4961: Liam serenades Nicole

Robertson is assuring people that he’s close to solving Grant Bledcoe’s murder. True to his offbeat ways he turns up at the school to question Xavier, much to Gina’s displeasure. He asserts that Xavier and Ruby lied about Charlie’s alibi and accuses Xavier of killing Grant. Xavier denies the allegation and sticks firmly to the alibi story, but he’s clearly rattled and, later, when he tells Hugo the story, Hugo’s straight down the station to confront Robertson.

Robertson tells Hugo that his brother is lying and suggests Hugo gets him to come clean now – things will be a lot more difficult if he’s found out in Court. Hugo leans on Xavier who cracks and admits that he and Ruby lied to provide Charlie with an alibi.

Hugo’s furious, but tempers it by telling Xavier that he’ll go with him back down to the station where Xavier, despite feeling terrible, finally tells the truth. Not only did he not see Charlie at home asleep on the night of the murder, but he also wasn’t with Ruby and can’t vouch for her either.

When Liam admitted to Nicole that he hadn’t written a new song since he went into rehab, she tells him she’ll be his muse and get him writing again. She’s successful and he pens a song about her, but Nicole jokingly says it won’t be a real song until she hears it sung publically.

As Martha is making final preparations in the Surf Club for her debate with John Palmer, Liam comes in for a drink, and getting an idea offers to do a proper sound check on the microphones for them. He then calls Nicole and tells her to come down and join him.

When Nicole arrives, Liam announces that he’s going to check the sound system by singing a song. He subsequently serenades Nicole with her song. And she is far from displeased by the gesture.

Aden’s already in a bad mood when Geoff arrives to head off to work with him and when Geoff calls him on it, Aden admits hating seeing Nicole with Liam every second place he goes. Geoff’s not keen on the guy either, but he doesn’t see what the problem is.

Aden’s worried that he messed up Belle and might do the same to Nicole. The boys’ first port of call for the day is the Surf Club and they encounter Liam with Nicole there. Geoff, watching the Aden and Nicole interplay, suddenly gets a hint that Aden might be jealous and it disturbs him.

When he later confides that to Irene she’s thrown too. It seems way too soon after Belle’s passing. Geoff thinks he’s probably reading too much into it, but later, when he tells Aden about Liam serenading Nicole and they look so comfy together, Aden’s clearly furious.

Later, when Geoff suggests that maybe Aden has feelings for Nicole, Aden goes ballistic. Geoff’s left shaken, but convinced that Aden cares about Nicole.