UK Air Date: 17th June 2010
Ruby tells Liam the truth – she has a crush on him – and they decide to keep things professional. Irene suggests an AA meeting to Jill, whilst Miles has invited Jill to stay and arranges a special dinner for her.
JOHN PALMER (SHANE WITHINGTON)
JILL CARPENTER (JOSEPHINE MITCHELL)
Written by Alexa Wyatt
Directed by Danny Raco
Extended Summary
Ruby stands in front of Liam, rushing to make up an excuse for what he overheard her say – that she can’t stop thinking about him. Liam is clearly concerned and Nicole promises to explain everything to him later. When Nicole finally does catch up with Liam, she lies and tells him that Ruby meant that ‘she couldn’t stop thinking about his songs, because she doesn’t like them’ and Ruby doesn’t know how to tell him. Liam is left feeling terrible that Ruby doesn’t in fact like any of his songs, while Nicole is left just feeling terrible.
Liam soon approaches Ruby, wanting some answers. He is blown away when she confesses that everything Nicole said was a lie, to cover for the fact that she has a crush on him. Ruby and Liam soon make a deal, they’ll keep singing together and Ruby will keep things professional, the second Liam thinks it’s getting out of hand, they’ll stop. They both agree on this. But Ruby’s smile tells us that this is more than a professional relationship for her.
Irene presses Jill to consider an AA meeting especially if she’s decided to turn her life around. Jill is quick to change the topic when Romeo arrives, clearly Jill doesn’t want him knowing anything about her possible progress because it would only get his hopes up. But Romeo is quick to spot the AA card that Irene gave Jill and is thrilled and feeling like this is the beginning of things turning around with his mum.
Having invited Jill to stay at Summer Bay House for a while, Miles is cooking her a special meal. Marilyn offers Jill her services if she ever fancies a full detox – after all she does grow her own wheatgrass – and Jill keeps it in mind. Jill heads to the surf club where she has a non-alcoholic drink with John. Meanwhile Marilyn is still keen to go on the date with Alf, but eventually Alf realises he doesn’t want to jeopardise their friendship. Marilyn agrees with this and they call the date off.