Episode 5054

Extended Summary

Elijah has taken VJ and Leah on a road trip, which is all about giving them some closure over Vinnie’s death. After camping out for the night, they drive on to the graveyard the next day. VJ has become withdrawn as the reality of where they are heading seems to hit him. Elijah recounts to him a funny story from his past when he went fishing with his father. However the story is tinged with sadness when Elijah reveals his father had a heart attack and died a few hours later. He says that his memory of that day was the laughter, and holding onto the good memories is what is needed. Finally there, VJ, who was so keen to do the trip, falters. Leah doesn’t find it easy either, but Elijah finds the right words to get them to Vinnie’s grave. Once there they see that Vinnie was buried under his real name, and that both Leah and VJ are mentioned as always being in his heart. Leah breaks down and Elijah leaves her and VJ alone to grieve.

When it’s all over Leah is pleased to have made the trip. A day hasn’t passed when she hasn’t thought about Vinnie, but now she’s seen where he’s been laid to rest she feels it’s time to move on. Some hours later, when at a rest stop, not too far from home, first VJ and later Leah thank Elijah for deciding on the trip and both hug him tight. While it’s a final, and belated farewell, for Vinnie, the future beckons for this trio.

Charlie has arranged to take Aden and Justin back to the crash site, in an effort to work out exactly what happened and the boys both have a sleepless night beforehand, worried sick that the cops may find Larry’s grave while they’re there. Every minute at the crash site is torture for Aden and his brother and they are alarmed when Charlie decides to do a quick sweep of the nearby bush. Aden invites himself along, and, just when it seems Charlie will discover Larry’s grave, Aden manages to divert her attention.

Being alone with Aden, Charlie exhorts him to tell her anything he knows about what happened. She tells him she knows that Justin isn’t telling the truth and she insists she will get to the bottom of this matter. Aden’s adamant that he knows nothing, and Charlie seems momentarily satisfied. But when they rejoin Justin it’s very clear to Aden that something has happened to his brother as he’s quiet and clearly on edge. Aden calls Justin on what’s wrong when they are finally alone together at home, and Justin comes clean. He had some flashbacks while he was out at the crash site and he reveals that he killed their dad, Larry.

Nicole called Britt on passing off Nicole’s designs as her own, when she sold her collection to a department store, and Britt threatened her with legal action, claiming that the work she did on Nicole’s original designs made them new designs. Nicole is given pause and wonders if in fact Britt’s right. She checks some legal sites on the internet, and also with Morag, and begins to realise that copyright law is a grey area. But Aden, Justin and Romeo pressure her not to let the matter rest. They all think that Britt’s ripped Nicole off. Nicole decides not to bring in the lawyers, but to handle the problem herself. She finally decides to talk to her classmates about it and they come up with a unique solution. They walk out on Britt’s class en masse and Britt is left will little option but to quit.

Romeo has promised to take Annie on a dinner date that she’ll remember forever. So she’s surprised when he suggests they meet up at the theatre. When she arrives the place is in darkness apart from a row of candles and she’s thrown, but then Romeo appears and gives her a costume bag and tells her to get changed. That marks the beginning of a memorable and romantic evening.