Episode 6262

Extended Summary

Zac tells Charlotte how threatening Hunter was to Leah but she shrugs it off. Zac gets a call from Leah and they both rush to the accident site. Leah and Evie are fine but they came extremely close to hitting a tree and Leah suggests that it might not have been an accident.

At the diner Greg Snelgrove and Irene try to plan their date, Greg isn’t keen on going local and Irene invites him to have dinner at her place, as John smirks nearby. Greg accepts gladly and as soon as he leaves John says he’d be wearing his best undies if he was invited to a lady’s house for a first date. Josh and Andy are nearby talking about Josh getting his trial HSC results and whether Principal Snelgrove knows about the study drugs that Josh has been taking.

As Hunter arrives home Charlotte tells him about Leah and Evie’s accident. Charlotte implies that Hunter was involved and they have words but Hunter admits to nothing. Leah and Evie are back home and everyone discusses whether it’s possible that Hunter caused the accident. When questioned Leah just says that the mechanics will work it out but once left alone with Zac she asks him whether he believes that it was an accident. Zac is upset and refuses to believe that Hunter could do such a thing.

Hannah walks in to the diner and has a stilted conversation with Andy and Josh before Irene asks her whether she’s seen Chris. John chimes in and when Hannah says she hasn’t seen him Irene lets slip that Hannah kissed Chris which gets a reaction from Andy. She awkwardly protests to Andy and Josh that there’s nothing going on with her and Chris.

Charlotte and Hunter walk through school on Hunter’s first day. Zac checks in with Charlotte after Hunter leaves, and Charlotte tells him that she talked to Hunter who denies doing anything to Leah’s car and that she believes him. The teens walk by talking about Hunter and stop abruptly as they see him. He asks if they were talking about him and Evie comes clean, admitting that they were. She asks whether he tampered with Leah’s brakes and he says he did, aggressively pushing their buttons. Matt tells him that he shouldn’t joke about it and VJ gets worked up aggressively stepping up to Hunter but before anything can happen Principal Snelgrove intervenes. Josh asks Evie if she’s okay after the accident, she says she is and walks off leaving Josh thinking about her.

Charlotte teaches a lesson as VJ stirs Hunter, they’re soon in a physical fight and as Charlotte goes to break it up Zac rushes in and helps pull them apart. They all get called to Principal Snelgrove’s office. VJ and Hunter get told off, then after the boys are sent out, Snelgrove has a go at Zac and Charlotte telling them to take the day off to sort them out.

Hannah drops in to see Chris who’s morosely sitting on the couch. She tries to persuade him to go bodyboarding with her but he’s reticent. Later at the diner Irene tells Marilyn and John that Hannah’s managed to get Chris out of the house and Marilyn hints that Irene and Greg can have the house to themselves for their date. Irene looks worried and tells them she’s afraid that John might be right and says she’s going to cancel the date. Marilyn quickly jumps in and suggests that she and John join them, making it more like a dinner party than a date, to take the pressure off.

Charlotte asks Andy whether he got her message, and suggests they hang out… Andy makes excuses not to see her and after she leaves Andy tells Josh not to ask why. Outside Josh quizzes Andy about fobbing Charlotte off, suggesting that he’s still hung up on Hannah. Andy admits that may be so but insists that he’s with Charlotte.

Hannah and Chris have been in the water but Chris is still out of sorts. Hannah puts her foot in it saying that they’re all worried about him, he’s angry and thinks she’s only there out of pity. When she says he’s not being himself he lashes out saying that she doesn’t know him, that no one does. Later Hannah apologises to Chris for pushing him into the bodyboarding. Chris tells her that he puts on the outgoing personality, that he hasn’t always been that way. Hannah tells him that he only has to be himself with her and as they hug Andy sees them.

Leah finds out that her car wasn’t tampered with. Zac tells Charlotte and Hunter, and is sorry that people doubted Hunter. Hunter isn’t placated and when Zac tells him that he needs to control his temper Hunter pushes back defiantly and walks off. When Zac arrives home he tells Leah that Hunter thinks everyone is against him. Leah ends up telling Zac that Hunter frightens her and that she won’t have anything to do with him anymore.

Principal Snelgrove gives out the exam results, Matt’s happy with his despite still being beaten by Oscar. Josh also did well, but before there’s time to celebrate Principal Snelgrove calls him into his office. He tells Josh that he can’t tolerate drug taking in his school and expels Josh, dashing his hopes of studying architecture and everything that he’s worked so hard for.