Episode 6275

Extended Summary

Charlotte’s terrified that Andy will say something to Ash about starting the fire. She manages to find him at the beach and asks him if he’s said anything – he hasn’t. Is he going to? He hasn’t yet decided. She tries to plead her case, telling him he would do the same if it were Josh, but it doesn’t make a difference and he leaves to visit Ash, leaving Charlotte just as worried as she was before.

Ash is doing well and is due to be heading home that day. Andy asks him if he’s spoken to Billie lately, and Ash says she’s going well with her burns but is getting nervous about her court date. Andy acts weird and shakes it off when Ash asks him if something’s up, but Ash has a feeling that something is going on.

Andy bumps into Phoebe at the beach and says she must be stoked that Ash is finally coming out of hospital – but Phoebe had no idea. She rushes to the hospital and confronts Ash on why he didn’t say anything – and Andy confesses he’s angry that she would prefer Kyle to be the father of her baby. However, Phonebe is adamant that Ash lets her take him to her place to look after him.

She takes him home, and they talk – she knows that Ash doesn’t really want the baby, and he confesses he’s never even thought about being a dad. She explains that this is one of the reasons; Kyle has always wanted kids, so it makes more sense, but it doesn’t mean she loves Ash any less. They both feel better having been honest with each other.

When Phoebe pops out to get some food, she bumps into Kyle, and tells him that Ash is out of hospital. Kyle asks if he can come to the next Obstetrician appointment and is annoyed when Phoebe says that she’d rather Ash go to the next one. He sas he feels pushed out, leaving Phoebe sick of having to keep two guys happy. When Ash overhears Phoebe telling Hannah what happened and pipes up, she decides it’s time for the three of them to sit down and talk it out!

When the three of them are together, Phoebe tells them she’s sick of feeling like a rope in the middle of a tug of war, and that they need some ground rules. However, it soon turns into an argument as Kyle wants to know if this is all about him coming to appointments – Ash says that it isn’t a given that he can come, and things kick off. Kyle claims he wants shared custody and wants to talk living arrangements! However, in the midst of the argument, Phoebe stops and gasps for breath – she grabs her stomach in pain – what’s wrong?!

Thankfully, a checkup reveals that Phoebe and the baby are both fine – but the sonographer warns her that she needs to keep her stress levels down during her pregnancy. This leaves all three much more aware of their silly actions, and the boys fuss over Phoebe. When the two boys are alone, they apologise to each other and agree they need to find a way to deal with the situation. Phoebe comes back out – she’s had a message saying that they’ve got the paternity tests in early and they can find out who the father is tomorrow!

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At Charlotte’s house, Hunter returns after his run in with Zac, and looks at a box of of photos of him and his grandfather, sad that it doesn’t seem like he has much of a family any more.

Later, Andy finds Hunter at the beach. Hunter is calmer now, but thinks Zac is abandoning him. Andy tries to tell him it’s not like that, and tells him he grew up without a father as well, causing him to do some stupid things, but he later found out that being angry causes more trouble than it’s worth. He tries to convince Hunter to get past it. Later, he tells Charlotte that he’s decided to keep quiet about Hunter starting the fire, and tells Charlotte he’s done some stupid things himself in the past and had people to protect him – so he’s doing the same for Hunter. But he warns Charlotte to keep an eye on him!

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Chris and Hannah are smitten with each other, playfully discussing their new relationship. They joke that they’ve even deleted their Smouldr accounts. They seem happy, but when Marilyn and John arrive, Hannah quickly covers and says she’s just helping Chris unpack stock. Later, Chris asks her why she’s hiding things, and Hannah admits she isn’t sure if she’s ready for a full on relationship considering all the stuff with Andy. However, Chris doesn’t want to sneak around and just wants to go for it, without caring what other people think!

Later, Hannah apologises to Chris about the way she acted – but Chris says that maybe they should call the whole thing off, as she’s clearly embarrassed to be with him. Hannah says that’s not the case, she just needs to get used to the two of them – but Chris doesn’t want to be an embarrassing secret! Marilyn witnesses the whole interaction, and later drags Chris down to the beach – to find Hannah, who has written ‘Hannah 4 Chris’ in the sand. She yells to everyone on the beach that Chris is her boyfriend! Things are finally official.