Sid Sumner

Sidney "Sid" Sumner is the son of far-right extremist Stuart Sumner, cousin of drug dealer Jordan Price and the foster son of Leela Lomax, foster brother of Peri Lomax and Daniel Lomax.

## Biography

Other than being born in 2003 nothing is really known about Sid's life before moving to Hollyoaks in 2019 with his dad Stuart who turns out to be a far-right extremist.

## Life in Hollyoaks

Sid starts Hollyoaks High in 2019 making a racist remark to Imran Maalik after hearing his father, Johnny and Ste Hay argue with the Maalik's earlier that day. Sid goes on to make false allegations to Sally.St. Claire that Imran threatened to blow up the school which was not true.

In August 2019 Sid and his mates attacked Scott Drinkwell. After the house explosion, Sid returns with Stuart Sumner and goes to Hollyoaks High to retrieve his GCSE certificate but is confronted by Imran who blames Sid and his Dad and Sid tries to apologize but it is no use. Juliet flirts with Sid and gives him her number, The next day Stuart asks Sid to watch Ste but he has a date with Juliet and is upset he can't go. Ste convinces Sid to go on the date but Ste uses this opportunity to escape and meet up with Peri and Leela Lomax; however Sid catches Ste but chooses to go on the date. Sid walks out on the date as he is worried about Ste. Later that day, Juliet turns up at Stuart's house and tells him Sid left the house and disobeyed his orders. This results is Stuart attacking Sid and punching him and Sid reveals Ste met up with Leela and Peri.

Ste apologises to Sid for getting him into trouble. Stuart plans to kill Ste and when Sid finds out about it, Stuart manipulates him into helping. However Sid decides to go find help. He runs into The Hutch and tells Leela and Peri that Stuart is going to kill Ste. Ste and Sami are kidnapped which results in the others chasing them to a cliff. Stuart goes to kill Ste but Sid intervenes and accidentally pushes Stuart off a cliff, killing him. Jonny tells the police that Sid meant to kill Stuart which leads to Sid being arrested. Sami Maalik agreed to be his lawyer. Sid tried to get himself arrested by saying he had intent of killing his father but Sami convinces Sid not to throw his life away. Later, Sid refuses help from Leela and leaves. A week later, Sid turns up at Hollyoaks High and asks Juliet for some cash for a hostel as he has been sleeping rough. He tries to hide a knife from Juliet which he has for self defence. Sienna walks in on them and Juliet tells Sienna is sleeping on the streets. Sienna tells Sid he is not going anywhere and calls social services. Sienna comforts Sid when he says he’s got no family. Sienna allows Sid to stay at her place until social services find him a place which is something Sienna's boyfriend Brody is not happy about. Sienna tries to persuade Alice to take Sid home which she agrees. Brody hassles Sid about his Dad which makes him want to leave. When Sid tries to leave a knife falls out of his bag which Sienna and Alice see. Alice disowns Sid and Sid runs out.

Sienna finds Sid at the café and they have a heart-to-heart and Sienna lets Sid stay. Sienna persuades Sally to allow Sid back into school which cheers Sid up. Sid calls social services to allow Sienna to be happier and they hug. Sid tries to apologise to Imran and Ollie on his first day back at school but Imran tells him to stay out of his way. Sid saves Juliet by pushing her out of the way of a car. Sid and Juliet talk to each other about their dads and grow closer. Sid turns up at the café the next day and ask Juliet on a date which she agrees. However, she later cancels as she goes bowling with Ollie and Imran which upsets Sid. Sid ditches school the next day and buys drugs off local gangster Liam Donovan. Juliet asks Sid if he wants to go back to hers. Juliet sees Sid take the drugs which he has a bad reaction to. Juliet's half brother walks in on Sid and he agrees to stay the night to help clean up but Juliet does not want to talk to him anymore.

## 2019-2020-: Relationship with Juliet and County Lines

Sid leaves his foster home and is sleeping rough. Sid robs Price Slice but bumps into Romeo and Juliet. Juliet and Romeo chase after Sid but he refuses help. Sienna and Leela overhear an argument between Sid and Juliet. Leela questions Sid on why he left his foster home and he reveals he has been taking drugs and watching him which made him leave. Leela lets Sid stay at her house for a while. When Sid and Leela arrive, Juliet talks to Sid and she kisses him and then leaves which leaves Sid speechless.

Juliet wants to make her relationship with Sid official but Sid has doubts as they have only been on one date but this angers Juliet and she walks out. Juliet goes to Sid's house and he then accepts Juliet's relationship request. Juliet invites Sid to a New Years party and he thinks Juliet want to take things to the next level and sleep together. Leela cheers up Sid when she announces he can stay permanently and she would like to foster him. At the party, when Sid wants to go upstairs Juliet walks away which angers Sid. Sid meets up with his cousin Jordan Price to buy drugs but Ollie and Imran catch him. They argue which makes Luke Morgan intervene and he convinces Sid to focus on his love for music and stop taking drugs which Sid agrees. Sid returns and Juliet apologises and they go upstairs and sleep together.

Sid and Juliet go the loft for a party but get caught by Mandy who has a go at Juliet. Juliet decides to spike Mandy's drink with the drugs Sid got from Jordan. Juliet takes some drugs herself but is caught by Liam who grabs Sid and chucks them both out. Juliet suffers from the side effects from the drugs and sleeps it off at Sid's house. Sid and Juliet check on Mandy the next day at the hutch.

Ollie gives Sid advice on how to spend time with Juliet which made Sid book a hotel by getting money of Jordan and Juliet feels awkward about it when he tells her. Juliet lashes out at Sid and breaks up with him. Sid talks to Jordan about how much he likes Juliet. When Sid bumps into Juliet, she apologizes and they get back together. Jordan comes round to the Lomax's house and comforts Sid on his dads birthday which Leela finds out about. Sid opens up to Leela and she gets him a guitar and tells him he is not a letdown. Jordan tries to get Sid to start dealing drugs but he refuses. Sid and Juliet fall out when he finds out Juliet was going to leave with her mother. Jordan takes them both back to his old estate, where Sid feels uncomfortable as Juliet challenges Mason to a pool match which she wins. Sid and Juliet later make up and return to school. Sid sees Mason selling drugs outside of the school and tells him to stop. Imran sees and tries to fight Mason which Sid tries to stop. Nancy Osborne tries to intervene but gets stabbed in the process. Nancy later loses her baby because of the stabbing and blames Sid for knowing Mason, however Sid declines any involvement. Sid goes on a night out with Ollie to help him take his mind off his new baby. However, when Sid goes home, Jordan gives Ollie drugs. The next day, Sid accidentally calls Juliet boring which she gets angry at. Sid tries to apologise but Juliet blanks him. Jordan gives Sid advice about how to be cooler and manipulates Sid into hiding drugs at his school. The next day Sid has doubts but does not want to let Jordan down. Sid hides the drugs in his locker but is shocked to find out that PC George Kiss is in the school. Sid tells Juliet, who distracts the police so Sid can get the drugs out of his locker. Juliet takes the drugs and destroys them which angered Jordan. Jordan tells Juliet to pay him back and attacks Juliet's brother. Sid tries to help Juliet. Sid confronts Jordan when he says Juliet is selling the drugs. Sid rushes to school and helps Juliet sell the drugs and this impresses Jordan. Jordan returns to the village and manipulates Juliet into selling drugs at other schools. Sid is worried about Juliet but she tells him she is fine doing it. Sid goes to meet Juliet but Juliet is too smug when she waves a load of cash around. PC George Kiss notices this and arrests Juliet. Later, Sid tells Jordan that Juliet got arrested. Sid comforts Juliet and gives Jordan his cash. Jordan threatens to tell her family unless she continues to work for him. This frightens Sid and he tries to convince Jordan to let Juliet stop dealing to which Jordan agrees. However Jordan tells Marnie that Juliet is skipping school and Juliet thinks he told her about the drugs. Jordan threatens Juliet again. Later, Sid and Juliet both agree to work for Jordan.

Sid notices that Juliet is acting cold around him and Jordan gives him advice and books them a weekend away. When Juliet finds out, she feels awkward as she does not love Sid. To get out of going alone, Juliet invites Ollie and Imran which angers Sid as he just wanted the trip to be the two of them. Sid upsets Juliet when he calls her frigid and she breaks up with him. This upsets Sid. Sid tells Jordan about Juliet which leaves him furious as he had deals lined up on their trip away and Sid insists he can still do it. Jordan gives Sid a chance to deal drugs alone. However Jordan sets up Sid to get robbed of drugs so Juliet will feel guilty and sorry for Sid. Juliet decides to help Sid and go on the trip away with him.

Sid, Juliet, Ollie and Imran all travel to the seaside. However Juliet notices the police on the train and worries as they have a bag of drugs on them. Juliet manages to trick the policeman for a selfie and they don’t get caught. When they arrive, Sid and Juliet split up from Ollie and Imran and go to the drug deal location. Sid and Juliet are nervous when they arrive. They do the drug deal and go but Juliet steals a drug dealers phone as she thinks the dealer was looking her nose down at her. Sid and Juliet hang out on a cliff later and Juliet opens up about how she feels about Peri. Sid realises that she might be gay and Juliet agrees. Sid comforts Juliet and tells her she can trust him. However the gang surround and confront them for stealing the phone earlier. Sid is attacked by their leader who pulls out a knife and goes to stab Sid. Juliet tries to stop him but Ollie and Imran catch them and threaten to call the police. The gang ran away. They all agree to keep the attack a secret. When they return Jordan confronts them and tells them that the gang are dangerous and that they need him.

The next day, Marnie finds the money that Juliet has hidden and thinks that Sid is to blame. Juliet takes the blame and says she sold some stolen laptops to which she believes. Juliet upsets her family and they kick her out. She goes to the Lomax’s house and asks to stay which they agree. Sid and Juliet go on a school trip but soon return a week later. Jordan's boss Victor puts pressure on him to make more money so he wants Sid and Juliet to sell more drugs at a school environmental show where different schools will attend. Sid and Juliet feel pressured from this. However, after Jordan receives some wise words from Leela, who he is secretly sleeping with, he tells Sid and Juliet they do not need to do the deal however Victor threatens Jordan which he then forces Sid and Juliet to carry on the deal.

At school, Sid only manages to sell a few of his drugs as he is practicing for a guitar exam. Juliet agrees to sell his remaining drugs tomorrow. The next day, Sid gets jealous at Juliet and Peri. When Sid and Juliet arrive at school, they notice police are there with sniffer dogs. They panic about the drugs left in Juliet’s locker. However Sid runs out of his guitar exam to take the drugs out the locker just before the police turn up Juliet's locker. Juliet hugs Sid and thanks him. Sid returns to his exam and does well. However his teacher pick up his folder and finds weed in there. Sid is taken to Sally St. Claire, who calls Leela about Sid. Sid tells Sally and Leela that the drugs were for his own personal use. Sally tells Leela they will not call the police on Sid but will permanently exclude him from the school. Sid begs for another chance but he is kicked out of school. Leela is furious with Sid. Sid blames Jordan and threatens to tell the school where the drugs really came from. Jordan shouts at Sid saying they will be homeless and Sid apologizes to Jordan. Sid meets up with Juliet but is jealous to find out she is going on a date with Peri. The next day, Sid tries to impress Leela by studying for his exams. Jordan tells Sid there is still work to do. Juliet tells Sid she caught Jordan and Peri together and he is shocked. Jordan, who is sleeping with both Peri and Leela, is kicked out of the Lomax house by Leela when Sienna gives her some parenting tips about Sid. Sid comforts Charlie Dean, who is grieving for his step dad’s suicide and tells him he is still not happy with the way his dad died but is dealing with it. Jordan tells Sid that he has ruined things for him and needs him to recruit Charlie to sell drugs for him, which Sid is uncomfortable with.

Sid tries to get Charlie to sell drugs by saying that Nancy won't be able to buy him a new console but can buy on himself if he works for Jordan. Charlie first declines but later accepts when Nancy tells him he can't afford it. Sid tells Charlie that there are risks and gives him a loan that will need to be paid back.

## 2019-2020-: County Lines Continues & Falling in love with Louise

In September, Sid has an audition to join a band which he is feeling nervous about. Leela tells him not to worry and Jordan tells him to smash it. Jordan tells Sid to not mess up and if he gets into the band, he will be able to sell drugs all over the world and bring in more customers. Sid looks worried. Juliet comes to watch Sid’s audition. Once the audition is over, the band member says they can do some practice and he can join the band, but Sid declines as he wants to go back to school which angers Jordan.

Juliet tells Sid that she caught Jordan and Leela kissing and wants to tell Peri. Juliet goes to confront Jordan which Sid tries to stop her. As Juliet and Sid approach Jordan, he is speaking to his boss Victor Brothers. Victor threatens Juliet and tells her and Sid not to mess up again. Juliet gives Victor an idea about how to shift more drugs. Victor confronts Sid about his guitar audition and Sid tells him he did not want to do it. Victor realizes Jordan lied and tells Juliet and Sid to run along. Victor then beats up Jordan. Jordan comes round to Leela’s house and tells Sid and Juliet they have to sell a large amount of drugs by tomorrow or Victor will do the same to them. Sid announces they can sell all of the drugs at Imran’s party.

Juliet and Sid wake up early and are worried about not being able to sell all of the drugs. Sid snaps at Juliet and blames her for the mess they are in. Sid invites Peri to the party who turns up being with Louise walking into Salon de the de Marnie, they accept and say it should be a laugh this makes Sid happy along with Imran. Imran asks if they will she invite their nurse friends. Sid feels guilty when Imran is looking forward to the party. Victor confronts Sid and threatens him that if he and Juliet do not sell the drugs, he will do what he did to Jordan. Sid notices that Juliet is not selling drugs at the party and lashes out at her saying if they don’t sell all of the drugs, Victor will hurt them. Later in the night Louise spots Sid selling things which she thinks is drink at the time and goes to him to ask for some, she asks what he's got and he gets worried and doesn't know what to say, this is were it is revealed that Louise and Sid have been speaking and texting for months talking about struggles and all different kinds of things. Louise then asks again in a joking matter what he has got and he just smiles and says he is not showing her, she jokes around and try's to grab the bag from him and he grabs it making her lean up against the kitchen sides with him in front of her looking down at her, they look into each other's eyes for a few minutes before she grabs the bag and pushes him back, she turns around and unzips the bag to see drugs in there to which she turns around and says "you are selling drugs, at a party for minors ?" he gets worried and try's to take the bag off her but she keeps a hold of the bag, waiting for him to answer. He panics and says its only this time and he will never do it again, he goes on to say that if he doesn't sell them he will be good as dead. Louise listens to him and decides to give him the bag back and tells him she has to head off. He tries to call after her but she leaves quickly and he stands there and grunts at himself.

During the party Imran asks Sid if he has seen Ollie which Sid makes fun of Imran, calling him Ollie’s girlfriend. Sid and Imran argue and Sid announces that Ollie has taken ketamine. Sid gives Jordan the money the next day. Jordan tells Sid that if the bag was a penny off, Victor would kill them. Sid comforts Juliet, who opens up to Sid about kissing Peri and how she rejected her after. Juliet asks Sid if Jordan got the money. She announces that she stole money to pay for a new dress. Sid panics and tells Juliet that Jordan had already gone to meet Victor. Sid orders Juliet to go after Jordan. Juliet returns home after being out all night. Sid confronts Juliet about where she was and tells her to speak to Peri as she is the reason Juliet is hanging around with Victor. Sid finds Juliet asleep downstairs and wakes her up. Sid notices how awkward things are between Peri and Juliet and tries to keep things cool. Sid tells Juliet that she should return home.

After the party Sid tries to make contact with Louise who does not reply to his calls or texts and this upsets him because he knows he messed something up that could of been good. During the day Sid is on his way to meet with Juliet regarding Jordan and Victor along with the drugs but as he is on his way, Sid see's Louise outside Salon de the de Marnie sitting down at one of the tables, he gets nervous and begins to walk over once she notices him she sighs and looks away. He asks if he could explain, she accepts and he sits down and starts explaining himself saying "how he wouldn't sell if he didn't need to and it was the only time he ever sold drugs, he never wanted her to get the impression that he was a drug dealer" he goes on to say how he was in a lot of trouble if he didn't sell it and he would be as good as dead and that he hopes that Louise can forgive him because he doesn't want her to be mad at him. Louise sit's there and listens to him explain feeling sorry for him and telling him that she does not hate him, she just thought he was different to other guys also that it's not actually the age gap that made her unconfutable but the fact that he sold drugs to minors. She tells him she forgives him and to look out for himself because she will they are friends and she doesn't want to loose that, excusing herself and making her way to the hospital for her shift. He is upset when he realizes he still lied to her saying that he does not sell them anymore but he does.

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