UK Air Date: 20th February 2008
Cat No: HAW5-683
Cassie makes a deadly mistake. Is it over again for Ric and Matilda? Drew sells alcohol to a minor.
Extended Summary
Devastated after learning the truth about Ric and Viv, Matilda finds her boyfriend and has it out with him in front of a group of schoolies, including Aden and his cousin, Simon. Ric blames Cassie, and when she goes to comfort her friend, so does Matilda. As far as she’s concerned, Cassie has betrayed her by not telling her the truth.
Drew takes an extra shift at the Surf Club to help pay for Belle’s broken camera lens, and when an underage Simon offers to pay extra for some alcohol in exchange for Drew overlooking his fake idea, it’s an offer too good to refuse…
Things only get worse when Viv comes to apologise to Ric, and Matilda sees them together. When Aden and Simon invite Matilda to their party she decides to go out of spite. When Cassie finds out she insists that Drew drive her to the party, but once he has, he rushes back to work, leaving them without a way back.
While Ric drowns his grief in alcohol, Matilda’s feeling rotten, the party is awful, the designated driver is drunk and when it seems it can’t get any worse, she’s tossed into the water. Cassie’s had one drink, and doesn’t want to drive, but Matilda pulls the guilt strings, Cassie owes her after lying about Ric and Viv, and Cassie agrees, against her better judgement. But when the boys in the back start passing round a joint and getting rowdy she loses control of the car.