Next week on Home and Away in the UK, Xander looks set for romance after Dana sets him up on a date with Harper, while the Surf Club’s mystery donor reveals their identity.
Fresh off the success of the ‘Salt by the Sea’ fundraiser, and with house band Lyrik still out of action, Xander (Luke Van Os) steps up to Felicity’s (Jacqui Purvis) request for more events by putting on the restaurant’s inaugural romance night. But will the newly appointed events manager unexpectedly find romance himself?
Having finally found a sense of closure on her marriage to Tane (Ethan Browne), Flick called a Salt staff meeting last week to assure the workers that she was back and 100% focused on the business. And first on the agenda was tasking Xander with organizing their next big event.
Flick wasn’t blown away by Xander’s initial suggestions of a trivia night or board games night, explaining that she wanted to attract young professionals, but after floating some ideas around with Dana (Ally Harris), the pair presented their suggestion of a sizzling romance night to Mackenzie (Emily Weir).
Next week, preparations are underway for ‘Moonlight at Salt’, and Dana is keen to get sister Harper (Jessica Redmayne) involved, so far as offering her up to Xander as a potential date without her knowledge!
Harper has been feeling particularly lonely of late, after making the mistake of looking at her ex-fiance’s socials and learning that he’d had a child with his new partner.
Harper had ended up dumping Tom on their wedding day, leaving him standing at the altar, at a time when Dana was heading off the rails and he forced her to choose between him or her sister.
As a result, Dana feels it’s down to her to make up for Harper’s sacrifice by fixing up her sister with someone new, but Xander isn’t keen, telling Dana that he hardly knows Harper.
Xander has a change of heart however, and he turns up at the Beach House that evening to ask Harper to join him at Salt, much to her confusion!
All eyes fall on Dana, who’s quick to drag Harper into her bedroom to find something to wear. Harper is adamant that she isn’t going to be set up on a ‘blind date’, let alone be someone’s pity date.
Only a few feet away in the living room, Xander can hear every word as Dana points out that he and Harper would be each other’s pity dates.
Eventually Harper is convinced to give the evening a go, and as the two take a seat at Salt, they acknowledge that it feels weird.
Meanwhile, looking forward to spending some quality time with Rose (Kirsty Marillier), Mali (Kyle Shilling) has bought tickets for the evening, but is disappointed when the newly promoted Senior Constable tells him that she has to work.
Mali heads along to Salt anyway, but soon finds himself missing Rose, telling Xander that it almost feels like he’s single again at the moment.
