Lauren Valentine arrives in "Hollyoaks" village as the illegitimate daughter of Leo Valentine who first arrived in the village with her mother Valerie Holden and her brother Danny on 6 September 2007. Valerie leaves them at the Valentine residence and demands that Leo look after them while she sorts out her housing problems. Calvin & Sasha didn't know of Lauren and Danny, and until Lauren calls Leo "dad" they hadn't Leo had been leading a double-life. Lauren and Sasha initially don't get on but when Fletch tries to win Sasha back with a song he writes for her, Lauren helps Fletch improve it. Sasha later laughs at the song and kicks him out. When Valerie decided to stay in Greece, Lauren and Danny were set to join her. However the two decided to stay in "Hollyoaks".