Episode 6199

Extended Summary

Leah’s back at work trying her hardest to get back to living her normal life. While Zac still believes she hasn’t given herself enough time to adjust, he’s trying to give her his support. During the day Leah struggles with a headache and can’t focus. When Matt barges into Leah’s office needing to vent about his situation with Maddy, Leah is distracted and Matt’s words are all jumbled to her. Leah has another outburst and yells at Matt for wasting her time with trivial problems. She’s yelling so much Matt rushes out in stunned silence. VJ catches the end of the interaction and follows Leah as she runs outside. Leah tries to cover and swears she’s fine but seems scattered, so VJ simply pulls her in for a hug, trying to calm her. He takes Leah home and she makes him promise not to tell Zac about the episode.

Maddy finds Matt at the Diner and asks if he’d like to walk her to school. They discuss trying to organise a study session and Maddy suggests Matt accompanies her to her next chemo session – they can study then. Matt is reluctant. Unbeknownst to Maddy, he’s acting awkward after finding out that Evie thinks Matt & Maddy would make a good couple. Maddy misreads his weirdness, thinking he’s scared of hospitals. Later, Matt enrols Oscar’s help to find out if Maddy likes him. Forced by Matt, Oscar talks to Maddy about him, asking if she likes hanging out with Matt. Maddy freely admits she does and wonders if Oscar is jealous? Oscar quickly makes excuses and leaves. Matt then accosts Oscar and Oscar believes Maddy does have a thing for Matt. Later Oscar laments to Evie & Josh that it’s strange seeing Maddy move on. Josh reminds Oscar that he broke up with Maddy so he doesn’t really have a right to be jealous. Matt continues to avoid Maddy for the rest of the day. When Maddy asks the others if they’ve seen Matt, Oscars is quick to remark he’s probably off starting a fire or something. Josh and Evie notice the slight jab at Matt’s character and as soon as Maddy leaves, Evie tells Oscar it’s obvious he still has feelings for Maddy.

Meanwhile Kat is getting several phone calls from work about a missing ATM and security footage. She’s scrolling through photos at the station, presumably taken at a crime scene. She stops short, then tells the person on the phone that she knows one of the suspects.

Maddy finally catches up with Matt on the beach and asks him why he skipped afternoon classes. She lightly adds that if it’s such a big deal he doesn’t need to come to her chemo session. Sick of the awkwardness, Matt reveals he’s been acting weird because he thinks Maddy has feelings for him. Maddy is surprised and laughs it off, assuring Matt there’s nothing there. When Maddy asks where this is coming from, Matt goes on to explain that Evie & Josh made the suggestion that the two of them would be good together. Maddy slowly pieces together that this is the reason Evie organised the movie night and the camping…. Maddy asks if they’ve all been talking about this? Matt admits they have. Suddenly silent and visibly upset, Maddy walks off. Roo then runs into Maddy on the way home and asks how her day was. Maddy blurts out she thought she could trust her friends but apparently they’ve all been talking about her behind her back. She thinks they all see her as a charity case and are trying to find a boyfriend for her, like she can’t take care of herself. Roo tries to suggest she may be overreacting but Maddy’s too upset to listen.

Matt returns home, deflated after his talk with Maddy. Leah apologises for going off at Matt earlier but he dismisses it, reminding Leah how many times she’s been there for him in the past. He suggests they both just chalk it up to a bad day. As they share a hug, Kat knocks on the door. Leah assumes she’s here to see Nate but apparently it’s Matt she’s after. Kat tells Matt he needs to come to the station for some questioning. Leah immediately asks what it’s about – the theft of an ATM in Mangrove River.