a bit.

"I'm not nervous." Dayton lied.

'Dude, you're shaking."

"I-I, okay fine I'm nervous. What if there's a lot of people out there?" Dayton asked.

"There's gonna be a lot of people out there, but that's part of the fun. It's exhilarating up on that stage, it feels so fun and free. Just trust me, they're gonna love you." Chester reassured his best friend.