Cheryl Hayes

[[File:Cheryl.jpg|thumb|260px|Cheryl Hayes

Portrayed by: Charlotte Best

Occupation: Student at Greenhill

Relationships:

Danny Dixon (previous hook-up)

Family:

Nathan Snr. (Step-Father)

Lynette Hayes (Mother)

Nathan Jnr. (Brother)

Friends:

Vicki Candie

Sue Knight

Debbie Vickers

Judy Vickers (Mother figure)

Enemies:

Nathan Snr.

 Series information 

Status: Alive

First appearance: "Pilot"

Last appearance: Season 2 finale]]Cheryl Hayes, portrayed by Charlotte Best, is the daughter to Lynette Hayes and has a little brother Nathan Snr.. Cheryl is one of the main girls in the "Greenhills gang" alone side Vicki Candie. Cheryl is introduced as an irresponsible teenager who is often heavily drunk and "rooting" other guys in the Greenhill gang.

Season 1
In the first season comes off like a terrible moll who loves to pop her fruit pouches on the two heroines, Sue Knight and Debbie Vickers. As Sue and Debbie try to join the "Greenhill gang" a few times Cheryl is the one trying to keep them out. After Debbie and Sue show their loyalty and finally get to hang with the Greenhill Gang, Cheryl gives tips on how to get rooted.

Season 2
At the start of Season 2 Cheryl reveals she is "up the duff" (pregnant), sending Debbie and Sue on a mission to help Cheryl get an abortion. With the help of her friends, Cheryl receives the money she needs and gets escorted to the clinic by Debbie while Sue and Vicki Candie wait outside. After the abortion, Cheryl remains to get pissed and fall down causing Debbie and Sue to come to her rescue yet again. As the show focuses on Cheryl, it becomes obvious that she is held back by her Mum's terrible boyfriend and partying habits. In the first episode of Season 2 Debbie's mum finds the clinic receipt in her daughter's coat and decides to send Debbie to an all-girls boarding school - two hours away from Cronulla. Shortly after Debbie is shipped away, Cheryl moves in with the Vickers. She becomes very close with David Vickers, Debbie’s little brother, while she is living there. Cheryl's teasing toward Debbie could be seen as jealousy because a whole family, with a father who wasn't a pervert, is something she never had. With the guidance in Mrs Vickers, Cheryl turns out to be a good person who has goals to attend university and become a teacher.

In season 2, Cheryl's storyline heavily focuses on the sexual and physical abuse she receives from her step father, Nathan Snr. It is alluded to that Cheryl's step father raped her and this is how she became pregnant.

Appearances

 * Season 1
 * Episode 1
 * Episode 2
 * Episode 3
 * Episode 4
 * Episode 5
 * Episode 6
 * Episode 7
 * Episode 8
 * Season 2
 * Episode 1
 * Episode 2
 * Episode 3
 * Episode 4
 * Episode 5
 * Episode 6
 * Episode 7
 * Episode 8
 * Episode 9