Episode 6236

Extended Summary

We see a burning house… Leah’s house… Zac is running into the flames as Leah screams for him to come back…

24 HOURS EARLIER

Still at the BBQ at Zac & Leah’s, Charlotte makes excuses to leave after her run in with Matt. Andy quickly ushers her out and they escape further questions. Josh and Maddy arrive just as they leave and Josh asks Evie if they’re together? Turns out even Josh didn’t know about his brother’s new “relationship”. Evie goes to Matt to gauge his reaction to Ms. King leaving but Matt is giving nothing away. Heading home, Andy asks Charlotte what’s really going on. Charlotte tells him about the racy photos Matt has of her and that he’s threatening to use them against her. Charlotte is quite upset so Andy offers to go see Matt. Later in the afternoon, Andy swings by Leah’s place and catches Matt out the front putting the bin out. Andy tells Matt he needs to delete those photos. So he got dumped – time to move on. Matt’s annoyed at Andy’s attitude. Andy softens and says that Charlotte does feel bad about how Matt is taking this. Matt decides to let it go and deletes the photos right there in front of Andy. As Andy leaves, Matt yells that Charlotte is only using him, knowing all too well what Andy’s likely in for.

Billie turns up at the diner on her way to work, much to Chris’s annoyance. She tries to apologise for manipulating him but he says she’d be better apologising to Nate & Kat. Billie pleads that she’s trying to make amends but Chris is confident that no one can come back from what she did; at least not in his books. Billie later finds the gym car vandalised with “skank” written all over it. As she begins to try to scrub it off, Andy approaches and asks who did that to the car? And who’s looking after the gym? Billie is upset and goes on the defensive, saying she doesn’t need another lecture, she’ll just go home. Obviously no one will come to the gym with her working there so she’ll save Andy some trouble – she quits. Billie runs off, almost crying, leaving Andy wondering what just happened.

Meanwhile, Nate & Kat are discussing Nate’s new living arrangements. Kat’s excited about a less crowded house with a little more privacy. Chris soon interrupts that privacy and invites himself to join them kayaking – will this interruption become a common thing with Nate’s new housemate? It doesn’t take long for Chris to get on both of their nerves and Kat decides to bow out, leaving the boys to have the day to themselves.

Later Andy is relaying to Charlotte that Matt has deleted the photos of her. Charlotte is relieved and a little surprised he agreed so easily. She thanks Andy and promises to make it up to him. They get talking and decide to get a drink together. Could this fake relationship turn into a real one?

At the diner, Leah is lamenting to Roo about the housing situation Zac & herself now find themselves in. At the same time, Zac is unloading on Alf about the same thing. It seems both Leah & Zac are worried their lives will be taken up with caring for teenagers and it’ll leave no time for each other. Back at home Leah & Zac come together and decide on a date night once a week to keep the romance alive.

The next day, Charlotte sees Matt at the Pier on her morning run and calls out to him. She apologises again how things ended between them. Matt is terse, saying he’s surprised she sent such an idiot around yesterday to sort things out for her. Charlotte is immediately tense and asks if he really deleted the photos of her. Matt admits he’s still got copies on his computer. He toys with Charlotte, telling her he’s not sure what he’ll do with them. Charlotte is reeling. She heads to the diner for a break whilst Leah, Zac and the teens are having breakfast. Charlotte overhears Leah mention that everyone will be out of the house for the first time in days, as they all head off to do errands.

Kat and Nate are walking along the beach when Chris barrels up. Kat decides to do the adult thing and tells him that her & Nate need some alone time. Chris says he’s relieved. He was just trying to make it up to Nate after the whole Billie thing but thinks he may have gone overboard. They all have a chuckle and the boys agree to put that “waste of space” behind them, referring to Billie. Kat then stops them, seeing Billie not for from them up the beach. It’s clear Billie’s overheard and she scurries off. As she walks away from the beach she almost walks into VJ and the family on their way home. Billie tells him to get out of the way and VJ makes a throw away comment about her being a liar. It’s the last straw for Billie and she presumes that VJ is the one who vandalised the gym car. She goes off, yelling at him and at Leah, Zac and Evie. She thinks they have a perfect life and they wouldn’t know what its like to lose everything. Billie storms off, barely keeping it together. Leah , Zac, VJ & Evie are left bemused as to what’s gotten into her. They all head home but as they approach Leah’s house, they see smoke. As they rush to the house, Maddy rounds the corner. Leah asks why she’s not at the library with Matt & Oscar studying? Maddy says they were meant to meet here – Leah and Zac look to the house. As Evie calls the fire brigade, Zac says to them all, no one come in after me. Zac runs into the burning house as Leah screams for him to come back….