05/05/2021
Fallon struggles to keep quiet while Mia discovers two鈥檚 company.
Mia asks for Ruairi鈥檚 help with her environmental project. Ruairi agrees to be interviewed, but Mia鈥檚 wrongfooted when Ben turns up too. She tries to make the conversation just between her and Ruairi but wisecracking Ben chips in, pulling Mia off track. When Ruairi agrees to eat only vegan sweets from now on and Ben clocks Mia鈥檚 delight, he points out to Ruairi that Mia has a crush. Ruairi insists their connection is purely on climate change, but Ben warns him he needs to be careful of Mia鈥檚 feelings.
Brian wants to know why Fallon and Harrison have pulled out of being godparents to Martha. Fallon improvises, using Harrison鈥檚 brother and his partner鈥檚 poor reaction to the news as an excuse. Brian thinks this is a bit thin as a reason. He claims Alice has felt the refusal like a slap in the face 鈥� how does Fallon think she feels? Fallon gets right to the edge of telling Brian about the kiss before summoning all her resources and resisting. Fallon reports to Harrison that she was ready to scream at Brian that Alice is a train wreck. Harrison鈥檚 news that Chris wants space to work things out with Alice makes him sad 鈥� he feels like he鈥檚 being punished. Fallon counsels him to give it time. They remember ruefully how they once thought Chris and Alice the golden couple, and themselves boring in comparison. Fallon鈥檚 glad to hear Harrison wasn鈥檛 tempted by Alice鈥檚 kiss. They鈥檙e lucky to have each other, and agree they could never be bored with one another.
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