Seb Franklin makes plans to move on from his relationship with Faye Windass when he decides he wants to ask salon apprentice Emma Brooker out on a date.
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But he’s feeling nervous because he doesn’t know how she’ll react to the news that he is HIV positive.
Encouraged by mum Abi, Seb asks Emma out and is chuffed when she says yes. But he has mixed feelings about going out with her as she doesn’t know he has HIV.
They go on their date and Seb tries to play it cool with Emma, but is unaware that a jealous Faye is watching them.
Later Faye tries to hide how upset she is when Seb tells her about Emma and him going on a date. Will she fight to get her man back?
And will Seb tell Emma the truth about his HIV status? How will Emma react?
Seb discovered he had the virus last year after falling from a ladder and not recovering as quickly as the doctors thought.
They noticed some issues with his white blood cells and Abi revealed he had HIV but had never told him the truth.
He was passed it by a former girlfriend who had since died and Abi thought the news would be too much for him to handle.
The doctors told his mum, Abi, and Faye and Anna Windass that they needed to run some extra tests as they’re worried about his white blood cell count being low.
Abi confessed to Anna that Seb might have contracted the virus from an ex-girlfriend, but she’s never had the courage to tell him.
Anna was shocked as obviously this meant that Faye could be infected too. Although Faye was later given the all clear.
After initially refusing to take the test, Seb finally agreed and was shocked to learn he is HIV positive.
Actor Harry Visinoni, who plays the youngster, explained why Seb refuses the test to begin with.
He revealed: “He’s scared. One half of Seb is in denial and doesn’t want to find out for sure but the other half of him thinks he probably does have it so there is no point in taking the test, he might as well just resign his fate.
“His whole life he feels like he has let down his brother and sister, that he is a failure, that his mum hates him.
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“So now how intense he feels in that hospital bed, part of him is questioning whether he wants to even carry on. He’s always felt low but this is the most ready-to-give-up, the most hopeless he’s felt.”
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