Aden Jeffries (2005; 2007-)
Todd Lasance
Episodes: 4019;4025, 4029-4032; 4044-4047; 4458-
Parents: Larry Jeffries
Siblings: Sean and Justin Jeffries
Occupation: Student
Aden first appeared in 2005 when he applied for the role of Rex, the male lead in Colleen's play and flirted with Cassie who had just split from Ric. It seemed Cassie was as interested in him and Aden approached Ric to ask if he and Cassie were over because he wanted to ask her out. Despite being clearly jealous Ric told Aden he and Cassie were over and encouraged him to go for it. Aden asked Cassie out, she accepted and they had a great date but his over-eagerness to talk about Cassie wound Ric up during footy training in the gym. Aden was later invited to dinner at the Caravan Park house but it didn't go well when he and Ric goaded each other all the way through.
The next day at footy training Ric tackled Aden badly causing him to hit his head. He was taken to hospital unconscious and his brother sought revenge, beating Ric badly but Aden lied that his brother had been with him, giving him an alibi. When Sean later took Flynn hostage, threatening him, Cassie confronted Aden who admitted he had lied. Cassie dumped him and Aden was not seen again for a while.
Aden returned in 2007 in another footy related storyline when he took offence at Geoff being Tony's new golden boy on the footy pitch. He confronted Tony about favouring Geoff but Tony refused to listen so Aden and the rest of the team gave Geoff a hard time during training, refusing to pass him the ball. Tony encouraged Geoff to get along with his team-mates so he joined them in socialising but they spiked his drink and he quickly became drunk. Carrying him out of Noah's Aden convinced his friends to lock Geoff in the boot of Tony's car.
When Tony found out he kicked Aden off the team and a furious Aden got his revenge by trashing the Campbell's field. As a result Tony banned Aden from the gym. He was a suspect when The Campbell's sheep were killed but had a cast iron alibi for the event. He tormented Mr Fisher in school by taking a picture of him and Marilyn and replacing Fisher's head with a fish but his prank backfired when Fisher merely complimented him on being talented.
He continued to pick on Annie and Geoff causing Lucas to punch him in Annie's defence. Next on his torment list was Cassie when he challenged her for the right to organise the school formal and by rescuing Rory from bullies he was able to recruit his help in rigging the vote.
The next time Aden was seen it was to pick a fight with Tony at the pool competition in Noah's. He complained to Dan about feeling sick during an exam but Dan ignored him believing he was lying. He later collapsed and was rushed to hospital getting Dan into trouble for not listening to him.
He flirted with tam and invited her to The Year 12 formal and despite being warned off by Cassie, Tam agreed to go. Whilst hanging out together Aden got Tam drunk and began to seduce her on the beach. Cassie came to Tam's rescue but not before one of Aden's friends had taken footage of Aden and Tam together on his mobile. The footage was distributed round school and Aden almost goaded brad into hitting him before being banned by Sally from the formal. In revenge Aden cut the power at the formal, officially ruining the night.
When Matilda was feeling depressed over her split with Ric, Aden and his mates invited her to a party. Cassie turned up to rescue Matilda and despite having drank herself, she agreed to drive them all home when the designated driver was declared too drunk. On the drive home Aden tormented Cassie by smoking marijuana and waving it in her face, causing her to crash. Aden's leg was badly injured in the crash and his dream of playing football was ruined, leaving him angry and upset.
With Cassie off the hook thanks to Simon, Aden turned his attention back onto his old victim Geoff. Furious that Geoff had given up the chance of playing professional football, Aden's dream, Aden goaded Geoff at every opportunity until Geoff finally snapped and punched him, knocking him out. Aden was furious when Sally punished him rather than Geoff but after a few home truths from her he failed to retaliate. Geoff later approached him and apologised, giving Aden the ammunition to keep on tormenting him.
He did a good thing in coming to Annie's aid when she passed out drunk on the beach but Geoff and Tony jumped to conclusions, assuming Aden was responsible and when Annie came round she lied to get him into trouble. Aden asked Morag to help him and was surprised when she agreed to defend him despite nobody else in town believing him. A furious Irene banned him from The Diner and when Aden wound her up she lashed out at him, injuring his bad leg.
He used Dan's memorial to stage a protest at the beach against Martin Bartlett and as a result landed the whole school on detention. Thanks to some advice from Roman, he negotiated with Bartlett to get the detentions overturned whilst at the same time retaining his pride. After a chat with Sally, Annie finally told the truth and Aden was off the hook but refused to drop his lawsuit against Irene, despite Morag refusing to help him.
He was pleased when Gavin from the paper wanted to do an article on him and happily gave an interview, much to Belle's disgust. He was pleased when Irene apologised to him and agreed to retract his lawsuit but his face clouded over when she showed him his interview in the paper. He later attacked Belle for using information about his grandfather in the article and was later seen crying and setting fire to a copy of the paper.
He gave Miles a hard time when he was due to start work at the school but Roman managed to convince him that Miles was a good guy and not somebody to mess with. In Noah's Alf also had a word with him but his suggestion that Aden should try and make his grandfather proud didn't go down well and Aden went to school the next day and gave Miles a hard time. Miles told his story of living rough, winning the pupils round and leaving Aden with no ammunition against him.
When Cassie told the whole class about having HIV Aden furiously raced from the classroom and threatened Cassie over the possibility that she may have infected him during their car crash. Despite Cassie's attempts to help him, Aden pushed her away and when his results proved that he was negative, he surprised his Doctor by breaking down in tears and seeming disappointed at the result. The Doctor tried to talk him into counselling but Aden was having none of it and instead went home and had a vicious row with his father. Roman walked in during the middle of the row and Larry screamed at Roman to take Aden away so Roman took him back to his place. Once there though Aden caught sight of a picture of Roman in Army Uniform and bolted from the house.
With nowhere else to go he hid out at the now condemned Diner but a part of the ceiling collapsed, trapping him and leaving him seriously injured. He was found by Sally thanks to Floss's foresight and rushed to hospital where he suffered from amnesia. His Dad seemed keen to have him forget the row they had had and banned Roman from visiting him but Rachel sensed something was up and Larry confided in her. Though not said in so many words it was made apparent that Aden's grandfather had abused him as a child and that Larry had refused to believe it was happening.
With Rachel's help Aden and Larry made their peace but Aden felt unable to live at the house any more and gladly took up Roman's offer to move in with him. He and his father had a heart to heart and Aden arrived at Roman's only to be greeted by his newly arrived daughter Nicole.
There was an instant spark between the two troubled teens but out of respect for Roman, Aden backed off and his and Nicole's banter turned to betting over whether or not she could bed Geoff Campbell . They did at one point share a kiss but Ade promptly pushed her off and in the meantime his flirtation with Belle was growing stronger. After drunkenly breaking into her room Aden became convinced she liked him and when he found evidence on her laptop he snuck into her room again and his teasing led to a kiss.
He was gutted when she denied that there was anything between them but her public display of affection won him round. Later though it was Aden who backed off calling her a skank when she tried to sleep with him and Belle went on a date with Angelo making Aden jealous. Eventually he came clean to her and in an emotional episode revealed about his abuse and underwent counseling and was later able to sleep with her.
Their relationship went from strength to strength with Belle lending him money to buy his house but when the money was stolen it became clear that Aden's father was behind the robbery. Finding his father hiding out and critically injured Aden was all set to hand him over to the police for killing Axel , until his father admitted that he too had been abused.
The revelation saw Aden's world come crashing down and he took his father hostage, refusing him medical treatment. When Rachel discovered what he was up to he took her hostage and also Belle when she realized what was going on. Rescued by Angelo, Aden was admitted to hospital for treatment and underwent counseling sessions which eventually saw him come to terms with what had happened.
He was released from hospital but was devastated to find out that Belle had moved on with Angelo He was let off with community service after his trial and Belle told him she still loved him but he told her to move on and attempted to do the same by getting a job at the building site. On noticing something unusual in the plans Aden showed them to her and they grew close again, finally reuniting when Belle thought he had been harmed because of her and showed her true feelings. They kissed and resolved to come clean with Angelo only for him to wind up in hospital having been attacked.
Soon after, Angelo found out and publicly humiliated Belle and later Aden found her badly beaten and she was taken to hospital and named Angelo as her attacker. The Police couldn't find evidence to charge him though and Belle became very depressed leaning on Aden for support as she suffered post traumatic depression. He was upset when she didn't want to attend his school formal but she surprised and delighted him by showing up at the last minute.
Belle was seriously injured in the aftermath of the formal fire and was admitted for treatment in the city. Aden went with her and when she returned to the bay he supported her through her fear of leaving the hospital. Taking her to his place, he turned down Uni in favour of a job on a boat to stay near her and was furious when Nicole sent his uni application anyway and lost him his job. Thanks to Leah's intervention he managed to get his job back and befriended new girl Joey Collins but he neglected her to support Belle and she was raped.
Feeling guilty he tried to convince her to go to the police but she refused so he enlisted Charlie's help to convince her. Joey eventually pressed charges and Aden was hard pressed to stop himself from attacking Robbo. With Belle seemingly getting better Aden was surprised when she quit her job but devastated to hear from Nicole that she was a drug addict. He confronted her and she admitted it, agreeing to get help but he told her he couldn't be around her while she detoxed having already gone through it with his Dad.
He eventually came round and went to support her through her withdrawals but he found pills in her bag at Rachel and Tony's wedding and though she denied taking any, he told her he wanted nothing to do with her. She took some pills, collapsed and was admitted to rehab and Aden insisted that he wanted to keep away from her while she had treatment. With Roman in hospital following a crash, he grew closer to Nicole and they eventually slept together. Angry with himself Aden took it out on Nicole, only to sleep with her again and be caught in the act by Belle. In the furious confrontation that followed, Roman overheard and furious that Aden had broken his rules, kicked him out.
After a night on the beach, Miles allowed Aden to use a caravan but he pushed Nicole away when she came to visit and instead concentrated his efforts on Belle. He got rid of her drug dealer and went to see her and apologise for what happened with Nicole. She was subsequently released from rehab and they both confided they still cared for each other but Belle was reluctant to start seeing each other again. He was upset to find Liam Murphy staying with her and accused Belle of seeing Liam. Belle denied it but Liam lied to Aden that he and Belle were a couple, causing Aden to ignore Belle and push her into Liam's hands.