Summary: Lucy Holden moved to the Bay almost 7 years ago. Despite all the dramas that has gone on in the teenagers life since then, Lucy still didn't expect her whole world to be turned upside down by the arrival of one Casey Braxton. Can Lucy move on from her last broken relationship to find new love with the young River Boy?
Disclaimer: I do not own Home and Away or any other known public figures, songs etc. The only things I own are Lucy & Katie Holden.
Prequel
Lucy Holden was 11 years old when she moved to Summer Bay in August 2005 with dad, Tony, and older brothers Lucas, 16, and Jack, 24. She quickly became friends with her next door neighbor Mattie Hunter and her friends Cassie Turner and Ric Dalby, even though they were generally older than she was. Lucy quickly developed a crush on Ric, who was oblivious to it. One day, by the surf club, Lucy found a bloody knife. This was shortly after the Summer Bay Stalker attack on Zoe (BTW, I don't know when the whole Summer Bay Stalker story line was in 2005, but just go with it). Lucy celebrated her 12th Birthday in the bay in October, and shortly after, while walking home from the diner, Lucy was attacked by the Summer Bay Stalker and left for dead along the road. She was soon found by Kim Hyde and wash rushed to the hospital. She had a concussion, laceration to the head and a few broken ribs. The Summer Bay Stalker was later revealed to be Zoe, or Eve, which was her real name.
Because of Project 56, The Holden's and Hunter's homes were at risk of being demolished in order to build a bridge through the bay. Tony and Beth, who had began seeing each other thought it would be a good idea to move in together. Tony, Lucas and Lucy moved into the Hunter, while Jack stayed in the original house. Lucy eventually got over her crush on Ric, by dating a Year 9 boy, Riley Thomas. Tony was furious when he found out, with Lucy only starting Year 7. He forces Lucy and Riley to break up, and they seemingly do. But, continue to see each other in secret. One night, Lucy sneaks out to meet Riley at the beach. Riley already angry about something that had went on at home, was even more angry when Lucy turned up later than he planned. She explained that she had to wait a while before sneaking out, but he got even more angry and they began arguing. Riley lashes out and hits Lucy. Jack, who was on patrol, witnesses this and rescues his sister. Lucy then breaks up with Riley for good.
Soon after Jack went on to marry Martha Mackenzie. Their reception was interrupted twice, once by Martha's adopted brother Macca, who had been abusing Cassie turns up. Then soon after Eve turns up with the local Detective held at knife point. She turns on the gas, and when Mattie comes in with a candle lit cake, the place explodes. Lucy suffers burns on the back of her left shoulder and was treated in Yabbie Creek with most of the other burns victims. Lucy later is one of the burns victims to be transported to the city to meet with a plastic surgeon, when the Helicopter crashes in the middle of the bush. Lucy, along with Martha, Robbie, Kit, Kim, Belle and the pilot, spend a couple of weeks stranded in the bush, as a search and rescue mission being called off by lack of funds. The group are presumed dead, but on a final attempt by the rescuers they are found. Lucy, along with the others, was taken to Yabbie Creek Hospital and was suffering from Severe Exhaustion and Dehydration. All of the victims survive.
Shortly after, Beth decides to go and visit the world for a couple of months, leaving daughters Mattie and Kit with Tony, Lucas and Lucy. Lucy celebrates her 13th Birthday on the beach with some friends, where she meets 15-year old Asher Brennan. Tony, upset with Lucy dating yet another older boy, soon finds out that Asher is a nice guy and agrees to let Lucy see him under conditions. When Kit goes into Labor, Lucy goes with Mattie, Ric, Asher and Lucas to the hospital with Tony staying at home, as Beth was to arrive home shortly after. With their car breaking down along the way, Kim helps Kit give birth along the road to a baby boy. They arrive at the hospital and are given the all clear. Tony turns up shortly after to tell them Beth died in a car accident on her way home. Devastated by the loss of her first mother figure since her own mothers death when she was a baby, Lucy went out to a Year 10 party with Asher where she gets drunk. Soon after when Asher begins to pressure her into sleeping with him, Lucy breaks up with him.
Lucy meets Annie Campbell, and they quickly become friends. Lucy develops yet another crush on Annie's 16 year old brother Geoff. After trying it on with Geoff, an embarrassed Lucy goes off to a party where she meets 14-year old Danny Ryan. Lucy and Danny quickly strike up a relationship with Lucy getting over her crush on football player Geoff. Shortly after his divorce from Martha, Jack get's remarried to Sam Tulhurst. When Johnny Cooper escapes from prison, he hides out in Jacks house while he and Sam were on Honeymoon. Shortly after her 14th birthday, Lucy brings Danny back to Jacks house after school one day to be held hostage by Johnny. Johnny confesses his drug related relationship with Sam to the young teens, just before Sam and Jack arrive back from Honeymoon. Sam attacks and kills Johnny by hitting him over the head with a baseball bat. Sam soon finds out that Lucy knows about the drug dealing she used to take part in. She begs her to keep quiet, not wanting Jack to know about it. But, feeling burdened, Lucy confesses all to Jack, who later ends his marriage to Sam.
Jack leaves the Bay for a while, and upon his return finds Sam's washed up body on the beach. He and Martha quickly become prime suspects in her murder. Lucy goes to Jack and Martha's lawyer, Martha's great-aunt Morag Bellingham and confesses that she was confronted by Sam hours before her 'murder', describing her as 'raving mad' and 'capable of doing anything'. Morag tells her this could help proving that Sam truly committed suicide and made it look like murder. Lucy gives a statement to the police, who soon exonerate Jack and Martha of Sam's Murder. Lucy also has to say goodbye to Lucas, as he goes off to University overseas. Lucy continues to see Danny, although he feels threatened by Lucy's friendship with newcomer Jai Fernandez. Although, hesitant to accept Lucy's constant attempts to befriend him, Jai soon accepts Lucy as his friend. Danny growing more jealous of Lucy and Jai's friendship, ends his relationship with Lucy. Upset, Lucy confides in Annie. Annie then confesses to Lucy about her recent kiss with Jai at the hospital.
Sit upset over her break-up with Danny, Annie seeked comfort in much older Aden Jefferies. After sharing a kiss, Annie runs off, only to witness VJ Patterson wandering into a storm drain, shortly before a storm. She climbed in to try and rescue him, but gets herself trapped. Annie and Jai turn up and are able to rescue Lucy and VJ, with Annie becoming trapped herself. As the storm hits, Charlie Buckton rescues Annie from the storm drain. Tony then begins to date Rachel Armstrong, a doctor at the hospital. They began a friendship as Rachel struggled after her marriage to Kim ended when he left her for Kit. Lucy began to feel lonely, with all her friends being in relationships, even her dad had a girlfriend and Jack was getting back together with Martha. Lucy seeked solace again in Aden Jefferies, who was getting back at Belle Taylor for going on a date with police officer, Angelo Rosetta. The pair share a steamy encounter at the back of surf club, but are caught by Jack before things could go any further.
Martha proposes to Jack again, and confides in Lucy telling her that she's pregnant, but is unsure of the baby's paternity. Lucy encourages Martha to go for a DNA test and to tell Jack. Martha confesses to Jack and goes for a DNA test proving Roman Harris is the father. Jack stands by Martha and they get married in the Hospital chapel after Martha is diagnosed with Breast cancer. Lucy finds Martha collapsed a couple of hours later. At the hospital they are told Martha lost the baby and will have to begin chemotherapy soon. Upset over finding out about Martha's cancer, Lucy goes to the Surf Club back storage room and steals a bottle of alcohol. Geoff runs into a drunken Lucy on the beach and helps her get home. As Geoff helps her into bed, Lucy kisses him, leaving Geoff stunned.
During this time, Tony and Rachel plan to get married but on their wedding day, Rachel is held hostage and is unable to make it to the ceremony. Tony leaves for a couple of weeks and upon returning tells Rachel he had slept with another woman when away. The pair eventually move on and later announce that Rachel's pregnant. Lucy was happy to be getting a baby brother or sister, not wanting to be treated like the baby of the family anymore. Geoff and Lucy talk about the kiss, with Lucy confessing to her former crush on him. The pair share another kiss, only to be witnessed by Nicole Franklin, Geoff's Ex-Girlfriend. Nicole confronts Lucy over her relationship with Geoff, with Lucy clearly stating there wasn't one. Nicole threatened to tell Jack or Tony about the encounter, also stating the 3 year age gap between them. Geoff and Lucy continued to meet up in secret growing closer together and eventually becoming an item.
When Lucy's cousin Xavier turns up in town, he tries to get her to try to some weed. Geoff catches them and punches Xavier. Tony finds out about Xavier's drug dealing and send him back to live with his mum, as well as Lucy's relationship with Geoff. He wasn't happy about the relationship at first because of Geoff's age, but soon agreed. Jack is killed in early 2009, leaving Lucy and Tony devastated. Geoff tries to console Lucy but she pushes him away. When Lucy found out it was Angelo that shot Jack, Lucy was livid. Geoff holds her back as she confronts him about it in the diner. Lucy later tells him to leave Summer Bay, and never come back. She grief stricken from the loss of her brother, Lucy begins to open up to Geoff again, and they continue their relationship.
Rachel gives birth to a baby boy named Harry. Lucy was happy at having a baby brother. However, Tony still wasn't pleased with her relationship with Geoff because of the age difference. While Rachel was on maternity leave, Sid Walker, a doctor from the city filled in for her. Lucy quickly became friends with his children Indi and Dex. Lucy and Dex striked up a quick friendship, leading Geoff to become jealous. Lucy reassured him, saying there was nothing to be jealous about. For her 16th birthday, Lucy planed a party in the Surf Club. That night, Lucy also lost her virginity to Geoff. When the Walkers return to the city, Geoff and Annie's relationship grows stronger. A couple of months after her birthday, Lucy finds out she's pregnant. Lucy keeps quiet about it, not telling anyone and burning the test.
A while later, Lucy and Geoff are involved in a fire at the diner during a race riot with Alf, Colleen, Leah, Irene, Hazim and Kirsty on Australia Day. Alf and Geoff try to stop the fire as the Colleen, Leah, Lucy, Irene and Kirsty hide out in the kitchen, treating a battered Hazim, but the rioters outside keep throwing in more fire lit bottles. When the fire was finally put out, the wiring was damaged and sparking, ready to go off any minute. But, everyone was trapped because of the riot outside. When Alf attempts to go outside, the beam collapses. Geoff pushes Lucy out of the way and ends up getting burned himself. The police arrive and manage to get everybody cleared. After the riot, Lucy and Geoff's relationship begins to drift. He seeks help at the church, where he agrees to go on a missionary. Geoff leaves the Bay before Lucy could tell him she's pregnant.
Lucy begins to struggle keeping her pregnancy a secret and eventually confesses to Rachel. Rachel tells Tony, who flips when he finds out. Rachel takes Lucy to the doctor who tells her she is halfway through her pregnancy. Rachel and Tony sit down and talk to Lucy. She tells them it's Geoff's, and that he doesn't even know as she didn't catch up to him in time before he left. She also confessed she was scared when she found out and that's why she didn't tell anyone. Considering her age and with her being too far along for an abortion, Rachel suggests that she consider adoption, which Lucy agrees to consider. At school, Lucy is outcast because of her pregnancy. She begins to grow a lot closer to Romeo Smith, who was friends with for a while, and the two became friends, with Romeo being the only person who was nice to Lucy in the school.
Lucy was confused for a while over what she wanted to do. She was still in two minds about the whole adoption thing. As her due date became nearer and nearer, Rachel began reminding Lucy about what choice she was going to make. Lucy felt like she was being pressured into choosing adoption by Rachel, so she sneaked out one night and went over to the Summer Bay House to meet Romeo. They were watching a movie when her waters broke. Miles drove them to the hospital, where it wasn't long until Lucy gave birth to a baby girl. Rachel and Tony arrived shortly after. Lucy was still extremely confused over what to do. Either way she was unprepared. She didn't have a family lined up nor did she have everything a baby needs when it's born. Lucy eventually decided to keep her baby girl and named her Katie Rose Holden.
Lucy found it difficult adjusting to life as a mother. She barely got any sleep with Katie up in the middle of the night, and she barely went anywhere because she was too tired. Then people *cough cough* Colleen *cough cough* where coming over to see the baby. Eventually Lucy got into routine and was starting to settle, just as Rachel tells her that she's been offered a job in Boston and that they were moving there. Lucy couldn't believe that they would actually just leave the Bay like that. Lucy also didn't want to leave. Her life was in Summer Bay and her friends, although not many there was still Romeo and a newly returned Dex. Then there was the fact Katie was only 6 weeks old. She begged her dad to let her and Katie stay in Australia. She also asked Gina to talk to him, and asking if she could stay with her if he says yes. Tony eventually gave in and allowed Lucy to stay in Summer Bay with her daughter. Rachel, Tony and Harry left for Boston only two months after Katie was born, with Lucy and her moving in with Gina, John and Xavier.
Lucy soon returned to school where she began to make friends again with Ruby, who stopped talking to Lucy when she started dating Geoff. Lucy had settled into living with her aunt Gina and had taken up a few shifts at the diner to try and pay for her and Katie. Her 17th Birthday soon rolled around and was given a major shock when Xavier, Romeo, Ruby, April and Dex had organized a surprise party for her. She was also surprised when she got a letter from her dad and Rachel from America and two plane tickets to Boston dropped out. With the school year practically finished, Lucy decided to go and see her dad, Rachel and Harry in Boston for a couple of months. She flew out to the states with Katie in late November.