the pair are banned from seeing each other, despite their protests, and are put through hell when rosie's parents get the police involved in the incident. the police refuse to take action, and soon rosie decides to go on a school trip to prove nothing can stop their relationship. after a while, craig is unfaithful to rosie by seeing friend suzy watkins. rosie's sister sophie webster (brooke vincent) finds out and tells rosie, who splits up with craig. they get back together hours later. weeks later, sally intends to get rosie into a private boarding school. when she sees rosie and craig kissing, sally kidnaps her daughter, leaving craig worried. he tells kevin about it, and eventually catches up with sally and rosie and brings them back safely. after rosie is run over by a car a month later, sally and kevin warm towards craig after seeing how devoted he is to rosie, and kevin offers craig an apprenticeship at his garage (incidentally, this is where craig's father tommy worked and was murdered).