At the bungalow, Jessie is cooking (well, microwaving) Greg's lunch. In reality, that's probably just an excuse to ask him about his night of passion with Margi. Obviously Jessie was particularly interested in the saga of the night-dress and Greg told her (honestly) that, yes, he did give it to Margi. Jessie was *almost* disappointed to hear this and looked so unconvinced that Greg had to actually *show* her the garment in question. Jessie then left, only to have her suspicions raised once more as she saw Susannah taking delivery of a large bunch of flowers.
Jerome's intent on winding up Jason, so he deliberately parks his car outside the bungalow. When Leo asks why they've not parked outside Mick's, Jerome simply says:
"Nikki reckons that Jason goes off his head over nothing. He had a go at me last night just for talking to her. So, if he sees us parked here, it'll give us something to do, won't it?"
"Like what?" queries Leo.
"Watch his head explode!"
Well, all I'm going to say is: it certainly worked - twice!
Later, over at the Club, Jerome seems to be getting on alright with Nikki....
He's also taking a few liberties whilst at work (such as sneaking in Leo, who's not a member, for a free swim). It seems that all Jerome is interested in, is his wage packet at the end of the week.
The only thing that Greg is interested in, on the other hand, is his next door neighbour. Obviously, he was behind the huge bunch of flowers (not literally!) which Jessie had seen being delivered. The card with them, was simply signed "from you know who". Susannah was delighted, but she's starting to try, very subtly, to warn Greg off from getting *too* serious.
Talking about potentially serious relationships, Katie told Ryan that she will be sticking by him. Ryan was overjoyed. I don't think that he'd expected to still be able to see her following his revelation about his secret daughter. Katie had even managed to get some details about paternity rights for him and encouraged him to phone Abby and get the ball rolling. Abby wanted time to think, so Ryan left Katie's number as the contact number, rather than risk a phone call going to number eight. To say that Katie was not pleased with this development would be a masterpiece of understatement.
Joey and Niamh visited Luke in prison. On arriving home, they're surprised to see a wire coming out of their letter box and disappearing into the garage.
"I wonder what Matt's up to now?" mused Joey.
Inside the garage, they find that Matt and Bosko had connected a PC to the internet, hence the wire. Matt insisted that the PC was borrowed from Bosko's mother. Perhaps surprisingly, Joey cottoned onto the potential phone bill which might result, but Bosko pointed out that it was *only* a local call, which seemed to put Joey's mind at rest. Hmm, we'll see what the reaction is when the phone bill arrives - hopefully!
Joey also suggests that perhaps the boys would be better occupied looking for a real job.
"We've found it" replied Matt indignantly. "We're gonna be like Beardy Branson or Ben and Jerry - self-made millionaires."
"Oh right. Course you are" replied Joey.
Niamh on the other hand seems to have found a full-time occupation already. Bosko showed her a couple of internet sites and she's immediately hooked.
Now, how long will it take her to discover this site, I wonder?
[Brookside]
With special thanks to Graeme Selway (graeme.selway@virgin.net) for the above contribution
Summary © 1999 Graeme Selway
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