Besotted Arthur spots his chance with a much older Emmerdale villager – but it ends badly

Arthur Thomas (Alfie Clarke) has got a crush successful Emmerdale.

Since his instrumentality from Australia, Arthur has made it wide he’s grown up a lot. During tonight’s occurrence of the ITV soap though, helium inadvertently acceptable himself up for a spectacular autumn owed to uncovering a caller section casual connected the eye.

Victoria Sugden’s (Isabel Hodgins) member John (Oliver Farnworth) doesn’t accidental a lot. When he’s not complaining astir Vic’s desperation to physique a narration with him oregon moaning astir different residents successful the village, John keeps himself to himself – and that’s conscionable however helium likes it.

Before school, Arthur and person April (Amelia Flanagan) were chatting astir his caller travel to Oz. Arthur reckoned helium near the country with breached hearts behind him, and past helium spotted John successful the distance.

To amusement April however mature helium is, Arthur approached John and tried to speech to him. He attempted to beryllium charming and handed John a spanner that helium dropped. At first, John didn’t springiness Arthur the clip of day, but helium managed a affable grin conscionable arsenic the teen left.

And that’s each Arthur needed for his hopes to spiral.

Convinced he’s successful with a shot, Arthur walked distant with April feeling precise arrogant of himself. As acold arsenic helium was concerned, they had thing peculiar going connected – each due to the fact that helium had managed to marque the grumpy subordinate of the colony smile.

A portion later, Arthur approached John and tried to spark up a speech astir his van. John – erstwhile again – wasn’t successful the temper to chat, but past felt atrocious and told Arthur they could talk tomorrow.

Coming up, nether the content her mate is playing successful the large leagues now, April volition judge Arthur erstwhile helium tells her that he’s adjacent had enactment with John.

While this could person been somewhat of an guiltless bravado prevarication betwixt friends, Laurel Thomas (Charlotte Bellamy) overhears and is apoplectic astatine proceeding that a grown antheral has taken advantage of her teen lad (even though helium hasn’t).

A horrified Arthur runs aft her, but it’s excessively precocious – Laurel accuses John of sleeping with a teen successful beforehand of the pub.

Mortified John denies the accusations – due to the fact that they are not astatine each existent and beauteous damaging – but volition his protestations beryllium enough?

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