Episode 6273

Extended Summary

Charlotte finds Zac sleeping at school and asks what’s going on. He explains the breakup and Charlotte’s sympathetic. She offers for Zac to crash at her place, just until he gets somewhere else sorted. Zac thinks it might be weird but Charlotte insists it’s just one friend offering a couch to another. Zac gratefully accepts.

Leah debriefs to Roo about Zac moving out. Leah thinks it’s for the best and doesn’t want to prolong the inevitable. Roo is surprised Leah is giving up so easily, which rubs Leah the wrong way. At home, Leah asks the teens to come straight home after school today. They ask why but she keeps it vague. At school, Matt is still in a bad mood, trying to hide his feelings for Maddy. He picks at her, making cruel remarks instead. Evie tries to get him to lay off but Matt is being a jerk. Maddy can’t understand what his problem is. Later Evie asks Oscar and VJ if they know what’s up with Matt. Oscar thinks it’s just Matt being Matt but VJ knows better. He privately approaches Matt and tells him if he keeps acting like such a weirdo around Maddy, people are going to figure out why, so he better stop.

The teens arrive home to Leah and Zac waiting. They all sit down and Leah breaks the news that her and Zac are splitting up. VJ’s reaction is anger; he knew that Leah would stuff this up. They haven’t even tried! Matt blames Zac, saying he’s spent so much time with Hunter and his ex that he didn’t even think what it would do to Leah. Oscar and Evie are just shell shocked, unsure what this means for their family. After they’ve dispersed, Zac gathers a few of his things just to last him a few days. Leah asks where he’s staying but Zac says it’s somewhere temporary and he’ll come back for the rest of his stuff when he’s found somewhere more permanent.

Charlotte asks Hunter to go and do some shopping for her; they have to get the house set up. When Hunter asks why Charlotte tells him that Zac will be staying with them for a few days. Hunter quickly deduces that him and Leah must’ve broken up. He smiles; isn’t Charlotte happy about this?! He knows she still has a thing for him. Charlotte tells Hunter they’re just friends and he should go now and do the shopping. But as he leaves, Charlotte does reveal a small smile.

Later at the diner Matt, Evie, Oscar and Maddy are talking about Zac & Leah. Maddy says she thought they were on the rocks a bit lately anyway. Matt snipes at her, saying how would she know. She isn’t even part of this family. What is she doing here? Maddy leaves, sick of his harsh words, and Oscar follows her. Evie turns to Matt and says they have to talk – now. Evie reveals she knows what’s going on. She’s seen Matt act like this before towards Sasha, when he had a crush on her. She knows he likes Maddy. Matt admits, yes, he likes her. So what? Evie advises that he just gets over it. Matt baulks at the less-than-helpful words but Evie says he needs to accept that Maddy is happy with Oscar. And if he keeps acting this way, he’ll lose both Maddy and Oscar as friends.

Leah finds VJ at the diner and asks him to come home so they can talk. VJ is calm and says Leah is doing what she did when Zac first proposed – she’s running away before she gets hurt. VJ thinks she’s been looking for warning signs ever since they got engaged and she’s just running now because she’s scared. As VJ moves off and Leah’s left thinking, Hunter comes up to her. He says he heard what happened and hopes she’s ok, seemingly genuine. She thanks him. Then he asks her what Zac likes to eat for breakfast? As her face falls Hunter reveals Zac is staying with him and Charlotte. Leah heads over there at dinner time and checks for herself – yep, Zac is there. She’s ropeable. How long did it take for him to run back to his ex? Charlotte insists she just offered a couch. He had nowhere to go; what was she supposed to do? Leah storms out before Zac can explain. Back at home debriefing with Roo, Leah explains what happened. Roo thinks maybe Leah left too quickly but Leah believes she knows what’s going on. She asks Roo if she thinks Zac will do something with Charlotte. Roo is adamant that he won’t. He loves Leah and that won’t change overnight.

Later that night, Matt decides it’s time to talk to Maddy. He realises he’s been a bit of a tool lately and apologises. Maddy waits for an explanation but Matt gives her nothing. Maddy doesn’t know what’s going on but says that just because they live together doesn’t mean they have to be friends. Maddy heads to bed and Matt’s left wondering if he’s stuffed things for good.

At Charlotte’s apartment, Hunter, Zac and Charlotte are finishing dinner. Hunter apologises for telling Leah about him staying here but Zac says it’s fine. Hunter heads off to bed and Charlotte asks how Zac is. He thinks after seeing Leah’s reaction, it probably was a bad idea to stay here. Charlotte says he had nowhere to go but Zac knows there would have been other options if he keep looking. When Charlotte asks why he didn’t keep looking, Zac admits that having her and Hunter here… it’s nice. Zac smiles and Charlotte takes it as a moment. She looks at him then leans in to kiss him. Zac pulls back – what is she doing?!