Travis Law-Hughes is the ex-boyfriend of Louise Mitchell and made his first appearance on 17 January 2017, and his last appearance on 2 November 2017. He was portrayed by Alex James-Phelps.
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Travis is a student who attends drama club at Walford High School with Louise. He later assists her when her can of drink is stuck in the vending machine. Louise takes a liking to him and he later texts Louise for a date. Louise waits for Travis, however, it turns out she was set up by Keegan Baker and his friends. Travis later greets Louise, but she doesn't respond to him. Louise's friend, Bex Fowler, invites him to her house for guitar lessons. Bex's former boyfriend, Shakil Kazemi, becomes convinced they are a couple. Madison Drake and Alexandra D'Costa tell Louise that Bex has been after Travis for a while. Louise confronts Bex but she insists they are just friends. Louise, Madison and Alexandra see Travis and Bex hanging out together and they show Travis their nails. Travis and Bex go for food and Travis tells Louise that he'll see her at school. Madison and Alexandra invite Travis to a party at Louise's house and Travis agrees to go, unaware that Bex overheard the conversation. Travis arrives at Louise's house for a party that Madison and Alexandra arranged, and Louise unknowingly has drinks that Madison and Alexandra spiked, resulting in her getting drunk and being sick. A concerned Travis tells Bex that Louise needs her, and he watches as she collapses.
The next day, Madison and Alexandra tell Louise, her stepmother Sharon Mitchell and half-brother Ben Mitchell that Travis was responsible for spiking her drink. Louise believes Travis when he says he could have been framed, but Madison and Alexandra convince Louise that he is lying. Bex speaks to Louise's step-brother, Dennis Rickman Jr, about the party on Travis's behalf. When Bex tells Louise that Alexandra followed Travis into the kitchen, Alexandra admits to Louise that Travis did not spike her drink without revealing that she and Madison did it. Sharon wants to meet Travis, inviting him for dinner, but Louise calls it off when Madison and Alexandra tells her he is only interested in sex. Travis later kisses Louise in the park, but she runs away. Louise meets Travis and he asks her if she wants to break up with him. She denies it and he denies it too when she asks the same question. Travis asks Louise if she is ready to have sex but they are both unsure. Travis humiliates Keegan in front of his schoolmates after Keegan makes fun of him. Travis breaks up with Louise, believing the rumours that Louise had sex with Keegan. Madison and Alexandra tell him that he did the right thing.
During rehearsal, Alexandra confidentially kisses Travis despite the role calling for her to act shy. After Louise tells Bex she is worried that Travis and Alexandra are getting close, Bex and Shakil talk to Travis, who says that he only sees Alexandra as Juliet and wonders if he has given her a wrong impression, especially as he agreed to take her to the prom as friends. He thinks that Louise hates him but Bex and Shakil convince him otherwise and tell him to apologise to her. He visits her and says he should have let her explain about Keegan instead of ending their relationship. After Alexandra and Madison are publicly exposed as being Bex's bullies, Travis asks Louise to be his date for the school prom. At prom, Louise and Travis win most beautiful couple and Travis arranges an area behind the stage with candles for them. Alexandra and Madison turn up and Louise berates them and their actions and Alexandra pushes Louise onto lit candles, setting off the fire alarms and sprinklers. Louise is in agony as Mr Gethin Pryce and other students help her by cooling the burns with water. Travis blames himself for the incident and at the hospital, Sharon reluctantly allows him to see her. Louise orders him out of the room. Louise is distressed when her mother Lisa Fowler and Bex arrange for Travis to visit her, because she does not want him to see her in that condition but he gives Louise a promise ring, leaving Louise happy. Keegan freaks Louise out by using a scar covered mask and Travis' protectiveness overwhelms Louise. Louise decides to end her relationship with Travis.