One

Chapter one is very informative about the childhood of John. He tells that he haven't speek a word with his mother before, because she ran away a long time ago. His father thinks that she only get married to young and so she doesn't come to terms with her problems.
John and his father are different like day and night. His father has sand-coloured hair and John has got brown hair. But anyway John really loves his dad :) Johns father raised John on his own and he had never any problems with that. John grew up in poor circumstances and sometimes he blamed his dad for the less money they have.
In Chapter one there is also Johns youth descriped. The conflicts with his father, the parties, the girls and the school are comprised.
John goes to Germany with the army and he hadn't got lots of money. But he always said he had less, but enough.
After three years in Germany, John went back to his hometown. His dad picks him up at the airport - the only problem is that both doesn't know what they should say to each other. They are speechless. At home, they talked a little bit but nothing great.
At the beach, John met two girls: a blonde and a brunette. The blonde one ignores him but the brunette one talked a little bit with him and she stays in his mind the whole day! Then two boys come and the one with the pink shirt slapped the purse of the brunette into the sea. He doesn't want to pick it up for her - he just want to buy her a new one. But the brunette begs him to put the purse out of the water. Finally John jumped into the waves...