Holly believes her nightmares are a premonition of something bad happening to Gordon. Edwina comforts Frannie who is humiliated after her misunderstanding with Dave. Edwina is frustrated by Zac not having time for her due to working so many jobs. The pair find some time to be together when Edwina accompanies Zac on a delivery. Coral is struggling to find both a new job and place to live as she and Belinda both say their goodbyes to friends. Marty returns from the farm to surprise Belinda.

Marty and Belinda face the prospect of a long-distance relationship. Coral is brought to tears by Maurie's glowing letter of reference. When Lisa is diagnosed with Mumps, Dean goes on a hygiene frenzy but Neville is the one who gets sick. Hopper ends his friendship with Daniel and informs him of Coral's plans to leave town. Belinda changes her mind about leaving Echo Point. Holly tells Marty about his mother's final moments. Daniel threatens to take Coral to court if she takes Belinda away from him. Rae interprets Holly's nightmares as her fear of getting married.

Dave warns Hopper of Shelley's clingy tendencies which Hopper experiences for himself when she tries inserting herself into his movie night. Daniel confesses to Coral he's mishandled things with Belinda and asks her to keep him informed about Belinda's life. Belinda tells Daniel she doesn't want his bursary, his necklace, or anything else to do with him. Daniel contacts his private investigator to see that his name is cleared as soon as possible in connection to his parents' murders so he can claim his daughter. Belinda returns to school and Daniel re-awards the bursary to Marty. Shelley is furious with Dave for warning Hopper off her. Belinda wants her mother to ask Hopper to Holly and Gordon's wedding but she is adamant they won't be getting back together. Shelley worms her way back into Hopper's good books with an apology. Unable to cope with the pressure, Dean decides to leave school.

Convinced Narelle is dating other men because her personal ad is still running, Darcy becomes jealous as Narelle's secretive behaviour continues. Dean figures he's doing his parents' finances a favour by dropping out. Neville wants to force him back to school but Trish thinks giving him a taste of working and managing his own affairs will change his mind. Dean deftly sidesteps his first bit of adversity by hiring Hopper's car to make his deliveries only for his mother to tell Hopper not to help him out. Shelley uses swimming lessons as an excuse to spend time with Hopper. Edwina surprises Zac by putting a deposit on a flat without telling him.

Holly continues to be plagued by her doubts about the wedding. Narelle tells Darcy the handsome young man he saw her with is giving her singing lessons. Dave warns Zac about taking caffeine tablets to get through his long work day. Zac agrees to move into the flat Edwina found. Gordon asks Darcy to be his Best Man. Narelle invites Darcy to go on a three month road trip with her. Zac's lack of sleep catches up with him and he crashes the delivery truck.

Dean sets his sights on the prettiest girl in school for the Formal. Coral cancels her dinner plans with Daniel when Belinda doesn't return home. Belinda and Frannie convince the boys to let them out of the car only to find themselves dumped in the middle of nowhere. Facing a long walk home in the dark, Frannie quickly tires of Belinda's constant whinging about Daniel Blake. A phone call brings Hopper to the rescue but Belinda is upset when she finally gets home and finds her mother chatting with Daniel. Edwina and Zac have a frank discussion about their future.

Dean clocks up an enormous tab at the Shed while attempting to woo Amanda only to lose her to another guy. When Shelley refuses to move out of Dave's flat, he calls on Hopper to help him move out instead. Neville admits to Trish he used the money meant for Daniel's loan repayment to pay for their trip. Neville proposes hosting a talent quest at the Shed to bring in some money and makes it clear he expects Dean and Frannie to participate. Forced to go to Daniel's for dinner with her mother, Belinda decides to play the role of the sulking teen. Shelley attacks Frannie when she stops by hoping to see Dave.

Belinda is upset at being the last to know about Edwina's pregnancy. Zac invites Dave to stay at his place, expecting to be moving out with Edwina soon. Needing someone to talk to, Edwina confides in Coral about her pregnancy. Frannie shuns Shelley's offer of being friends and asks Shelley to leave her and Dave alone. Daniel gifts Belinda his mother's antique writing box as the ice between them begins to melt. Dean asks Belinda to the school Formal. Maurie is surprised when Angela Tilbury, a woman he hasn't seen since she left him at the alter 25 years earlier, comes into the bakery. Coral pushes Maurie to ask for an explanation and Angela tells him she didn't want him to learn her father was in prison. Shelley gets her job at the garden centre back. A tearful Edwina asks her father to made an appointment for a termination.

Dean asks Marty if he's okay with him taking Belinda to the Formal and Marty insists he is. Zac smashes up the garden centre when Edwina tells him of her decision to end her pregnancy. Daniel hires a limo to take Belinda and Dean to the Formal. Zac vows to stop Edwina. Marty skips the Formal to drink by himself in a park. Coral and Daniel's relationship moves onto a more intimate level.

The police pick up an intoxicated Marty and take him home. Zac looks into his legal options for stopping Edwina. Shelley suggests Marty go back to the farm to sort himself out. His father comes to collect him and expresses his regret for not keeping the kids on the farm after their mother's death. Frannie drags Edwina to the talent quest to get her mind off things. Father Patrick, who runs a local youth refuge, tries to interest Trish in having the Shed participate in an employment scheme. Lisa is upset after her epic-ly long poem is cut short. Zac is furious after learning Edwina is still modelling and confronts her at the talent quest believing that is the reason she doesn't want to keep their baby.