0:00:05 > 0:00:08My name is Tracy Beaker and these are my Survival Files.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12Your essential guide to the ups and downs of growing up.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14- Tracy.- Tracy!
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Life in the Dumping Ground has taught me a lot about stuff.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18Tracy Beaker.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Scary stuff.
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Complicated stuff.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Stuff that can make you want to scream.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31If you can cope with the stuff that goes down in this place,
0:00:31 > 0:00:33you can cope with anything.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35I've spent most of my life here.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38When I was a kid and now it's where I work.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42I've learnt a lot about friends.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44About enemies.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50About what life can throw at you.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55It's not always been pretty.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57But it's made me who I am today.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01Now, I'm passing on my wisdom to you guys in a video blog.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06Pay attention. I've lived through all of this, so you don't have to.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11On the Tracy Beaker Survival Files, this time. First love.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Dealing with dates and coping with crushes.
0:01:14 > 0:01:19How to handle the strange and scary world of love and romance.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Young love. One of the weirdest bits of growing up.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30It's like your personality changes over night. Well, sort of.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33It's complicated. Boys are smelly, noisy pests
0:01:33 > 0:01:36and some girls can be irritating and giggly.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39But it doesn't seem to matter any more.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43Cos, just when you least expect it...
0:01:43 > 0:01:45someone walks into the room.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48- Lol, Lol, are you all right?- Yeah.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50And you're smitten.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53# Please don't tease I'm begging you, please
0:01:53 > 0:01:57# I'm down on my knees You're holding the keys
0:01:57 > 0:02:00# To my heart. #
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Yup, it's powerful stuff.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08But then we hit trouble.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Most people can't come out and say they like someone.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Which is hardly surprising, cos love's unpredictable.
0:02:16 > 0:02:21People are always falling for people who are totally wrong for them.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22Or just wrong, full stop.
0:02:22 > 0:02:28Like when Crash decided that he fancied Justine Littlewood.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Yeah, THAT Justine Littlewood. I know!
0:02:32 > 0:02:37I never had a problem telling Justine what I thought about her.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40But, for Crash, it was different.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42I just came to ask.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46I mean, if Elaine's really making us pair up for this party.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50- What I'm saying is... - Will I go with you?
0:02:52 > 0:02:57- As mates, yeah?- As mates? I mean, yeah.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00- Course.- All right, then.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Was there something else?
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- No, nothing else. - See you later, then.- Yup.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19Crash couldn't tell her how he felt.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Maybe he was embarrassed that he fancied Justine.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25- What's up with you? - Er, pff, nothing.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Can't think why.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33When love is in the air, often people can't express themselves.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36They try to show their feelings in different ways.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39That can produce some interesting results.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43Like the time when Bouncer fell in love.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Hey, everyone, I'd like you to meet Jane, she's a student care worker.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54It started when a new student care worker turned up.
0:03:54 > 0:03:59- Hey, Norwich City, you like football?- Oh, that's Lol.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01And this is his brother Bouncer.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Bouncer? You all right?
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Suddenly, our big,
0:04:08 > 0:04:12lovable Bouncer fancied himself as a romantic hero-type.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Or a poet.
0:04:17 > 0:04:22Jane, you are to me, what Norwich City would to me be,
0:04:22 > 0:04:25if I were to see, in every Satur-dee.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Oh.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Or maybe a style icon.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Hello, Jane.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36- Hey, Lol.- You look like a fruit salad.- It's to impress Jane.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40I'm going to impress her now by doing a scorpion kick.
0:04:40 > 0:04:41A scorpion kick?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44What's wrong with this picture? Everything.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Bouncer was trying too hard to impress.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- Bouncer! Seriously?- Lol, chuck it up.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Ah. Ooof.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Bouncer! Are you OK?
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Ouch.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07That's a classic example of how not to get the woman of your dreams.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09What should we do?
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Let's ask the girls, how do you get a boy to like you?
0:05:12 > 0:05:17Um, make sure you look your best. Oh, and give them a nice smile.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22Pay them a compliment. That's what all boys want to hear.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24How amazing they are(!)
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Laugh at all their jokes. Especially the rubbish ones.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31OK, well, the golden rule is don't try too hard.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Let the boys do the work.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36It's the only way they'll learn to do what we want.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- Elektra, how do you get a boy to notice you?- Easy.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Take down the hardest guy in the group.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Then you've got everyone's attention.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48- Actually, I meant romantically. - Even easier. I don't.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50They only let you down anyway.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Hmm. Lots of different ideas there.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56The different advice can be confusing.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59But it's important to get off to the right start.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Exactly what I didn't do with my first crush.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05A boy called Wilson, who'd come to the Dumping Ground
0:06:05 > 0:06:08while his mum was in hospital.
0:06:16 > 0:06:21- Oh, hi.- You must be the new guy. Wilson?- Nice to meet you.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Arrgh.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27'We didn't exactly get off to the perfect start.'
0:06:27 > 0:06:32- Take that! Argh. And that!- This must be my initiation test.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37- It's exactly how I pictured it.- No! This is payback.- Payback for what?
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Argh.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49'I told you. Love can be unpredictable.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51'It was case of mistaken identity.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55'I thought Wilson was Adam, Louise's boyfriend, who was always
0:06:55 > 0:06:59'playing tricks on her. And needed the Beaker treatment.'
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- This is Adam.- Adam!- Hi.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05'I realised there'd been a misunderstanding
0:07:05 > 0:07:08'and let Wilson out just a few hours later.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11'And he was just fine with it.'
0:07:11 > 0:07:13- Aren't you going to thank me? - For what?
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Do you realise how long you left me down there?
0:07:16 > 0:07:20- I could have died!- But you didn't. - That's not the point.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25- Um, you must be Wilson.- Yeah. - W-When did you arrive?- A while ago.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27And why are you covered in... What is this?
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Mainly flour and rotten egg.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34I see. Tracy, I thought we had an understanding.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38- Why is it always your fault? - I, um...
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Actually, I did this to myself.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44See, I love pouring flour over me and I LOVE the smell of rotten egg.
0:07:44 > 0:07:45Mmm.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46I didn't get it.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49I'd always been getting into trouble,
0:07:49 > 0:07:51sometimes for things I'd not done.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Here was this boy, taking the blame for something that
0:07:55 > 0:07:57was probably a little bit my fault.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59What was up with that?
0:07:59 > 0:08:03'What was up was the poor boy was desperately in love with me.'
0:08:03 > 0:08:08- Well, it's, um, definitely an improvement.- Thanks.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Ah. Tracy. Help me get this junk out my hair.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Touch your hair? I don't think so.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18Please, my mum won't be impressed if I turn up like this.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20'And the thing is,
0:08:20 > 0:08:23'I wasn't 100% sure that I completely hated him too.'
0:08:23 > 0:08:26So, you're visiting your mum tomorrow?
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Yeah, but I'm not looking forward to it.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34Well, I am, it's just the first time I've seen her since...
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Don't worry, I'm sure she'll be pleased to see you.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42Well, well.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46Never thought I'd see the day Tracy Beaker had a crush on a boy.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51- What? I don't, I don't even like Wilson!- Thanks very much.
0:08:51 > 0:08:57- It's sickeningly obvious. Tracy Beaker is in love.- I AM NOT IN LOVE.
0:08:57 > 0:09:03- I... He's an ugly, boring geek. - It's OK, I'm not offended.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Well, you should be!
0:09:05 > 0:09:09'I couldn't get my head around what was happening.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14'Cool, calm, collected me getting all hot and bothered about a boy.'
0:09:14 > 0:09:17- Tracy! See you later. - Yeah, bye, whatever.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Now, look what you made me do. Just...leave me alone!
0:09:22 > 0:09:24- Are you OK?- I was distracted.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27N-Not by Wilson, by the sun, it was in my eyes.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32'This boy was getting to me. Act normally, I thought.'
0:09:32 > 0:09:36I was only saying bye to Wilson because he said it to me first.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38It would've been rude not to.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41'No-one must guess what I was really feeling.'
0:09:41 > 0:09:45I wouldn't have minded if I said goodbye or not.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46I'm going to see him later.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51I think he's feeling a bit emotional, his mum's in hospital.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53I'm not worried about this mum.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56I haven't even met her. He's the one that's worried.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59He plays guitar, did I mention that?
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- He's made quite an impression on you.- Wilson?
0:10:03 > 0:10:05What do you mean?
0:10:05 > 0:10:07'She is amazing sometimes, Cam.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10'I never said anything to her, but she knew all along.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14'It's like she could read my thoughts.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18'Finally it happened. Wilson and I were alone.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22'He was giving the toilet bowl a good scrub, I remember.'
0:10:24 > 0:10:29- Tracy?- Yeah?- Would you come to the hospital with me tomorrow?
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Do you want me to come and see your mum?
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Only if you want to. It's just, I don't want to go alone.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39The truth is, I really like you, Tracy Beaker.
0:10:42 > 0:10:48That's nice. But there's really no need to say it out loud.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54- Maybe if you go this way and I go this way?- Yeah.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59OK, I like you.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02So what?
0:11:04 > 0:11:07We thought we were alone, but we weren't.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10The wicked witch of the Dumping Ground had seen.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13She got on her broomstick and spread the gossip.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17Talk about romantic. They were stood next to the bog!
0:11:17 > 0:11:22Maybe the bleach fumes confused Wilson's poor mind.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26Give it a rest, you rotten lot. Let's go dig.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29'The last thing I needed was people taking the mick.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31'But I kept my dignity.'
0:11:31 > 0:11:35Go back to the hospital for some more secret snogging.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37- Prepare to eat a knuckle burger. - Enough!
0:11:37 > 0:11:40'Shelley was the head care worker and she had news.'
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- Why are you going to the hospital? - 'Bad news.'
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Wilson asked me to go with him to see his mum.
0:11:46 > 0:11:52Oh, she was discharged this morning. Nathan took Wilson home first thing.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54So, he's gone.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00- Sorry.- Some boyfriend(!) He left without saying goodbye.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03I'm really not in the least bit bothered.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Why should I be bothered?
0:12:11 > 0:12:14I'd agreed to go with this boy to see his mum,
0:12:14 > 0:12:16who I'd never even met.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19And now, I didn't have to go after all.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21It felt like the world was ending.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25'Yeah, it bothered me. It bothered me a lot.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28'The thing to remember is, that's normal.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32'At some point, this sort of thing will happen to everyone.'
0:12:32 > 0:12:37- You left this in the dining room. - Shelley, you're so predictable.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Sorry?
0:12:39 > 0:12:44I know why you're here, but I really don't care about Wilson at all.
0:12:44 > 0:12:49- Fine.- He's gone. So what? Kids leave the Dumping Ground every other week.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Message understood.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54'When your heart is broken, don't expect anyone,
0:12:54 > 0:12:57'especially adults, to say anything helpful.'
0:12:57 > 0:12:59There'll be plenty of other boys.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02That first kiss is always the sweetest.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05'Careful, Shelley. Memories of your first kiss
0:13:05 > 0:13:08'is getting close to too much information.'
0:13:08 > 0:13:10I remember my first boyfriend.
0:13:10 > 0:13:16'Oh, no, sorry, I'm definitely going to have to stop you there.'
0:13:16 > 0:13:20What have we learnt so far to upload into my Survival Files?
0:13:20 > 0:13:25That, unlike Shelley's romantic tales, won't make us feel queasy.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29Feeling differently about boys or girls can take you by surprise.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33It's a big change in your life, but one that is perfectly normal.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Don't be surprised if it feels a bit weird at first.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38And it can be confusing.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42You can't think of anything else, but you don't want
0:13:42 > 0:13:45others to know about it, in case they take the mickey.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49And it can be hard to say what you mean. Don't panic.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53The other person might be feeling the same way too.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59I'm afraid I've got some bad news for you guys.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03It doesn't get any easier as you get older.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Even for someone as sorted as me. When you start to like someone,
0:14:07 > 0:14:11you try hard not to let anyone notice, but it hardly ever works.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15I'll admit it. When a gorgeous social worker called Seth turned up,
0:14:15 > 0:14:18I was a tiny bit smitten.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21# It must be love, love, love... #
0:14:21 > 0:14:25He was funny and the kids loved him. Plus he was in a band too.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27What was not to like?
0:14:27 > 0:14:29I tried to play it cool,
0:14:29 > 0:14:33but it often turns out that you're the only one that doesn't know that
0:14:33 > 0:14:36everyone knows that you're trying to make sure that nobody knows.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38I think that's what I mean.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42- You going to buy a drink, if I'm right?- You'll so buy me a drink.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- Bring it on.- Come on, Seth.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53- Oo-oooh.- What?- You're going on a date with Se-eth.- I am not.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57- We're just friends.- Yeah? Is that why you took an hour to get ready?
0:14:57 > 0:15:02- I like to look smart for work.- So that's why you're wearing that top,
0:15:02 > 0:15:04the one he said that he likes?
0:15:04 > 0:15:11- So?- So, Gus.- Tracy's worn the same top for Seth's last four visits.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16- I don't like Seth. OK, I like him, but I don't...- Hmm-mmm.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20'The thing is, I thought I was being so cool and secretive.'
0:15:20 > 0:15:24Cool and secretive? You couldn't keep your eyes off him.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29You have to admit, you did make some lame excuses just to be with him.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30Lame excuses?
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Like showing him how to use the dishwasher for the sixth time.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35Kitchen hygiene!
0:15:35 > 0:15:40And that silly smile was always on your face whenever he was around.
0:15:40 > 0:15:41Aww.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45And all that extra make-up and perfume on Seth's visit days.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49Oh, yeah, and there was usually that tiny bit of dribble
0:15:49 > 0:15:52coming from the corner of your mouth.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55So, my big secret was never a secret at all.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59They could have broadcast it on the six o'clock news.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03"This just in. Tracy Beaker likes a social worker." I know.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06I never thought it would happen either.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Then history repeated itself.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Another almost boyfriend. Another disappearing act.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15At least this one managed to say goodbye.
0:16:15 > 0:16:21- I'm leaving social work.- Why? - I thought it was what I needed to do.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25I wanted to be here for the kids. Growing from places like this.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29- Then stay.- No.
0:16:29 > 0:16:34- I think I was looking backwards. There's other ways.- Like what?
0:16:34 > 0:16:35The band.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Tracy, come with me.
0:16:40 > 0:16:45It'll be an adventure. You, me. Life on the road.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Freedom to be who you want to be.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52And who would I be?
0:16:52 > 0:16:55The lead singer's girlfriend?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Sorry, Seth. This is me.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10Good luck with the band. I hope all your dreams come true.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Tracy.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18I've got your number. If I change my mind.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24We parted as friends. Seth went to look for fame and fortune
0:17:24 > 0:17:27and I stayed at the Dumping Ground, helping the new
0:17:27 > 0:17:33generation to come to terms with the problems and pitfalls of romance.
0:17:33 > 0:17:38The thing about Cupid's arrow is you never know where it
0:17:38 > 0:17:40might strike next.
0:17:41 > 0:17:47- So, if you were a girl.- Which we are. - What would make your perfect date?
0:17:49 > 0:17:54Well, looks are everything, you've got to dress to impress.
0:17:54 > 0:18:01- Err, what about a present? Something really special.- Hmm. A present.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Put it down.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08So, why was Gus asking all these questions?
0:18:10 > 0:18:14I met Jenny at my orchestra, she shared her lunch with me.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17She had ham sandwiches with mayonnaise, not butter.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Cut square, not diagonally.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24She had six pieces of apple and three squares of chocolate.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27- She gave me the extra square. - And what made you like her?
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Her hair, her flute-playing, she's very good at counting.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35When Gus announced he had date with Jenny from the orchestra,
0:18:35 > 0:18:38he was determined to do things right.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41He took all the advice he could.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45- Mike, what's the most important thing to remember on a date?- Ha, um.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Always have a sense of humour. It's essential.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53And always smell nice. Bad smell, bad date.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Change my smell.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02And being Gus, he pushed every single piece of advice to the max.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05MUSIC PLAYS
0:19:05 > 0:19:06HE SNIFFS
0:19:10 > 0:19:16- Gus? Is everything OK in there?- Yes, Mike, I'm getting ready for my date.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Dress to impress.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24- She's not due till teatime. - That's right, Mike.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27I've got five hours and 39 minutes to go.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31OK, well, there's nothing like being prepared, eh?
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Easy on the aftershave, mate.
0:19:33 > 0:19:38So what do Mike and Gina remember about Gus's big day?
0:19:38 > 0:19:42Whatever Gus is doing, you can rely on him to give his all.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Yes, he certainly pulled out all the stops to look
0:19:45 > 0:19:47his best for his big date.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51And the good news is that the smell of Tiger For Men
0:19:51 > 0:19:54is finally fading from Gus's room.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Yes, and when he finished getting ready, well,
0:19:58 > 0:20:01I will never forget it, for as long as I live.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04No!
0:20:09 > 0:20:12GIRLS GIGGLE
0:20:15 > 0:20:19Jenny should be here in exactly two minutes.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20DOORBELL BUZZES
0:20:20 > 0:20:24- She's at the...- She's keen.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28- I'll get it.- No, don't. Gus will get it.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Gus never does things by halves.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35He believed that if he worked hard enough, he'd have the perfect date.
0:20:35 > 0:20:41- Oh, what's that smell?- Gus. - His girlfriend's here.- Oh, come on.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42Woah.
0:20:42 > 0:20:47- It's about time for your special present.- That was my idea.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51- It's a desk tidy. - Oooh, how romantic(!)
0:20:51 > 0:20:55Er, there's nothing wrong with a practical present.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59- And now, for some humour. - Oh, dear.- Knock, knock.
0:20:59 > 0:21:05You're supposed to say, "Who's there?" Then I say, Eype.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Then you say, "Eype who?" I pooh. Get it?
0:21:07 > 0:21:12Right, OK, come on everybody, come on. Come on.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16- We'll leave Gus and Jenny... - I want to watch.- ..on their own.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18When it comes to going on a date,
0:21:18 > 0:21:21people try to behave like someone else.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Remember, it's you that the person wanted to go on a date with.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Why pretend to be someone you're not?
0:21:28 > 0:21:32Well, Toby certainly found out the hard way.
0:21:32 > 0:21:37It all started when he met a girl called Zara in a comic shop.
0:21:50 > 0:21:51I saw you yesterday.
0:21:53 > 0:21:54Oh, yeah?
0:21:54 > 0:21:58You were coming out of your house with your mum.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00She looked cool.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Oh, yeah, she is, so cool, it's crazy.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07- Really?- Like...
0:22:09 > 0:22:14- ..she's always dancing, everywhere. - What's your dad think about that?
0:22:14 > 0:22:19Well, he plays killer guitar with my three sisters who sing.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22It's like living in a bad musical.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26It sounds really fun.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- So.- So, what about you?
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Actually, I'm an only child and...
0:22:33 > 0:22:38- my mum's not around any more. - Really?
0:22:39 > 0:22:45- Hmm. It's so sad. She died. - So sorry.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48It's the worst thing in the world.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51You can't imagine what it's like.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54I can. I really can.
0:22:54 > 0:22:59- Cos...- Wow. Have you seen this? It's a classic.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Oh, yeah, I've got it back at the...back at home.
0:23:02 > 0:23:07Toby hadn't intended to lie. It all happened in the heat of the moment.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10But, once it had happened, he was stuck with it.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14You are so cool. A cool guy with a mad, mad family.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17I've decided, I'm definitely going to ask her out.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21- But that means telling her the truth. - Hold on.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24She thinks my foster parents are my real mum and dad.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28And that they're mad. And that I've got three sisters.
0:23:28 > 0:23:33- You told her that?- Good job. - But then I found out her mum died.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36- She needs to know to understand. - No, no.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38She won't want to talk about that.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Compliment her eyes.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43But never tell her you're a care kid.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47Don't you think it would have been best for Toby to tell the truth?
0:23:47 > 0:23:50No, I mean, all's fair in love and war.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52He just needed to go with the flow.
0:23:52 > 0:23:57Toby got himself into a right mess.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02All he needed to do is keep calm, stop stressing, turn on the charm.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06He had us there for support, what more could he want?
0:24:06 > 0:24:09When Toby met up with Zara, the date turned into a disaster.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12He couldn't relax and be himself
0:24:12 > 0:24:15cos he was too scared she'd find out about his lies.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18You have lovely glasses.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22I sat on my good pair.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Clark Kent wears glasses like that.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30- At least, when he's not being a super hero.- Right.- So, yeah.
0:24:34 > 0:24:35LIAM MOUTHS
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Do you like... Do you like haggis?
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Haggis?
0:24:40 > 0:24:44"Do you like haggis?"?! Toby could see that it was going wrong.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46And it was time to 'fess up.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48I don't live at Manor Avenue.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52- What?- Not any more. I was being fostered.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54I don't understand.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59I live in a care home.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03- Is this a wind-up? - I had to tell you.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08When you told me about your mum, I realised we had so much in common.
0:25:08 > 0:25:13No, cos you see, my mum died too. And my dad. In a car crash.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Zara?
0:25:18 > 0:25:23Oops. That didn't go exactly to plan. Tobes was gutted.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Fair play to him, though.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31He wasn't going to let Zara go without a fight.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Hi.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41I just need to know.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Was it cos I'm in care? Or because I lied?
0:25:47 > 0:25:48It was...
0:25:48 > 0:25:50It was neither.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Zara, don't stand chatting on the doorstep.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58Oh, is this the boy you were telling me about? I'm Zara's mum.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08What can I say?
0:26:08 > 0:26:12I thought you'd think I was too boring.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16So, I made something up. Same as you.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19We're not the same.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23You made up you haven't got a mum. I wish I could do that.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Keep it.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27I'm sick of made-up things.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30Toby, I'm sorry.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37Hmm. Maybe not such a disastrous date after all!
0:26:37 > 0:26:40There you go, a lesson for both of them.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44Be yourself and anything is possible.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50What have we learnt about lurve to upload to
0:26:50 > 0:26:52the Tracy Beaker Survival Files?
0:26:52 > 0:26:56It's certainly a tricky business, this romance stuff.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Don't panic. It's the same for everyone,
0:26:58 > 0:27:03even the person you fancy. It's good to make an effort for a date.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Dress in your best gear
0:27:05 > 0:27:09but don't try and change your whole personality.
0:27:09 > 0:27:10Just be yourself.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15Whether it's Bouncer trying to be a scorpion-kicking, male model.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Or Toby playing at happy families.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22Pretending to be something you're not is never a good idea.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26If it all goes wrong and you end up splitting up, that can be tough.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29You might well end up feeling sad for a bit.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31But that does end, believe me.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35And you never know what, or who, might be around the corner.
0:27:35 > 0:27:40So, that's the Beaker guide to romance safely uploaded to
0:27:40 > 0:27:43the Tracy Beaker Survival Files.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48More gems of wisdom from my experiences next time.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50That's one date you don't want to miss.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54Remember, I've been through all this so you don't have to.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56# In love with someone Ever fallen in love?
0:27:56 > 0:27:58# In love with someone
0:27:58 > 0:28:00# You shouldn't've fallen in love with
0:28:00 > 0:28:04# Of fallen in love with
0:28:04 > 0:28:05# Ever fallen in love with someone
0:28:05 > 0:28:09# You shouldn't've fallen in love with. #