Episode 6309

Extended Summary

Nate and Kat return to find Phoebe arranging some flowers which came for Kat. When she reads out the sender as ‘Dylan Carter’ Kat freezes, then explains he’s her abusive ex-boyfriend. Phoebe heads out, taking the flowers to throw away. Kat thanks Nate for being so supportive over the last few trying days. As they embrace, Nate struggles with the guilt of knowing he doesn’t want to stay with Kat.

Matt bumps into Charlotte on his way in to the diner. He tries to suggest they get together but Charlotte’s evasive and leaves saying she’ll call him. Inside the diner Marilyn and John are discussing the vow renewal while a distracted Chris delivers them their food the wrong way around. Marilyn picks up on his downbeat mood but as he starts to confide in them he talks himself out of it, saying that he says he loves lots of things, mostly trying to convince himself.

At the hospital Andy approaches Hannah who’s trying to decipher an odd text message full of emoticons. Hannah tells Andy that she’s impressed with how he’s dealing with everything. After trying unsuccessfully to persuade Andy to go home, Hannah goes to get him some breakfast and their old familiarity creeps in fondly.

Nate tries to persuade Kat not to go straight back to work but she insists she’s fine. She asks if he’ll see Ricky today and for a moment Nate is struck with guilt, but Kat just wants Nate to thank Ricky for sending her a sweet message. Nate goes to see Ricky and she asks how Kat is. Nate thinks she’s asking whether he’s told her about them yet but Ricky’s just concerned about how Kat’s coping.

Kat goes to the hospital and Andy bites her head off, asking why they haven’t caught Tank yet. Kat hurriedly leaves, only just keeping her emotions in check. Ricky finds a tearful Kat sitting staring out at the waves. Kat starts to talk about her brother and Ricky lets her, trying to be there for her. Ash watches them, and checks his emails. There’s one from Brax ‘Do nothing. She deserves to be happy’.

John goes to get coffee from a less than stable Chris. John tells him to go and fight for Hannah. Chris takes this advice to heart and sets up a romantic lunch at the hospital. Hannah is horrified and tells Chris to go, leaving him feeling like he can’t do anything right. Later on Hannah apologises to Andy for Chris’ insensitive behaviour but Andy shrugs it off, saying it was funny. Hannah ends up telling him what happened with Chris saying the L word and Kyle comes back to see them talking warmly. As they sit together at the hospital Kyle distracts Andy by asking about him and Hannah. Andy denies that there’s anything going on.

On edge, Charlotte arrives home, looking for a place to put the bag of money demanded by Trystan. She’s startled by Matt appearing from the bedroom and quickly hides the money in a cupboard. Matt’s oblivious, and moves close to her. Charlotte hesitates, then kisses him, welcoming the distraction.

Ash is working when Ricky arrives for her shift, they’re both a little cautious of each other. Ash tells her that she should go for it with Nate, which is a big surprise. Tension broken, things start to get back to normal between them.

Nate goes to see an emotional Kat, having received a message from her. She tells him that he was right, she shouldn’t have gone back to work so soon but that she talked to Ricky and has realised that life is short. She wants them to move in together. Nate’s stunned, what will he say?

In the diner Chris takes out his frustration on John, saying he should never have taken his advice. As John defends himself Hannah walks up behind Chris and asks to talk. She apologises for the way that she reacted to him saying he loves her. They kiss and make up, things are back on track.

Matt emerges from Charlotte’s bedroom and sees the bag of money while looking for something to eat. Charlotte snatches it away from him and confesses that she’s being blackmailed. Matt tries to help, but Charlotte persuades him that she’s handling it. Later Charlotte waits for Trystan in her car. He gets in and checks the money. Charlotte thinks they’re done but Trystan has other ideas, saying he owns her now. As he leaves, Charlotte realises that she’s still as trapped as ever…

Nate rocks up at Angelo’s to tell Ricky that Kat wants him to move in with her. Ricky’s shocked but is hesitant and worried about Kat when Nate says he has to break up with Kat. Nate is set though, he sees no alternative. Nate goes to see Kat and when he tells her he can’t move in with her, that they need to talk. Kat asks if it’s Ricky and he just simply says yes…