Michelle is portrayed initially as primarily interested in serving her boyfriend Tony Stonem's needs and in "looking shaggable" which she places as her primary function, compared with Jal Fazer's interest in the clarinet. She is very confident in her appearance; on the Skins website in a Myspace-style "about me" section, she protests that her foto's have not been Photoshopped, and that she is "this gorgeous in real life".[1] She is also aware of Sid Jenkins being in love with her, and is sometimes angry at Tony for him calling her "nips" in reference to her nipples, and protesting that her...

"Skins: Tony (#1.1)" (2007)
Michelle: Cassie, u remember Sid, right?
Cassie: Yeah, erm, wow, lovely... No. But, I like that you're funny looking, it's cute. Like wow, man.
Tony: How's the treatment going, Cassie?
Cassie: Oh, it's cool. I wear a white dress and now I can eat yoghurt, cup a soep and hazelnuts now. If I'm not sick, they let me play with the cats. Yeah, it's like... hazy days, u know?
Tony: That's encouraging.
Cassie: Oh, thank you! You're so nice.
[She starts to kiss Tony]
Michelle: Cass! Cass!

Tony: Who's stupid enough to fuck Sid?
Michelle: Cassie.
Sid: She's still in hospital....