Aiden Scotcher was the wayward son of the former site manager Rob Scotcher. Built from a different mould than his reliable and stalwart father, Aiden completely takes after his absent mother; he's a self-assured, incurable flirt who swaggers around convinced the world owes him a favour. It's not that Aiden is bad at heart, it's just that life is kind to someone this good-looking and Aiden's learnt he can usually get what he wants by turning on the charm with a cheeky wink or comment. Aiden is gifted academically and knows what he wants - to go to university and make something of himself. Despite this, Rob constantly pushes his son, determined that Aiden will have all the opportunity and advantages, which he squandered during his own youth. This pressure sometimes causes Aiden to rebel; he left his last school under a cloud, rumours abounded that he'd got more than one girl pregnant, but Rob's determined that Waterloo Road will provide them both with the fresh start that they need.
Aiden has been damaged by his mother's flighty disappearance and as much as he moans about Rob's overbearing attitude towards his education, they have an incredibly close relationship. When his mother Naomi returns, expecting to pick up exactly where she left off with her family, Aiden finally appreciates how much his dad has had to cope with over the years.
Series 7[]
Aiden and Ronan Burley immediately hit it off. They have a lot in common; the same sense of humour, and, as it turns out, a very similar taste in women. When Aiden meets Vicki MacDonald his head is turned, and whilst he backs off after discovering she's with Ronan, a seed has been sown. Aiden's attentions are soon diverted by Vicki's best mate Jess. We can clearly see Jess has fallen for Aiden, and Aiden has fallen for Jess as well but he can't resist Vicki either. Aiden soon finds out that Vicki has dumped Ronan, and Vicki finally comes clean to Jess and tells her that she has been seeing Aiden behind her back. Jess gets very upset. Aiden then finds out that he has got both Jess and Vicki pregnant. Vicki later suffers a miscarriage.
On Aiden's last day at Waterloo Road, with Vicki back together with Ronan, he pursues Jess again as he wants to be part of the baby's life. Jess accepts. Aiden leaves when his dad quit after Karen's firing, which means he and Jess can be a proper family.
Trivia[]
- Aiden and Jess's actors were in a relationship in real life and have a daughter together born in 2011.
Quotes[]
- "Dad, I told you, don't come near me." (first line)
- Vicki: "D'you not fancy her?"
- Aiden: "Not really noticed her. Too busy looking at her mate."
- "But won't you feel a little bit stupid when you're a cab driver and your girlfriend's doing a chemistry degree?"
- Aiden: "We both know you're not gonna marry Ronan."
- Vicki: "Why not?"
- Aiden: "Because you want me."
- "If you'd done it, I'd've hit you. I'm gutted, Ronan."
- Aiden: "You can't talk, you hypocrite."
- Jess: "Shut it, Aiden!"
- Aiden: "What? You gonna deny it? She's up the duff as well!"
- "Yeah, let's hear from the other two, cos I'm not gonna waste my vote on these two slappers!"
- Aiden: "I do wanna be involved in the baby's life, though. It's completely up to you. I'm not gonna make any demands. I just..."
- Jess: "You just what?"
- Aiden: "This is really special, and I don't wanna miss it. I don't want this baby to grow up and think that its dad didn't care about it."
- Jess: "OK."
- Aiden: "Thank you." (final line)