Lizzie: Robin? You remember when you told me you never wanted to be a pop star?
Robin: Mm. Well, I didn’t.
Lizzie: So what happened? It’s not the sort of job you end up doing because there’s nothing else available, is it!
Robin: Ah – well…it WAS a bit like that, to be honest…
Lizzie: How come?
Robin: Well – I went te this audition, they wanted kids who could sing a bit fer some commercial, an’ that’s where we met Martie.
Lizzie: He must have been impressed with you.
Robin: I don’t think he was that impressed with me singin’! But he did think I looked the part.
Lizzie: So, he obviously asked you to be in the band…?
Robin: Aye, an’ I said no, to start with. I wasn’t interested.
Lizzie: Wouldn’t most people jump at the chance?
Robin: Would you?
Lizzie: Me? No way! I can’t sing, and – well, it just doesn’t appeal to me.
Robin: It didn’t appeal to me, neither. I still wanted to act. So, he asked me mam what she thought, an’ she wanted me te do it.
Robin: The thing was, we needed the money – it was just us two, me gran was gone, an’ the actin’ wasn’t goin’ so well…
Robin: She said we’d never get such a good offer again, an’ we’d be set up for life, an’ I thought, well, she’s right. I had te say yes. I owed it to her.
Lizzie: Why on earth did you owe it to her?
Robin: For everythin’ she did for me. Bringin’ me up an’ that. It pretty much wrecked her life, havin’ me.
Lizzie: Robin –
Robin: D’you reckon it looks sunnier over there, Lizzie?
Lizzie: Robin –
Robin: She was just fifteen when she had me, Lizzie. So she never got to do anythin’ with her life, cos she had me to look after. It was hard for her. So I had te join the band, when I thought about it, to make it up to her, so I could support her an’ so she could have a nicer life.
Robin: Anyway, it turned out okay, didn’t it? Cos she wouldn’t have got to know Martie if I hadn’t done it, an’ they got married, an’ they had Freddie, an’ they’re happy.
Lizzie: You weren’t happy though…
Robin: I tried to be…it’s not so sunny here as it looked. It looked nice, but the sun’s moved round…I’m cold.
Lizzie: Do you want to go home?
Robin: No…let’s find somewhere sunny to sit for a bit.
Lizzie: Okay.
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