Leaving the nest - by Christopher D. Hawkshaw
25/07/07

Rose's friend Kim crashes a dirt bike

Stevie and Rose go for a horse ride. Alex is still in Argentina and Stevie's looking forward to spending more time with Rose but she's invited her friend Kim who she plays netball with to come and stay for a few days.

Rose tells Stevie she wants to defer going to Uni for a year and travel the world with Kim.

When Kim arrives, Stevie's surprised to see he's a she!

When Moira drops the washing, one of Roses bras falls out of the basket. Kim makes everyone awkward when he says he recognises it!

Stevie isn't so keen about Kim crashing on Rose's bedroom floor (even though Rose says they're just mates), so he's going to stay in the cottage's spare room.

Stevie worries about Rose going overseas with Kim.

Rose and Kim head off to Ramsey's bluff. Rose continues to insist she's not an item with Kim.

Kim sees some dirt bikes and wants to give it a shot. He dares her to jump on the back. They go for a hoon around the farm together, laughing.

Rose gets off to open a fence and Kim goes speeding off, then flies off the bike! He's lucky but the bike isn't in such good shape. They decide to hide the bike until Tayler can fix it.

Stevie comes in and discovers the bike, she's not impressed and tells Rose that she can't go on her trip.

Stevie tells Kate it's just one crisis after another with Rose.

Tayler thinks Kim is cute. Rose says nothing is going on with Kim (again).

Later, Rose and Stevie apologise to each other. Rose wants to go overseas to learn about life still. Stevie makes her promise she's not throwing away Uni for good then tells her she still can have the money for the trip.

Rose has a spiked drink

Rose, Kim and Tayler head off to a party together. At the party, Rose bumps into Ross who tries giving her some E. She declines but another guy spikes a drink with drugs! Rose discovers Kim making out with a blonde girl named Justine on the couch. Upset, she bumps into Ross with the spiked drink who promises it's alcohol-free punch (not). Ross takes a drugged Rose to his car. Tayler comes to her rescue, punching out Ross in the process.

Rose wakes up in hospital to learn her drink was spiked by Ross. She's freaked out about telling her mum about what happened.

When Kim returns the next day, Rose is unimpressed and says the trip is off. She tells him it's time to go.

Rose finally tells a naturally worried Stevie about the spiked drink. Stevie invites her to stay the summer at Drovers but she wants to start living her own life and do the trip by herself.

Grace isn't bonding with her new horse

Grace checks out her new horse with Riley. She hasn't got a name for it yet because she's just not getting on with him.

Riley tells Grace there's nothing wrong with her horse, that the horse is perfect for her, if she gives him a chance.

Finally, Grace calls her horse "Crackers".

Ashleigh wants her money paid back

Grace is given a loan replacement schedule by Ashleigh. She tells Kate about the loan, who isn't impressed she went to Ashleigh for money.

When Stevie is doing the accounts, she can't understand why Grace paid lots of the bills with cash. Kate distracts her from looking into it too closely.

Kate and Grace exhaustedly shear the sheep together all through the night and into the morning to pay back Ashleigh. Kate encourages Grace to tell Stevie about the loan. Grace just wants to do something right, for once.

Ashleigh turns up with beers, and overhears Kate and Grace talking about her. Oops. She takes off in her fancy car.

The baby alpaca needs weening

The girls check out the alpacas which are losing weight in the drought. They need to ween the baby. Later, the baby is found tangled up in the fence. That night, Stevie sees how much the baby is missing its mum and says it's not easy letting go, referring to her own situation just as much. The alpaca has found its way through a fence to be back with the mother. They have to fix the fence.

Rose falls off a windmill

Rose climbs up the windmill to fit something and her travel itinery flies out of her hand. She reaches out for it and falls a long way down to the ground!

Stevie comes back to discover an unconscious Rose. She sends Banjo back to Grace and Kate who are looking at using weeds to help bring back the waterlands.

Rose can't move her legs and is put into an ambulance.

At hospital, the doctors tell an upset Stevie that Rose has swelling around the spine and they don't know if she will walk again.