Dawn Taylor’s (Olivia Bromley) feelings for Billy Fletcher (Jay Kontzle) began to resurface when she discovered that he had started seeing Gabby Thomas (Rosie Bentham) in Emmerdale.
After his marriage broke down, Billy chose to put a pause on all things romance. He focused on rebuilding his life away from Home Farm, being a dad to Clemmie, Lucas and Evan, and adapting to seeing his ex with Joe Tate (Ned Porteous).
Billy being single gave Dawn the illusion that she had totally moved on from him. It was only seeing Billy with housemate Gabby that her emotions began to change.
Her secret worry that Billy definitely sees a long-term future with Gabby increases next week, as Dawn panics about Gabby possibly being pregnant.
She finds the young woman unconscious on the floor after suffering a dizzy spell. Dawn tells Gabby to go to the surgery to get checked out, unaware the collapse has happened as a result of the poor relationship Gabby has around food.
During her appointment, Gabby discovers from Manpreet Sharma (Rebecca Sarker) that her blood pressure is a bit low, and believes they should just do a pregnancy test for peace of mind.
When Gabby gets back, Dawn’s forced to hide her relief as she learns that Gabby isn’t carrying Billy’s baby. Unfortunately, she then learns that Gabby has ditched her birth control pills, believing they negatively impact her clean living regime.
Overstepping, Dawn calls Billy about this, and later faces Gabby’s angry wrath when she finds out that she updated Billy on a private matter.
Irritated, Gabby rants to Joe and states that Dawn still has feelings for Billy.
Meanwhile, Dawn finds a detention slip in Lucas’ pocket, and the situation puts her and Billy back in the comfortable roles of mum and dad.
Relaxing into old times, Billy leans in to kiss Dawn, but she pulls away just in time for Joe’s arrival.
Despite this, Dawn begins to wonder how much Joe actually saw.
