Tanya Gleason

Who am I?

My name is Tanya Gleason and I am assigned to look after Lilly. I am in love with Anderson who is a teacher at my school; I don't understand why we can't be together! My friends just don't understand. I like to hang out with my friends, Cissy and Lilly, in the common-room at lunchtime. People say I'm very mature but I just believe that I'm well behaved. Cissy thinks she's fat when she's clearly not! Lilly gets so annoyed when Cissy calls herself fat but I just like to stay out of it!

Where am I?

I am at my grammar school in Stockport in 2009. To be honest, I love going to school because I get to see Anderson; I'm so happy today because I just had a lesson with him. My permanent smile goes from ear to ear. I'm in the common-room with Cissy and Lilly; They started asking me about whether I think about being a mother; I do all the time. I can't help it.

What time is it?

It's lunchtime and I am sat, stretched out, in the common-romm with Cissy and Lilly; they're some of my best friends, and since Nicholas just left, I tell them everything; about Anderson, about how I want a family with him. Everything. It's almost Winter so we've all started wearing oversized jumpers and scarves. It's so cold!

What's my relationship to the other people in the room?

Cissy and Lilly are some of my best friends; we tell eachother everything. Everyone else in the common-room think we're outcasts, all because we're intelligent and witty. We're the only people who understand eachother. I don't understand how we are classed as outcasts. I mean, we go to a grammar school, for crying out loud; we're supposed to be clever!

What surrounds me?

A group of other students surround us, leaving a 3 metre distance between us and them. We all speak in hushed tones but we're still cautious that other students can hear us. The autumn leaves fall from the trees and crumble when they hit the ground. The other students leave their rubbish around the room, when there's a perfectly good bin a few feet away! The chairs have been left untucked, which makes the room look messy.

What are my given circumstances?

I'm in a friendship group where something is happening. I don't really know what or why but people are cracking. Like eggshells. Most of them are in relationships but I have a feeling that they won't work out; not like me and Anderson will. Once we get together, we're gonna be together. Forever.

What do I want?

If I could have anything, right here right now, I want Anderson. My friends say I'm becoming a bit obsessed but I really want Anderson. I want to start a family with him and, when we do, it'll be perfect. I'll be the perfect mother. I'll home-educate them. I'd even learn foreign languages to teach them!

What's in the way?

To be honest, I don't see anything in the way that can't be overcome. Maybe age and, possibly, money  to start a family.. But other than that, nothing will stop me from becoming Mrs Tanya Anderson.

What do I do to get what I want?

To start a family, I'll have to get with Anderson first. That won't be that hard. I have a feeling he likes me but he's keeping it a secret. Secret. Yeah, that makes sense. Once we're together, all I have to do is get him to marry; then he'll obviously want a family!

And we'll live

happily

ever

after