UK Air Date: 1st August 2008
Writer: Sarah Walker
Director: Peter Phelps
Cat No: HAW5-796
Ruby enrols at Summer Bay High. Will Axel lead Jai astray? Roman and Charlie are hotting up!
Extended Summary
Ruby tells a dismayed Ross the truth about quitting school. She didn’t quit of her own accord; she was asked to leave and not come back after she got busted kissing Pat, who at the time was the school maintenance man. As Charlie is blaming Ross for all the problems with Ruby, Ross is trying to decide what to do, Morag turns up at the Surf Club. Ruby spots her and wraps her in a bear hug telling her how wonderful it is to finally meet her.
Charlie, still feeling that Ross has somehow betrayed her mother by seeing Morag, storms off, disgusted that her sister would welcome his new woman in such a way. This gets Ruby thinking, if Charlie is still so angry with Ross, maybe she needs Ruby to stick around and help sort things out between them. She starts to plan her future in Summer Bay with Pat and decides to head to Summer Bay High to enrol.
Miles is concerned about Jai’s lack of friends in school but is even more concerned when he finds out Jai does in fact have a new mate at school – Axel. But Miles ends up embarrassed when his attempts to guide Jai away from what he describes as a troubled kid, are overheard by Axel himself.
Nicole asks Roman to put together a hamper that she can deliver to Aden as a peace offering. Even though Roman has been busy because business is already booming in the new and improved Diner even though it has only just opened, he gets the hamper together. Nicole’s good deed ends in disaster when she is pulled over by Charlie on the way to deliver it. A registration check reveals that she has been driving unsupervised on her Learner’s permit and Charlie takes her straight to the diner to tell Roman. Nicole can’t believe it when Roman doesn’t support her and accuses him of taking sides with Charlie.
Later, Charlie asks Roman if he would like to have a drink with her and they meet at the Surf Club after work. The pair get along famously and end up back at Roman’s place locked in a very passionate embrace. When Charlie crawls out of Roman’s bed later that night to leave she glances at the bedside table and spots the DNA testing kit Roman and Martha are using to find out who the baby’s father is. Looking puzzled, she creeps out of the house.
Little does she know that a very shocked Nicole saw her leaving. So, that’s why Roman took Charlie’s side!