Freddie

Freddie is the brother of Lilliana. His father is deceased.

## Plot

### Season 3

He joins a new school along with Lilliana, vowing to protect her from any danger. He doesn't want her mixing with Ford; he thinks Ford's just like the rest of his family - evil. He also knows Lilliana holds a lot of information regarding the past and he encourages her not to tell Ford as he knows that could land her in trouble with her worst enemy, Yvonne. He also learns of Lilliana being blackmailed by Yvonne, and is shocked. He cares about Lilliana; he just has a different way of showing it. He is very angry and confronts Louisiana when she bullies Lilliana.

Freddie isn't happy when Lilliana keeps trying to be a hero and spy on Yvonne. He thinks she'll get in trouble, especially now she broke it off with Yvonne and is helping Ford - Yvonne's worst nightmare. He also thinks Ford doesn't like Lilliana anyway and is unsure why Lilliana has to be hero or why Lilliana has to choose someone like Ford.

But when he hears about Lilliana's bridge accident, he's very shocked, and feels awful for everything he said. It's then that he realises Ford is actually an amazing person and not like his Aunt Yvonne.

Johnny and Ford show up at Freddie's house. At first he turns them away, then reluctantly letting them in. He has a flashback to the old days and talks about Lilliana with Johnny and Ford, explaining that all he really wanted was for Lilliana to not end up like her dad or Nate did - a victim to the hands of Yvonne. He only cared about her and felt bad about restricting her. He also explains how his mum is never around and has changed since their dad's death. She became an alcoholic.

### Season 4

Freddie doesn't want to go into school after everything that happened, likewise with Lilliana. Still, he goes in, and immediately regrets.

In S4E3, Cara appears and Freddie is angry at her appearance. She would've left him alone if he hadn't grabbed the piece of paper she'd dropped - her plans for Amber. She blackmailed Freddie to keep quiet, using Ford because she knows how much he cares about him. Freddie gets rather upset about that and when he gets home he later runs into the bathroom crying, surprising Ford, who doesn't want to push him away any further.

He also has to deal with his cousins Lena and Tommy showing up, at first not very welcoming, but agreeing to play games with Tommy.

Later, he meets Eve, former best friend of Cara. Eve is welcoming but Freddie doesn't want to know her, and reluctantly lets her talk when she tells him she knows what he knows. He knows everyone is telling him to stay away from Eve but he can't help talking to her, that is until he finds out that Eve and Cara were the ones bullying him when he was ten years old - two years after Ted's death. He no longer wants anything to do with Eve, but considering the circumstances that isn't really much of an option.

Freddie keeps on receiving threats from Cara, like a matchstick in a box with a note hidden underneath it. He keeps on talking to Ford about it, who is shocked and tries to comfort him. Freddie can't tell him the whole story, but tells him as much as he can because it helps him deal with some of the threats.

Eventually in S4E19, Eve begs Freddie to take her to Johnny, in which case he does, and Johnny, plus everyone else is very mad about this.

In the end, Freddie can't take it anymore and panickedly tells Ford the truth, just after Johnny gets arrested, but Ford knows he has to be a friend to Freddie and not dwell on the past. Freddie runs off though and once Eve hears of Ford knowing she accidentally spills the fact that Freddie told him and is captured by Cara. Freddie is hiding from her, scared, unsure what to do, but Cara - because she's Cara - finds Freddie and also drags him to her large shack on the hill. Eve is angry at him, and Freddie tries to reason with her, at least until Cara decides to set the shack on fire. Freddie and Eve realise that now is not the time to fight and try to make it up with each other. Lilliana turns up wanting to help, but by then it's too late. Freddie is severely injured by the fire.

## Quotes

### Season 3

❝ You never make friends, Lillie. and I've told you NOT to call me Freddo - what sort of nickname is that? ❞ (Season 3 Episode 1) To Lilliana.

❝ Everyone knows about Ford - he's one of the most well-known, if not most popular boys in the school - I don't like him very much. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 1) To Lilliana.

❝ Why would you be more mature if you want to follow Ford around like a puppy when he doesn't even want to know you. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 3) To Lilliana.

❝ I'm not saying he doesn't want to know you just because I have a personal vendetta against him. It was...pretty obvious he didn't seem comfortable around you, even I know he has trust issues. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 3) To Lilliana.

❝ Then stop brainwashing your brother, you don't really love him, he's just something that stops you from being lonely. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 7) To Louisiana.

❝ I don't have an issue with that at all, I don't like Ford very much myself. But don't you dare drag my sister down. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 7) To Louisiana.

❝ You're literally anonymously emailing someone you don't even know with the most strange comments - do you expect Ford to be delighted? ❞ (Season 3 Episode 13) To Lilliana.

❝ You don't have to be everyone's hero Lillie. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 15) To Lilliana.

❝ Then sacrifice the friendship. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 20) To Lilliana.

❝ Because I don't trust you when you're on your own. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 24) To Lilliana.

❝ No, I don't care and I don't see why you should. We've always had each other. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 25) To Lilliana.

❝ I think \*you\* need to stop this. You either want to tell him or you don't. Simple choice. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 31) To Lilliana.

❝ Yes, they deserve to know. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 32) To Lilliana.

❝ We knew about his own dad and he didn't. I can't imagine what he felt like when you were hiding something from him that he sort of deserved to know ❞ (Season 3 Episode 32) To Lilliana.

❝ Adults are the cause of many problems. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 32) To Lilliana.

❝ I know your aunt is Yvonne and I couldn't see past that. But you...you're different. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 34) To Ford.

❝ Lilliana told me you and her were working together to take down Ford. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 35) To Eliana.

❝ Well that's what she heard. She heard Eliana and Yvonne together, plotting to take you down...and she even said they mentioned her. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 35) To Ford.

❝ The day she met you was her first day back in school for a while, she never had a day off school after that - unless she played truant with you. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 35) To Ford.

❝ Make some coffee? I could do with some. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 35) To Ford.

❝ I'd rather pass the time talking to you two, because I can talk to you two about how I'm feeling and you won't judge me like everyone else. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 35) To Ford and Johnny.

❝ I realise now that protecting her wasn’t the best thing for her. Yvonne definitely wanted her own back after Lilliana betrayed her. I still can’t believe she blackmailed her for her own gain… ❞ (Season 3 Episode 36)

❝ She never really expressed her care for me until then, and never really talked about it afterwards either. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 37)

❝ Ford’s missing?! Oh no… Lillie would be distraught. I remember how she felt when our dad died…she was only five. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 38)

❝ You can never see him again, Lillie. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 38)

❝ And yet I still miss him like the world. I regret how much I hurt Lillie by turning on her. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 38)

❝ But you should’ve been there for her too mum… ❞ (Season 3 Episode 39)

❝ I lost my dad when I was eight and all you could think about was yourself! We rarely saw you after he died; we needed our mum to be there for us, but you weren’t! ❞ (Season 3 Episode 39) To Amy.

❝ I lost all respect for you then, eight years on and I respect you even less. You should’ve been there for Lilliana. She was carrying a life-threatening secret all the time. She was hurting Ford because of it. But obviously you never asked how she was. You assumed she was fine and left the rest to me. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 39) To Amy.

❝ I don’t want her to end up like dad did! I was so scared for her. I knew dad was murdered, and I knew Lilliana could end up the same way if she went too far…and she did, but I don’t blame her now… I just couldn’t bear losing her as well… I lost two people the day dad died, you, and him. Lilliana was the only one left. I’ve never ever made a friend. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 39) To Amy.

❝ No, but we needed you, we needed to stick together, not just let the family fall apart, which is what you did. You wouldn’t even let us speak to relatives! ❞ (Season 3 Episode 39) To Amy.

❝ She remembered that woman, the one that Nate despised, and the one that despised Nate. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 39) To Amy.

❝ Yes, it was Yvonne. She was suspicious, and then when she bumped into Yvonne on the streets three years ago, Yvonne blackmailed her and used it against her. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 39) To Amy.

❝ I’m glad she told him though, it was the least he deserved. He didn’t deserve to be kept in the dark about his own father. There was just a…price to pay. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 39) To Amy.

❝ Ever since our dad’s death she’s been so distant. She drinks a lot too - almost like she thinks she can drink the pain away. Sometimes she never returns home for days. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 40) To Ford about Amy.

❝ As well as your family being criminals I knew becoming friends with and helping you would carry risks… ❞ (Season 3 Episode 40) To Ford.

❝ It wasn't your fault Ford. and besides, she was just really scared of Yvonne. She didn’t think Yvonne would get arrested \*until\* she hurt someone else. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 40)

❝ You watched it happen, you saw the consequences. You were the only one there… ❞ (Season 3 Episode 40) To Ford.

❝ I did when I was cruel to her about not having any friends, or when she kept going on about you and telling you the truth. I could’ve been nicer. I chose to hurt Lilliana instead. If I encouraged her to tell the truth I’d have saved her from all the pain but I would’ve lost her… ❞ (Season 3 Episode 40) To Ford.

❝ LILLIE?! ❞ (Season 3 Episode 40)

❝ I was going to push him away, but he and Johnny were trying to be genuinely nice, so I erased my bad attitude and let them in. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 41) To Lilliana.

❝ He’s been crying a lot, sometimes he thinks what happened to you is his fault, and other times he doesn’t. It could be mine because I’ve been horrible, I just didn’t want Yvonne to hurt you like she did dad, I just wanted to protect you. I’d lost dad, I’d lost mum also, I couldn’t lose you too… ❞ (Season 3 Episode 41) To Lilliana.

❝ It’s coincidental that you come back into our lives when one of your children gets hurt… ❞ (Season 3 Episode 42) To Amy.

❝ I don’t want to hear it… maybe I was happy you were in my life again, but now I realise you only are because you care about Lilliana, but not me. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 42) To Amy.

❝ Lilliana was always the favourite. You barely spent a minute with me - always with her, at least until you locked yourself away where you saw neither of us. ❞ (Season 3 Episode 42) To Amy.