temporarily stay with the family. Josh persuades his parents to let Fletch spend Christmas with them. The two friends do not get on well with Bill, although Bill adores Hannah. The pair learn that Bill has won some money from horse racing. Josh tells Fletch that Bill shouldn't spend his money, as he wouldn't be alive to enjoy it. Upon hearing this, Bill makes a bet with his two grandchildren regarding what day they think he will die.vRhys and Gilly also make a bet, and Bill says he will die on Christmas Day. A few days before Christmas, Bill finds his war medals missing and blames Gilly. Eventually, he finds out that Josh and Fletch have taken them to frame them as a Christmas present. Bill apologises to Gilly and the whole family eat their Christmas lunch together. After lunch, the family notice Bill not breathing and Josh, Fletch, Hannah, Rhys, Gilly, Suzanne and Neville panic. Bill "awakens" and asks Josh, Fletch, Rhys and Gilly for the money he has just won for the bet they had made. Months pass and Neville forces a reluctant Josh and Fletch to visit Bill in his rest home. Josh and Fletch see how sad and lonely Bill was in his rest home, Josh tries to tell his parents about Bill, but they are too busy to pay attention. Josh and Fletch persuade Bill to leave his home and the pair sneak him into the Ashworth house. A few days pass and eventually Bill is found by Suzanne, who calls a family meeting with the rest of the family. They vote as to whether Bill can stay in the house. Suzanne is out voted, as Bill had bribed his grandchildren to vote for him. At school Josh and Fletch are confronted by Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson) and Wayne Tunnicliffe (Joe Marsden), who tells Josh that they fancy Hannah. They ask Josh and Fletch to hang out with them after school and be in their gang. They encourage the two cousins to smash up cars before Ste asks Josh if he and Wayne could come by his house to meet Hannah.When they arrive Wayne recognises Neville from working at Price Slice with Hannah and Neville shows the two boys how he manages the supermarket. Neville is later fired from Price Slice after refusing to fire a long term employee in order to save the shareholders