4837: Nicole and Aden sleep together

Xavier is chatting to Martha about Charlie and her relationship with Joey when suddenly Charlie and Hugo emerge out of Hugo’s bedroom, having spent the night together. When Charlie arrives home, a concerned Ruby tells her that Joey has been trying to contact her. Ruby also wants Charlie to know that she supports Charlie and Joey’s relationship, which makes Charlie feel even more guilty for sleeping with Hugo.

When Charlie meets up with Joey she quickly realises that she can’t be honest and tell Joey that she slept with Hugo. So Charlie makes the decision to ask Hugo to keep it a secret and he agrees. Hugo in turn asks both Martha and Xavier to keep it secret. Martha asks Hugo if he slept with Charlie to get Brendan and Xavier off the hook for Roman’s accident; Hugo finds this funny.

At school Xavier tells a shocked Ruby that Hugo spent the night with Charlie and when Ruby and Xavier arrive home to see Charlie and Joey light heartedly washing the car, it’s clear they are still together. Ruby confronts Charlie about the Hugo issue, wondering how Charlie could cheat on Joey. Charlie knows Ruby is right but makes her sister promise to keep what happened with Hugo a secret.

Roman comes home from the hospital and it’s clear to everyone that he’s determined to be as independent as possible. Aden confides in Martha that Roman is being difficult and she decides to go and pay Roman a visit. During her visit, a concerned Martha sees for herself that Roman is snapping at both Nicole and Aden. With Aden now broken up with Belle, he decides not to tell Roman meanwhile Nicole is feeling sorry for him.

Aden is lying on the bed when Nicole joins him. Both lonely and being on the receiving end of Roman’s anger, they start swapping miseries about respective partners. Caught up in a moment of intimacy, they wind up having sex. The next thing they know they are lying in bed, unable to believe what they’ve just done.

Meanwhile Roman downstairs wakes up from a nightmare. He realises he shouldn’t be taking his anger out on Nicole and Aden and goes to Aden’s room to apologise for his behaviour. Being unable to see Nicole, he leaves, and Aden and Nicole are stunned – that was close!