Chapter 1:

Introducing Sam's family structure (parents divorced, living with his mum);
Alicia; skating, Tony Hawk and his importance for Sam, college plans; the
whole thing happenend "a couple of years ago" (when Sam was 15)
"foreshadowing" : something to worry about will happen - but we'll get to
that. "Everything seemed to have come together. And so obviously it was
time to go and screw it all."

Chapter 2:
Sam's mum had him with 17, now she is 32; introducing Sam's skater friends
Rabbit and Rubbish, family misfortune ("people slip up on the first step");
Alicia and her family, how they met (fixed up by mums), music they like, A.'s
Ex-boyfriend (wanted sex, she didn't); teenagers wanting babies (Sam
considers them stupid); talking to Rabbit about Alicia; meeting Alicia for a
date, talking about future plans (Sam: art college, Alicia:model), first sex
(Sam does not want to do it...), stealing a condom

Chapter 3:
always together with A., watching TV, going for walks, A. says she loves Sam;
Mum starts to worry: A.and S. spending too much time together is not
healthy; S: I cant be bad (lying, stealing); being separated from A. for an
evening: torture, like not breathing, A. not answering her phone: jealousy;
S. going to see a movie with mum, she meets a guy: Mark; mum asking about
S.and A. having sex (pp.62-64), she wants to meet A. properly, THE NIGHT
it happened or half happened (S. embarrased, blushing, cannot talk about
it); S. considers not wearing a condom and wanting a baby at 15 stupidity;
A. visits for dinner, Sams mum and A. talk about having a baby at 16 S.
feels uncomfortable.

Chapter 4:
things with A.stop being as good, S. does not feel the same about her; goes
skating again, visits A. anyway so his mum does not realize things are not
going so well; more information about A.s dad (Hip Hop, wearing a stud,
literature teacher at college), S. is smarter than A. (helps her with maths),
A.s parents think: A. is the genius, S. the nice dim kid (their attitude: pp7476); S. "bored sick" of A.; thinking about Sex in general (pp.78/9); S. thinks of
breaking up, however, A. is not bored with him; Mum&Mark

Chapter 5:
other girls notice S., meeting Nicky S.s attitude about teenagers wanting
babies (pp.84/5);
S.'s 16th birthday, A. trying to reach him urgently via SMS/texting he
KNOWS why, meeting A. at Starbucks, her period is late, S. wants to get
money for a pregnancy test and just disappears and goes home; S.s dad,
blowing candles, old stories...TH: no advice, not a comparable situation,
S.decides to take poster down.

Chapter 6:
Whizzed into the future part 1:
S. wakes up in a different bed with A., a baby in the room, needs to be
changed, S. has no clue what to do; S. learns Roofis his son, he is going to
college and is livingwith the Burns family, S.s mum is helping out; meeting
Rabbit: looking for answers; S. meeting people who know him and he does
not know; changing nappies lesson, S.s mum is pregnant

Chapter 7:
back to the present, S.s escape to Hastings, looking for a job, the seaside
resort is empty at this time of the year, the only work available: helping an
old, disabled and very grumpy old man - Mr Brady

Chapter 8:
Mr.Brady wants help at 4 o'clock in the morning "could a baby be any worse
than this"? S. decides to return home, realizes Im STUPID, STUPID,
STUPID!, S. is embarrassed about his behaviour; at home: police, mum in
tears and really upset,; S. offers pretend reasons for going away: his
parents divorce, splitting up with A.; his plan: watch A. secretly and see if he
can notice anything (a bump?), while hiding in front of her house he meets
Rabbit; S. is not ready to go on with the next part of his life although he
realies he has to If I sit at home watching TV it wont happen.

Chapter 9:

A.is pregnant, has not yet told anyone, cries, desperate; S. feeling like a small
child, wants to cry, wants his mum; A. wants to keep the baby, decision to tell
parents the next day; S. thinking about marriage; family counselling with
Consuela, S.s dad realizes something is wrong s.th. S. does not tell; S.s
dad learns about A., guesses right (!) p.173; back to school, thinking about
going away again, baby names (skater names), parents reactions, birth
noises, watching birth?
?; was being whizzed into the future his REAL future? S. cannot stop
thinking about it; A. looks older, paler (morning sickness, scared); telling A.s
parents about it, S.:Im going to have a baby, reactions: A.s dad:shouting,
mum: crying, A.:And we are kepng it!- A.s dad: ridiculous, cannot care for
it, mum:Do you hate us? she thinks S. did it on purpose to keep A., mum
does not consider them able to care for the baby: You couldnt look after a
goldfish!; A.s mum talking about S.s mum:Shes very pretty.YOUNG and
pretty. Dont YOU PEOPLE ever learn anything?; all go to S.s house to tell S.s
mum, S.s mum in dressing gown, Mark is visting...A.s mum tells her about
the baby, reaction: crying, feels hurt by S., suggests abortion, wants to talk to
S. in private, A.s dad: There isnt any private anymore, we are all family A.
stepping in, tells her family to leave; S.s mum volunteers to tell his dad, Are
we stupid or just unlucky?

Chapter 10:
S.s dads reaction: calling him names, laughing, kind of likes the idea of his
grandchild watching him at sports, dreams of playing on a team with his
grandson, offers help; S.s school finds out about A.s pregnancy; the first
ultrasound scan, it is a boy, A. and S. kiss, he realizes she is not terrible,
they get back together but know that chances are few, no sex; NCT class,
everybody older, teacher from S.s school attending as well,awkward
situation; Mark moving in.

Chapter 11:
S. and A.s parents: S. calling them Robert and Andrea; A. tells her
parents they are all going to live at their house; skating (is to know what I am
doing) - Rubbish: You are screwed....really, S. wants to be Rubbish and skate
tricks to be all to worry about: Your life is perfect, S.s mum learns about
their living arrangements Do you want to do that? tells hi he can get outof
it, has his life in front of him; TH/frustration

Chapter 12:
Whizzed into the future part two
S. at home, in his own room, new (Hawk) clothes lying around, Mark holding a
baby girl (Emily) S. is a big brother; Its Bee A. calling with a cold, S. has
to go to the surgery with Roof, who has to get a jab, does not know his
sons last name/age, R. does not get the jab...Roof calling S. Dadda, tells
him about the swing accident, S. spoiling his son: ice cream, helicopter,
cinema experience (R. hates it, scared of human veggies)

Chapter 13:
back in the present,bad slam because Rabbit is sleeping in the skating bowl,
S.s mum tells him to stop skating too dangerous; Sams mum pregnant,
Mak moving in, 4 months inbetween the babies; thoughts about future in
general;GCSE results: S. Ok, A.terrible, A.s parents think this is unfair.

Chapter 14:
A. in labour, S. concerned about himself (sweating, drinks..), A.at home,
naked in bath (unfamiliar sight); A. seems like 30, S. feels like 7; timing
contractions (S. should be prepared, they have visited another, more suitable
pregnancy class), A. swearing, bad language, strange noises (donkey); both
scared; to hospital with A.s mum, music trouble, A.s mum doing a very good
job, her music is perfect; slow labour; it is OK now for A.s mum she will
not be a really old granny; A. calling them/the nurse names, S. has to be
stopped to walk out, baby gets stuck, cut, baby looks terrible, slimey, blood,
shit, squashed; A.: Whats this music Rufus Wainwright, so that will be the
babys name (Rufus); S. crying because he realizes only now that they have
had a baby; S.s mum arriving, snatching Rufus Its you!, grandma-fight
over last name: Jones or Burns, A.s mum desperate: the best possible start
in life (class thinking but no offence!);A.: Rufus JONES tears, rows

Chapter 15:
S. moving in with A.s family, strange to see her feed R., S.'s mum: he is
STAYING with you , A.: he is LIVING with us; arguing about the TH poster.

Chapter 16:

Re-living the first whizz, now: A. does not look terrible, just tired, S. knows
baby poo smells nice, admits R. needs changing, knows how to do it; S.
asking himself questions (how did he do as a dad, how did A. and him get
on...); at school: the fight with Jason Gerson thanks for looking after my kid
S. thinks he might be right and R. might not be his son, confronts A., she is
desperate, the numbers do not fit anyway...messing each other up, sayin
sorry

Chapter 17:
S.s dad wants to meet him and R. (advice: bring the baby and you will be
able to get alcohol...there is nothing better than a baby to get girls), S.s dad
is trying to talk S. out of his relationship with A., comparing their situations as
young fathers, trying to talk to TH does not work, A. going nuts because R.
rodein the car without a car seat, getting into a fight...
S. moving out, back home (both pretending it is not because of the rows but
because of a bad cold, of course...)

Chapter 18:
S. comparing his situation with that of other teen parents on the Internet
feels good, learns about teen pregnancy rates and facts, is afraid he might
lose touch with R. over the years (as 80% of teen fathers do), talks to A.
about it, fight about seeing other girls, Andrea helps S. and supports him,
watching R. sleeping

Chapter 19:
S. 18 now, R. almost 2, this is the middle of a story, S. answering some
questions which the reader may have at that point, about his baby sister,
about R.s jab, TH, College, Alicia and him (having sex again, getting caught
by Andrea who is really, really upset)

Chapter 20:
Whizzed into the future part three
S. is on the bus with a pretty girl,they meet A. and her new boyfriend Carl at
a restaurant, S. learns that his girlfriend is called Alex, S.s mum is

babysitting R., S. learns that he often looks after both kids and manages to
put them to bed, A. and S. are both at college, part time and share looking
after R.; S. quit skating, A. sleeps over at his house sometimes, S. has not
been out in the evenings for a long time life is stressful but S. has got the
feeling that he can do it