Hollyoaks Theme:

Hollyoaks Logo Appears-

Brendan smugly throws a card at the screen before moving his jaw

Tom is seen sticking up two thumbs up

Theresa struts along a catwalk with Porsche

Celine is lying on the floor, looking at pretty patterns in the sky

Lindsey is seen cradling Joe Jr. and Ricky to sleep

Warren is seen with Nolan and Griffin, his arms over their shoulders

Mercedes picks a golden apple off of a dead tree and takes a bite out of it, quite sexily

Trevor is seen blowing out a candle

Darren and Charlie play a video game

Amy, Leah, Lucas, Hannah, Matthew and Ste all have a photo together

Harry and Tony kick a ball into the sky

Myra and Nana squirt a water gun

Zach bangs a drum

Lewis and Simone hug

Holly and Jason have a romantic photo

Dodger is kissed by two girls

Sienna is laying on a blackened floor

Dylan and Nico walk through a hall of mirrors

Cindy blows paper out of her hand

Dirk and Charles are seen messing about with a bow tie

And Nancy is seen firing a gun that shoots out the Hollyoaks logo

Main Show

Lucas changes the sheets of his father's bed. He knows it will soon be time for Amy to come home from work. How he hated that she is a nurse. He hated the fact that Charlie nearly tried to sleep with his under-age sister the other day. Lucas may be 9, but he knew enough about sex to know that his 11-year old sister Leah can't have sex with 12-year old Charlie. She had to think about Ste as well.

Poor old Ste.

He was dying, but Lucas wanted to remain strong.

In the room next door, Charlie put his shirt back on. He and Leah never had sex. They were close. He had to thank Lucas for that. He did, however enjoy the warmth of sharing a bed with Leah last night. he picked up his phone and saw he had about 5 texts from Nancy.

From: Aunt Nancy

Where are you? You are in a lot of trouble young man!

Charlie looked back at a sleeping Leah, and decided to leave.

Lindsey sat in her cell. She was thinking about Jj and Ricky, and how they were staying with Kim and Esther in Leeds. She wondered how Fraiser would be doing. He would be about 5 now. Roughly the same age as Jj. They could have been great friends. Lindsey really wanted to get out.

"Butterfield, you have a visitor."

Lindsey stood up as the doors opened, she wondered who it was.

Charlie opened the doors of Nancy's flat to see Oscar and Rebecca playing with their toys. He walked into the kitchen, where Nancy was cleaning up the dishes they just ate from.

"Nancy, I am sorry I did not tell you, I stayed the night at Kieran's."

"Kieran? Oh, that is a new friend I have not heard of. Sure you have not been to Leah's?" Nancy asked, concentrating on cleaning the dishes.

"No." Charlie leaned back against a unit. "No, I was at Kieran's."

"So, if I ask Lucas or Ste, they would say the same?" Nancy then laughed. "Get your school clothes on, your going to be late."

Charlie walked towards his room, when he got a text from Leah;

From: Leah

Last night was awkward! Let's not talk about it again xxxx"

Charlie giggled as he stepped into his room.

Lindsey walked into the visiting room to a huge surprise.

"Mummy!"

It was Joe Jr. Jj had missed his mum so much, he nearly tumbled trying to hug her. Lindsey picked up Jj with a smile, and she kept it as she sat down opposite Kim and Esther, with baby Fraiser holding Esther's hand.

"Hi Kim, Esther."

"I know what your thinking," Esther said, in a funny tone "this is suicide. Coming to a prison after what I did to The Dog?" Esther looked down. "I still feel sorry for Frankie and Jack."

Lindsey kissed Joe Junior's head. It had been so long. She just wanted to leave, she wanted to read Jj a bedtime story. Feed Ricky and have a nice time. It was never that simple. Just as she placed Jj back on the floor, she noticed a ring around Kim's finger.

"Is that...?"

"Yep. We got married last week!" Kim said, enthusiastically"

Lindsey chuckled and smiled.

Leah put on her high school uniform, as Lucas approached her.

"We need to talk." He said, politely.

"There is nothing to talk about, Luke." Leah was quick to deny anything about last night.

"You need to put family in front of friends! I have spent the past three days off of school, to help dad. And then there is you..." Lucas walks up to Leah, aggressively. "I bet you want dad to die! Maybe if you did not, you might not have tried to have sex with Charlie!"

"Keep it down Lucas! Dad is asleep!" Leah was furious with him. She had never seen him so upset before.

"Is he? I thought you were too careless to notice!"

"Mum will be back soon, Luke. "

"I still have to miss a day of school, because you can't pull your weight up!"

Lucas picks up a cloth from a table beside him and walks up the stairs, past Matthew and little Hannah.

Charlie was on his way to school. He did not like long walks by himself, but it did allow him to think. He thought of what would have happened if Lucas did not step in when did, or what would have happened after. Would he be like Tom? Tom was like a brother to him, and now he is raising a kid by himself with two dead wives. Charlie wondered if he would have got her pregnant. He loved Leah, ever since they started texting as kids. Just as he thought that...

From: Lucas

U have my word. Think again next time you try 2 do that!

Being threatened by a 9-year old did not really send any tears rolling down his cheeks, but Charlie knew his place. He got to the school and put his phone away.

"I hate it in here." Lindsey said. It was nearly the end of her hour with Kim, Esther, Fraiser and Jj. "Is Brendan still in the village?"

"Yep. Last time I visited Tom he was anyway." Esther replied. "He has Robbie Roscoe and Trevor Royale as friends"

Lindsey leaned over the table and whispered to Kim. "Get Brendan and Trevor to get me out, any means necessary"

"Are you nuts, Lindsey? If your found out, you could get life instead of ten years!" Kim said sternly.

"I need to see Jj and Ricky. Please."

Simone was at work at price slice. She had put her rivalries with Ste aside since his HIV was getting worse. Lucas walked into Price Slice. No school uniform on, just a denim jacket and jeans. Simone had not seen Lucas in some time, and so she mistaken him for another young kid.

"Excuse me, young man. I hope you are not truiting!"

Lucas picked up some painkillers, a bag of potatoes and some crisps.

"Your too young to be buying painkillers..."

Lucas got his wallet out and showed Simone his young carers badge. It then hit her. This boy was Ste's son.

"Oh, you must be Ste's son. It has been a while since we last saw each other and-"

"Can I have my change please?" Lucas cut her off.

"Right." Simone took Lucas' money off of him and gave him back a five pound note. Lucas left, and Simone could not help but feel sorrow for him.

It was break time at Hollyoaks High. Charlie Dean and Leah Barnes were holding hands all the way to an outside table. It seemed this was the only place they were not judged.

"Lucas is still giving me grief about last night..."

"Ignore him, Charlie. He is worried about Dad...so am I" A tear rolled down Leah's face that Charlie swiped away.

"Hey, Leah don't cry. You have me, Amy and Tom all looking out for you. Don't be upset"

Incoming Call: Ste

"Hello?"

"These rumours better not be true, Charlie!"

"What rumours?"

"*cough cough* If I find out you try to sleep with my Leah again, I...*cough cough* Lucas, I need an ambu..."

End of call

"Leah, we need to leave!" Charlie was in shock.

"Why?"

"Your Dad called me about last night, and then he shouted to Lucas about an ambulance, we need to leave!"

End Of Episode

Hollyoaks Later: Five Years On will begin next week, and will follow Charlie and Leah's story more closely as it reaches a sticky patch. In the next chapter of Hollyoaks: Five Years On, we will find out the fate of Ste, hear Brendan's reaction, a shock return will startle the residents of Hollyoaks, and Warren has big plans for Chez Chez II. Stay tuned!