Nick Smith
Nick, Hayley and Will's little beloved brother, originally hit the
Bay for the very first time back in 1999 as he tried to escape from
a motor biker drug dealer he owed money! Nick also looked a tad different
then and his foster-father was played by Irene's millionaire flame Anthony
being annoying since there were only some months in-between those two
completely different roles. But back to Nick. There was an agreement
that Nick should rather live at his foster parents' home than at Irene's
thus we didn't see Nick for white a long while til mid 2000 where a
change of plans took place and Nick was the missing link to reunite
the "Smith-clan" apart from his mentally ill mother of course.
Speaking of whom, Nick let Irene know right from the very start that
she'd never replace his mother or be sort of surrogate for her and adamantly
caused one stir after another! After Hayley had told him about Irene's
stuffed up past as for the upbringing of her own kids, things even went
from bad to worse!
Nick found himself an ally in local rascal Duncan Stewart after being
chased out of the Surf Club for being rude with Alf. Nick thought that
Alf was nought more than an old fat Nazi pig who was supposed to be
taught a lesson for pushing people around and thus talked Duncan into
nicking the Surf Club's keys in order to rip the Surf Club into pieces.
Nick even trashed the front door to make it look like a burglary. But
aunty Celia caught collaborating Duncan just as he wanted to let himself
into the house quietly, as if nothing ever had happened. It turned out
that someone must have got hold of the police hence the police couldn't
be fooled and aunt Celia put two and two together and also interpreted
the guilty faces of Duncan and Nick "David" in a very accurate
way. Celia who made him promise to steer clear of this local delinquent
for good busted Duncan. But Duncan was reluctant to remember the promise
he made and sneaked over to this tearaway's place. Being deprived of
money Nick was adamant of getting some by vandalising the local phone
box but both were observed by Summer Bay's local bad-mouthing gossip
Colleen dropping hints to Celia handing out an ultimatum to Duncan by
making him and Nick confess otherwise they'd get busted big time.
On this very afternoon Nick was supposed to witness Ken's proposal
celebration but managed to spoil it for the entire family by hurling
his glass and then taking of just as Alf wanted to fill Ken into his
son's mischievous deeds. At the very same time aunty Celia was hit by
a minor rock and it sprang to her mind that young Nick had to be the
culprit!
Furthermore Nick's mixture in the "housewife" - cup made
Irene shudder big time!
But the big mini-cliff-hanger was if it really had been Nick spicing
up Irene's cuppa or maybe not and the enlightenment on it was never
given. As for aunty Celia and Nick's cantankerous behaviour, Duncan
lost control and the both of them had a rather violent blue down the
beach observed by standing-by and chuckling flamin' old Alfred.
Nick's very first school day was characterised by a non-event since
he preferred not to turn up but as soon as Irene learnt about this impudent
deed she jumped into her car to relocate this spoilt tearaway finding
him on the front-seat of a no-hoper's car right in the middle of nowhere.
When learning that Irene had almost had a major "accident"
because she had been nearly hit by a accelerating unidentified car Nick
realised on the spot that something was suss and left without notice
to shadow Irene's by sneaking around. On the quest for Nick Ken found
out, by visiting Nick's former foster mother that a weird kind of woman
had kept seeing Nick for a while and suddenly he realised that the person
in question was this nutcase of ex-wife trying to get rid of Irene.
Ken tried to reach her but too late since Irene's lounge wall had been
greased and she'd already freaked big time. Irene tried to threat Nick's
zany mother with this very fragile looking bat but the whole thing backfired
as Irene turned off the shower's tap and this mummy got hold of this
ridiculous weapon to bash up Irene big time but Nick turned up in the
last tick to protect Irene from his own mother. He defended Irene big
time by telling his mum that she needed professional help but Nick's
mum only told him that Irene had achieved what she had been longing
for namely a profound brainwash of him.
Nick didn't seem to be too shattered by this most unpleasant incident
- maybe a self-protective camouflage of his - and carried on pestering
Alf and Duncan. After chucking a tantrum at the Surf Club, Alf banned
him from this place vexing Ken who was supposed to take care of Alf's
wrecked boat engine. But Nick and Duncan came to terms after quarrelling
about the simplicity of casting the rod down at the wharf since Duncan
was so understanding about Nick's incompetence to do it right. Duncan
also let Nick know that he had been clumsier the first time HE did it
and the both of them became really good cobbers for the time being.
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