Episode 6297

Extended Summary

Charlotte clears up the mysterious mess of leaves in her apartment, which compounds her feeling that she’s losing her mind. Hunter comes home to find Charlotte packing urgently, when she tells him they’re leaving he storms out. As Hunter runs off we see someone is watching them.

Ricky fools around as Nate poses awkwardly for the photographer but once she has to join him she feels uncomfortable too. They joke around and as they do their smiles become more natural. Ash and Phoebe join Kyle who’s watching, holding Casey. Ricky protests as they all laugh and joke. Kyle takes Casey home while Ash and Phoebe continue to watch the show. As the photographer encourages Ricky and Nate to get closer they are really awkward, then sparks fly as they gaze into each other’s eyes. Later on they chat about how much they enjoyed the shoot, and the mood turns more serious as Nate tells Ricky she should get back into photography and not waste her talent. Kat arrives breaking the moment and Nate greets her with an overly warm kiss and a little disconcerted, she asks how the shoot went. After stilted replies Ricky heads off. Back at the house Ricky gets some of the photos emailed through and looks at them with Kyle, who is complimentary. Ricky sends them to Nate who shows Kat. Kyle walks in with Casey and after he’s gone, Kat speculates that there may be more to Ricky and Kyle’s relationship, but Nate dismisses the idea.

Leah and Zac discuss their concerns about Evie and Tank, then Hunter walks in and asks if he can stay with them because Charlotte wants them to leave the bay. Zac goes to see Charlotte who’s frantic and she tells him that she’s scared. Zac comforts her. When he asks what’s frightened her she just tells him that she’s worried that moving to the bay was a mistake and that it’s just things adding up, but Zac isn’t fooled, saying something must have happened for her to react so strongly. He tells her that she and Hunter are part of the family and she agrees to stay. As soon as he leaves to tell Hunter, she continues to pack. When Hunter returns to find Charlotte still preparing to leave, he questions her about what trouble she’s in. Charlotte says she can’t tell him and pleads with him to go with her. He agrees and they get into the car but it won’t start. A man offers to help with the car but as Charlotte asks if he knows what he’s doing he replies that he knows everything and threateningly tells Charlotte to stay in Summer Bay. Back in the apartment Hunter tries to persuade Charlotte to tell him what’s going on and as she gets more upset Hunter tells Charlotte that he won’t let anyone hurt her.

The mystery man calls someone to update them on what happened with Charlotte.

That evening Ricky runs into Nate and he asks whether there’s anything going on with her and Kyle. Ricky insists that there isn’t and Nate asks whether he knows that. Back at the house, a smiling Kyle gazes at the photos of Ricky…