The following week on Home and Away in the UK, Ziggy trips and falls following a contentious discussion over baby names, and Theo and Kirby’s disagreement concludes with a declaration of love.
Theo (Matt Evans) comes perilously close to failing another TAFE project next week as a result of his multiple commitments.
Theo reassures girlfriend Kirby (Angelina Thomson) that he has everything under control when she reminds him of his assignment deadline, but he becomes diverted when John (Shane Withington) asks him to play in a charity golf event that Marilyn (Emily Symons) is organising.
Marilyn and Roo (Georgie Parker) and Irene (Lynne McGranger) discuss a few options after deciding to try to raise $40,000 to purchase a new food truck for the city shelter they have been volunteering for. They ultimately decide on the golf tournament.
Theo’s expertise is immediately in demand when Marilyn asks him to return to the house so she can quiz him on the sport. When John learns of Theo’s six handicap, he quickly recruits him for his team. Despite the fact that he ought to be studying, Theo is more than willing to assist.
When Theo later looks at his calendar to try to fit in John’s golf practise after leaving a band meeting early, he is startled to discover that the project is actually due the very following day—he thought he had another week!
Theo (Sophie Dillman), who is in need, phones Ziggy from the garage and, happily, she agrees to stand in for him.
Theo is stressed out and certain that he will fail when Kirby arrives with snacks as support after learning about his situation from John.
Theo yells at Kirby to get off his back, and Kirby can’t help but point out that she’s been telling him to start on it for ages.
He quickly realises his error as Kirby storms out, furious that he’s venting his aggravation on her. Ziggy comes just in time to witness Kirby drive off as Theo calling to her.
When Theo tells Ziggy what’s happened, she reprimands him but then reminds him of her vow to support him as a mentor, and the two of them go to work.
Later, when Dean (Patrick O’Connor) drops over with pizza, he isn’t really pleased to hear that Ziggy and Theo have plans to stay up all night. Dean decides to stay as well, dozing on the chair as the two work through the night out of concern for his pregnant girlfriend.
A exhausted Theo makes plans to meet Kirby at the diner while Dean drives Ziggy home after submitting the assignment at the last minute the following morning.
Theo realises he has a lot of apologising to do after Leah (Ada Nicodemou) comments that Kirby appeared to be quite depressed the previous evening. The opportunity arises as soon as Kirby enters the room.
Kirby reprimands Theo as she emphasises how anxious she was after learning that Theo didn’t return home the previous night and after hearing nothing from him for so long.
Back at the house, Kirby remarks that Theo’s behaviour, which involves putting things off and then blaming it on her, makes her think of Bob.
They both realise what Theo just said as he blurts out that you should never do that to someone you love. Theo can only apologise.
Theo acknowledges that he is in love with her, prompting Kirby to inquire whether he is just saying that to win her back. Does Kirby share his feelings?
Back at the farmhouse, Dean and Ziggy are about to run into a roadblock of their own when the topic of baby names is brought up.
They can’t keep calling their child “the grommet” forever, says Mackenzie (Emily Weir), who also kindly adds that Mac Jr. would be a really good name. After all, Jai (River Jarvis) was given that name by his uncle.
Ziggy likes Dean’s idea of Zoe and remarks on how effortlessly “Zoe Astoni” is spoken.
You must mean Zoe Thompson, right? Dean chuckles.
“Zoe Astoni, not Zoe,” Ziggy responds in a grave manner.
To Dean’s dismay, Ziggy continues to express her opinion that babies taking their father’s surname is an antiquated custom, angry that Dean would make such an assumption.
When Dean’s compromise idea—a hyphenated surname—is similarly rejected, he talks to Mac, who doesn’t understand the fuss because they are half-siblings with different surnames.
However, it is soon apparent why Dean is upset.
Dean explains to Ziggy that while he was growing up in Mangrove River, the absence of a child’s father’s last name could only imply one thing: the child’s father was an absentee deadbeat. He asks if she’ll listen to him out.
Jai, who shares his mother Amber’s (Maddy Jevic) last name, was unknown to him until a few years ago, so it already pains him that people would assume he purposefully avoided his son’s life until this point.
The kid will be given the name Thompson after Ziggy eventually concedes that she didn’t think of it that way, but only if she gets to pick a less common first name.
When the baby begins to kick vigorously, it is interpreted as a sign that the mother and child are happy, and when Mac can’t help but touch Ziggy’s belly, she quickly agrees that there is certainly a Thompson inside!
However, as a result of an event that puts their baby’s life in risk, names will soon be the least of their concerns.
The following day, as the two are walking away from Salt, Ziggy pauses to add another name to the list of potential baby names. She stumbles as she turns to continue going, misses the last few steps, and falls on the Surf Club floor.
Ziggy holds her stomach in agony as Dean rushes to her aid, horrified.
Will the child of Ziggy and Dean be alright?
