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Chapter 6

Mike's pov.

   It was currently time to head to lunch. I grabbed my lunch bag from my locker and started to head to the lunch room. I wounder if Chester will still sit with us. I really hope he does sit with us. For some odd reason, I've found it very easy to talk to him. I know our pasts are nothing alike but he seems like a person who I can relate to.
    I sat down at the usual table I sit at during lunch. My friends were already there. Chester still isn't here. I wonder were he is. He could have sat somewhere else. Or he could have went home. I really hoped not. I really do want him to sit with us.
    After a few minutes, I saw Chester enter the lunch room. I waved my hand to get his attention. A few seconds later, He waved back and started to head towards the table. I then heard people yelling different names towards him. None of them were friendly. He continued to ignore them. That just made the name callers madder. One guy with medium brown hair with a medium build got up and pushed him to the ground. The name caller stared to punch and kick him. Two other kids, one blonde and one brunet, decided to help him. The other brunet had a more muscular build while the blonde had a medium build. They continued to kick and punch him. I got up and told them to stop. I went over to them and pushed the blonde. I other two decided to gang up at me. Together, they takled me to the ground and started giving me the same treatment that they gave Chester. Fortunately, a group of teachers came over and pulled the bullies off of me. They grabbed the bullies by their arms and headed out of the lunch room. I looked over to Chester. He was unconscious and bloody.
    "Hey kid, are you ok," one of the teachers asked. I nodded my head. He asked me what happened. I told him as much as I could about what had happened. I'm still not sure what had happend. It all happened so fast. I was still in shock.
    Two paramedics came in pulling a stretcher. They carefully put Chester's body on the stretcher. They asked me if I needed to the hospital. I told them I would be fine. I asked them if I could ride in the ambulance since Chester was my friend. They said no and told me which hospital they were taking him to. The paramedics left with Chester as one of the teachers took me to the schools nurse. She just cleaned the blood stains off my face and arms and gave me some aspirin. The school gave me a plain white t shirt to change into since mine had blopd stains on it.
    I continued to go to the rest of my classes. I was planning to visit Chester in the hospital after school. Hopefully my mom will be willing to give me a ride.
   I had a hard time concentrating
in all of my classes. I was worried about Chester. Even though I just met him a day ago, I was still worried. It's scary that I care about him this much. Already I care about him like he is my own brother.
    When I got home, I asked my mom if she could give me a ride to the hospital. She wanted a explanation as to why I wanted to go to the hospital. I told her about todays events and she said that she would take me to the hospital.