Nick's first romance is with Sharon Davies (Jessica Muschamp). McCready and Furlong wrote "Sharon and Nick's relationship is a turbulent one. They play games with each other's emotions. At one point Sharon started to see Nick's arch enemy Skinner (Mat Stevenson). This caused a great deal of tension as Skinner is the bad sort. As usual they sorted out their differences." Sharon often "aided and abetted" Nick into getting into trouble. Sharon later ends their relationship. In another storyline Nick contracts meningitis. In December 1989, it was reported that Stevens had decided to leave the series to concentrate on his music career. Nick was written out of "Neighbours" in 1990 and he left to take an art scholarship in London.