Nicole 's biological parents was the teenage Roman Harris ( Conrad Coleby ) and Natalie Franklin ( Adrienne Pickering ) , but she was raised by her maternal grandparents and considered her mother , Natalie , as an older sister . She did not meet her father until her early teenage years . Nicole arrive in Summer Bay in a flashy car . She initially make herself unpopular with her bitchy care @-@ free nature . She try to sleep with Aden but he rebuff her . She make a bet with Aden that she can sleep with Geoff Campbell ( Lincoln Lewis ) within two weeks , but Geoff and Belle publicly humiliate her when they find out . Nicole start dating Roman 's old SAS friend Mark 's brother Elliot Gillen , despite Roman 's disapproval . After breaking up with Elliot , he take her diving where he try to kill her , Geoff and later Roman . Geoff try to save Nicole , but Elliot leave the pair stranded at sea . They wash up on a remote island and Geoff and Nicole grow close to each other . Geoff , who have strong religious views , sleep with Nicole as they cannot fight temptation . When rescued Geoff propose to Nicole out of guilt , she turn him down . She later have a pregnancy scare but is happy to discover it was a false alarm . Nicole later decide she and Geoff should return to the island to repair their relationship . They chased through woodland by a murderer , Derrick who try to kill them both . However they manage to escape . Nicole decide to try her best to make their relationship work . However , after Freya kiss her they enter a few rocky periods and later break up .