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