Amy Barnes

Amy Barnes was the daughter of Mike and Kathy Barnes, and the sister of the late Sarah Barnes. She was also the ex-girlfriend of Josh Ashworth and Ste Hay and the wife of the deceased Ryan Knight, and the mother of Leah Barnes (whom she had with Billy Parker) and Lucas Hay (whom she had with Ste Hay).
== Biography ==
=== 1991-2005: Backstory ===
Amy was born in June 1991 to parents, Mike and Kathy Barnes, Amy was the second child born after her sister, Sarah whom was born two years prior. 
=== 2005-2006: Arrival ===
Amy was first seen walking to school with her older sister, Sarah and her two friends at the time in Nancy and Hannah. Amy takes a liking to Hannah's younger brother, Josh Ashworth and their cousin Fletch, however who the three girls dub the boys as losers Amy soon loses interest. Amy is then seen again in the same month when her and Sarah's mother, Kathy pick Amy up from Nancy's flat which was owned by Becca and Jake Dean at the time. 
Amy is briefly seen again in the following month when she has a mini run in with Nicole Owen however, Sarah shows her caring side when she sticks up for her. Amy is not seen until early January 2006 when she is seen with her mother running the local swimming baths and are eventually joined by their father, Mike. 
By February, Amy meets new teen, Michaela McQueen and the two of them cause mischief and become quite close and take an interest in boys despite Josh and Fletch attempting their luck with the girls. Amy and her family eventually move to Hollyoaks full time by the beginning of March 2006.
=== 2006-2008: Ste and Pregnancy ===
Amy eventually gets bored of going swimming training with Sarah so starts to set out more with Michaela. Amy meets a rebel teen named Ste Hay. along with his friend at the time Wayne Tunnicliffe whom took a liking to Michaela. Amy starts to fancy Ste due to his rebellious nature and the two start a relationship but Amy's 15th birthday she meets another boy named, Billy Parker. Amy ends up sleeping with Billy not telling anyone but she soon discovers that's she's pregnant promoting her to tell Michaela whom supports Amy whom is scared but does not want an abortion. Ste and Amy's relationship then starts to become a rebellious one despite pleas from her male friends, Josh and Fletch to get rid of Ste. 
Amy along with Josh, Fletch, Michaela and Ste decide to steal one of the teachers car from the School's car park, Ste breaks into the car and the teens follow in Ste then hot wires the car and he takes Amy along with Josh, Fletch, Michaela for a joyride as well as drinking however Ste crashes the car and Amy is then left fighting for her life in hospital with her family left frantic but unknown to them that Amy is left pregnant, Michaela after waking up in hospital from the accident is left worried about Amy and her condition she ends up telling then nurse and Josh's mother, Suzanne Ashworth that Amy is pregnant and this prompts Suzanne to look after Amy but when she wakes up, Amy begs her to keep it a secret to which Suzanne reluctantly agrees to. Amy is then released from hospital after spending nearly a week in recovery. Ste who managed to flee the scene of the crash, was later arrested by Calvin Valentine and then sent to prison. After Ste is sent to prison, Amy dumps him and begins to date Josh, but Mike was not best pleased with Amy's choice in men and even punched Josh when he demanded Mike shows some respect to Amy and apologises for the way he has been, but Josh ruin his chances with Amy when he attacks Mike with a brick, not knowing he was in fact defending himself. 
After months of keeping her pregnancy a secret from her family, Amy eventually gives birth by February 2007 much to the shock of Mike, Sarah and later Kathy; however, even though in great shock that Amy is giving birth due to not knowing she was pregnant, they are very supportive, bar Kathy. Amy names her daughter Leah Barnes, but announces in a frustrated anger that she wants to put her daughter up for adoption; she later changes her mind and begins to bond with her daughter overtime, but Kathy interferes and says that it would be better for her and Mike to bring Leah up as their own, as she does not want Amy to ruin her future. Amy and Mike begin to notice that Kathy's obsession with being Leah's mother is coming across as concerning and when they confront her about Amy wanting to be Leah's mother, Kathy retaliates by kidnapping Leah. Although later found in the park, Amy prizes Leah from Kathy and demands that she does not go near her daughter ever again. Mike has no choice but to have Kathy sectioned, as it is clear that she is mentally ill. Several months later, Ste then later returns by October 2007 after his stint in prison after finding out Amy has had his child, Ste tells her he wants to be part of her and Leah's life and tells Amy that he has changed. Amy forgives Ste but Mike sees red and attacks Ste but is stopped in his tracks when Amy reveals that Ste is in fact Leah's father which upsets both Mike and Kathy. 
=== 2008-2009: Domestic Abuse With Ste, Second Pregnancy, Birth And Temporary Departure ===
After numerous arguments with her parents about wanting Ste involved in Leah's life, Amy moves out of her family's home and into the school boiler room with Ste and Leah. Ste manages to get him, Amy and Leah a temporary place in a grotty B&B, which Amy tells Sarah and Michaela about. Sarah reluctantly tells Ste's stepfather, Terry Hay where Ste and Amy are. Terry's soft side soon turns violent in front of Amy and her family when he confronts Ste at the B&B, violently attacking his stepson. Amy blames Mike for Terry's attack on Ste and tells him to stay away from her. After a week, Ste finds a council flat for him and Amy to move into the following day. Amy expects the flat to be furnished, but it's worse than what she thought; it does not change her mind however, about wanting to live with Ste. She reluctantly makes amends with her parents and convinces Ste that Mike will not let Terry know where they are living. After a few months, things between Amy and Ste begin to take an unexpected turn for the worse; they struggle to provide for themselves, as well as Leah and Ste comes up with a lie to say that Leah has been diagnosed with leukaemia and that they need money for her treatment. Ste's lies are soon exposed and he turns to drug dealing to earn more money so that he and Amy won't be homeless with Leah. Amy disapproves of Ste's lifestyle and moves back in with her family temporarily, but eventually, Ste gives up the drug dealing and promises Amy he will find a job to provide for all three of them. Amy soon moves back into the flat with Leah. However, from the start of the New Year in 2008, Ste becomes more controlling and manipulative towards Amy and even slaps her in anger when Amy tries to tell Ste that his estranged mother, Pauline Hay has an alcohol addiction after she begs Ste on his birthday, to return home so that she won't get attacked by Terry anymore. Amy tells Ste that if he ever hurts her again, she will leave for good. Ste promises he will be better. Another situation takes place a few weeks later when Ste has a confrontation with Pauline, who wishes he had never been born. Ste smashes up Leah's dollhouse which he made and Amy tries to comfort him when he tells her what Pauline said to him, but he retaliates by slapping her for a second time. He apologises and tells her that he loves her, but Amy silently cries after the incident.
Ste's anger gets worse in the summer of 2008, as he accuses Amy of cheating on him with Josh, but she denies anything going on and that she was trying to support him because he was upset. Ste throws a boiling pan of soup over Amy's arm, which leaves her with a severe burn. She almost tells the doctor about her domestic violence with Ste, but in a last-minute moment, lies and says that she burnt herself by accident. Ste punishes Amy for his recent actions by cutting off her long hair and tells her to grow up. Amy begs him to stop hurting her and he asks her for a good reason why. Amy announces that she is pregnant with his baby and Ste walks out of the flat, as Amy holds her chopped off plait in her hand and cries as she looks at herself in the mirror. Michaela and Josh are horrified to see the state of Amy's hair the next day at school and Amy lies to them, saying that she wanted to have a haircut, but could not afford it, so she cut it herself. Michaela gives Amy some money to get her hair properly cut and Ste sees her new hairstyle later that afternoon. Amy tries to tell Ste that she is not actually pregnant, but Ste is besotted with himself at the fact that he is finally going to be a dad. Amy soon comes clean a few days later and tells Ste that she lied about being pregnant so that he wouldn't hurt her anymore. Ste lunges at Amy, attempting to hit her, but Amy cries in fear and Ste apologises to her for scaring her. Amy promises him that they will have a baby one day once things begin to improve between the pair of them. However, a few months later, Amy finds out she actually is pregnant and tells Ste. But this does not make things any better, as they have continously aggressive arguments with each other; Ste punches Amy in the stomach when she pushes him in self-defence. On another occasion, Ste pushes Amy to the ground and slaps her in the stomach, causing her to crawl out of the room in fear. Amy decides enough is enough and packs hers and Leah's things with the help of Sarah and Zoe Carpenter. Ste tries to talk Amy out of leaving, but Sarah and Zoe prevent him from going near Amy, as she leaves the flat. Ste tries to commit suicide in front of Amy, but is talked down by the local priest, Kieron Hobbs. In an attempt to get to safety, Ste falls off the scaffolding and breaks his leg. As Amy is adamant she will not be going back to Ste, Justin Burton moves in with him to help with his financial debt. Ste soon recovers from his leg injury and attends anger management to prove to Amy that he will never put her through domestic violence ever again.
When Amy is heavily pregnant with her second child, she begins dating Josh again, as he is prepared to step up and be a father figure for both Leah and the new baby. Ste tries to keep a civil co-parenting relationship with Amy, but Josh criticises him for his past mistakes, causing Amy to be caught in the middle of them both. On Leah's second birthday in February 2009, Amy has a birthday party and invites everyone, including Ste and Pauline, who lies about being in recovery from alcohol. She slips alcohol into her drink during the party and drunkenly embarrasses herself in front of everyone. Josh reveals in front of Pauline that Leah is not Ste's daughter. Pauline then proceeds to call Amy a cheat and a slut before breaking one of Leah's birthday presents as she leaves Mike's flat. Amy tries to bring on labour when she is overdue and Ste gives her a helping hand by cleaning the flat for her, but the two have a brief kiss, which Amy prevents from going further as she is with Josh. A few days later, Ste tries to apologise to Amy, but her water breaks and she gors into labour at home for the second time. With help from Ste's friends, Daniel Raven and his wife, Abi Raven, Amy gives birth to a baby boy and is admitted to the hospital the following night. However, in the early hours of the morning, Amy leaves and goes to stay with her nan in Manchester, abandoning her newborn son, much to the shock of Ste, Mike and Sarah. Ste takes temporary custody of the baby for the sake of Amy, which frustrates Ste but reluctantly agrees to this as he does not want to be stopped from having visitation with his son, whom he later names Lucas Hay, which causes a small disagreement between Ste and Mike, as he assumed that Amy would be using their family name, Barnes as Lucas's surname. Mike gets confirmation from Amy over the phone that she and Ste agreed to let the baby have Ste's surname. Ste has a small naming ceremony for Lucas, in the hopes that it will get Amy to come back and be a proper family, but Josh pays Ste and the Barnes family a visit, saying that Amy threw her engagement ring in his face and told him that their relationship was over and that she does not want to come back to Chester. Ste is persuaded by Daniel and Abi that Amy will come back, on the condition that he spends as much time convincing and persuading her to do so, in order for Amy to trust Daniel and Abi so that she can sign her rights of Lucas away to them, as they secretly want to adopt Lucas to replace the son that they once lost; Michael, who died from cot death when he was nine months old.
=== 2009-2010: Sarah's death and Mike's departure ===
After her sister, Sarah dies from a faulty parachute, which was deliberately cut by Sarah's ex-girlfriend, Lydia Hart, Mike calls Amy and Kathy on the phone to deliver the devastating news. Unexpectedly, as Lydia tries to tell Mike the truth about Sarah's death, Amy returns as she wants to pay her respects to her sister. She conversates with Ste, who tells her how well Leah and Lucas are doing, as well as himself. Amy tells Ste that she is glad that he is getting the help he needs, despite what has happened in the last year, but is not ready to fully commit to being a mother. Ste, with the help of Mike tries to get Amy to bond with Lucas, but she refuses and Ste lashes out with his words, telling Amy that she is a bad mother and that Leah and Lucas have been doing fine without her. Amy takes Leah out more to prove to Ste that she is trying to make amends, but it turns out this is a cover up to get Ste to spend more time with Leah, as he stops seeing his kids as a punishment to Amy for not being the mother that they needed. However, after getting into contact with a counselling service, Amy addresses her struggles with mental health, as well as her postnatal depression and begins to have daily visits with Leah and Lucas, which Ste is proud of her for doing and they build a new friendship through their co-parenting.
On New Year's Eve, Lydia tries to kill Zoe by stabbing her as she confronts her at Sarah's grave. Lydia's ex-girlfriend, Charlotte Lau realises that Lydia is not well mentally, especially after Lydia admits to killing Sarah, but unintentionally as she cut the parachute that was meant for Zoe; the parachutes got mixed up during the skydive in October 2009, hence why Sarah died. Charlotte addresses her concerns about Lydia to Mike and Amy. Mike and Charlotte, along with Charlotte's friend Dave Colburn find Lydia confronting Zoe at the cemetery and Lydia tries to escape after she stabs Zoe, but Dave stops her and Charlotte calls for an ambulance and the police at Mike's request. Amy is disgusted with Lydia for murdering her sister and after months of harrassing Zoe, as everyone believed she was the one who killed Sarah, Amy apologises to Zoe, who tells her that she does not need to be sorry for anything and that she does not hold any grudges against her or Mike for believing the worse. Zoe recovers from her stab wound, while Lydia is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Sarah. Mike decides to pursue his dream of travelling the world and asks Zoe to go with him. She agrees and the two leave, as Amy says her goodbyes to them both and she soon moves in with Ste and later Josh after Mike sells his share of the tenancy from the flat.
=== 2010: Helping Ste ===
=== 2010-2011: Relationship with Lee Hunter ===
=== 2012-2014: Brief Returns ===
=== 2016-2017: Return/Death ===
== Appendices ==
=== Residences ===
=== Employment History ===
== Background Information ==
* Amy was intended to be killed off in the 2010 Il Gnosh Explosion. She, Malachy Fisher and Steph Roach (other casualties in the fire) did not appear in the revamped title sequence until November 2010. A scene with Steph revealing Amy's death was filmed but cut, and Amy's departure was covered by saying that she was staying in a hospital in Manchester to recover.
== Introduction Sequence ==
* 2011: Amy is at a photo shoot holding fashion bags and twirls in her shot.
* 2016-2017: Amy and Ryan appear at a funfair.
== Quotes ==
== See Also ==
* List of appearances
* Barnes family
== Gallery ==
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=== Alternative Death Endings ===
Who_Killed_Amy_-_DS_Armstrong.png|DS Armstrong tries to kiss Amy, but she rejected him
Who_Killed_Amy_-_Ryan.png|Amy tells Ryan she's changed her mind about America
Who_Killed_Amy_-_James.png|James hurts Amy to frame Ste for his one night stand with John Paul
Who_Killed_Amy_-_Harry.png|Harry blames Amy for ruining his relationship with Ste
Who_Killed_Amy_-_Ste.jpg|Ste's blackouts reveal that he did return to Amy's flat when she died
Who_Killed_Amy_-_Mercedes.png|Amy confronts Mercedes about her affair
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