Interview with Imogen

I have interviewed Imogen near middle of Nobody's Hero Part 2

Age: 23yrs

Hi Imogen, it has been quite a while since we last spoke, I notice the name change??

Yeah, I'm now a married gal.. Me and Marcus got hitched. Apparently too fast for many but,
I'm sure we've got what it takes, even though marriage is a little harder than I imagined.
All you need is love, right?????

Congrats! Apart from getting married what's been going on in your life?
How are you doing??

Well, I am now working.. I was working in the Grande as a dancer for a while, but I've been doing my MA,
as part of that I’m currently playing Mimi in touring production of Rent.
It is exciting, but it is a lot harder than I imagined. I’m starting to wonder whether I’m actually cut out for it..
It is pretty much 2 shows a day, then I also have final portfolio to hand in for my MA..

Me and Marcus are moving to London..
I have mixed feelings... It feels like my whole world is changing. Me and Rob were always tight,
but work and distance seem to be knocking of off-kilter, plus he’s now fell head over heels in love so I guess that contributes.

I spent so many years wishing my life away, dreaming of now and how amazing life would be..
I would give anything to reverse time and go back… Clarissa has completely turned her back on me,
I can’t even get an answer to what I have done.

You mentioned Rob and his new love, how does that make you feel?

Her name is Frankie, she seems really nice, very pretty, and blonde...
I’m not going to be some selfish chick, he was never mine…
I have wished and prayed for what feels like forever for him to find someone who deserves him.
I always imagined how it would be, our little family of 3 becoming 4, reality isn’t like my dreams, but how can it be?
I just would like to get to know her and I hope she can be everything he needs, and that he doesn’t stuff it up.
The king of self-sabotage...
Though you could say pot, kettle, black.. But, maybe maturity and hindsight is changing me??? Who knows…
Though I’ll always be that messed-up chick, I guess. Why mess with perfection?

What happened with Clarissa??

I honestly have no idea! We were together at graduation, she was bridesmaid at our wedding,
I got a birthday card from her, everything seemed fine..
Though we are now living miles apart, she headed back to Leeds. She married that ginge! ,
I got an invite but with the show and being ill and all that I couldn’t go.. Not long after she blocked me on everything..
Have tried to contact her, maybe I’ll never stop trying. I want closure and a chance to apologise and explain.
It can’t just be the wedding?? That would be a crazy reason to throw away such a close friendship..
Every time I see pictures of her, and us, it breaks my heart.

You said you had been ill??? Are you willing to tell me about it?

You know my messed up body.. I’ve always put off getting checked incase there is something more than
IBS and stress and all that, and yep, I always go full throttle and don’t have a stop or go slow, which is why I always needed Rob and Marcus to sometimes take the wheel, or handlebars lol.
But answering your question, I was admitted to hospital for a few days with some sort of blockage,
they fixed it and threw me back out with the same IBS excuse.

So... London? No sea, and surf? I can see why you have mixed feelings

There is that, but there is also all the memories of when I lived there,
things I have locked away in boxes somewhere in this mind of mine.
There is more job opportunities, more chance of the west end etc.
And Marcus got a promotion and is starting at a fire station in Kent..
We're moving to a place just on the outskirts of Kent, somewhere in-between.. Guess time will tell?

Well I wish you all the luck in the world. I hope it all works out.

Maybe we can catch up again sometime?
It has been nice to get to know you over all of these years,
to see you grow from a teen to a married woman.

Thanks and yeah, but I'll always be that crazy teen, I'm like Peter Pan, there is no way I'm growing up!
The only way to live life is full throttle and skirting on the edge.