Emmerdale fans have made a glum prediction about Arthur's future in school, after the youngster came out as gay in tonight's episode. Arthur had been struggling to keep his sexuality secret in recent weeks, clearly battling with not feeling that he can tell anyone.
In tonight's episode, he lashed out at Jimmy and April. In one scene, he even told April to "find someone her own age" if she was "so desperate for a boyfriend".
And one person who overheard the exchange was Nicola, who knew immediately that Arthur must have been dealing with something. Having suffered through her own trauma, Nicola was well-placed to give Arthur a pep talk.
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While he was visiting Elliot at Nicola's house, she pulled Arthur aside and told him that he could talk to her if there was anything on his mind. And it was not long before Arthur took her up on her offer, revealing that he was gay during a game of hangman.
He had set up the page with the characters "_/__/__". Without first looking at the page, Nicola started to guess, she said: "A, for angry. I, for irritated...M..."
At that moment, she looked down at the piece of paper and knew immediately what the other characters were. She continued to guess so that Arthur could come out in the way that he had planned. She guessed "G" and then, when she finally said "Y", Arthur was unable to write the word out himself.
In a moment of solidarity, Nicola took the pen from him and added the final letter, so that "I/AM/GAY" was spelled out. Arthur then broke down in tears, crying into Nicola's arms as she reassured him that it would be okay.
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She then told him how proud she was of him, reassuring him that she would be there for him when he was ready to come out.
But, at that moment, Elliot came downstairs and - unbeknown to Nicola and Arthur - overheard her talking about Arthur "coming out". Elliot then spotted the piece of paper, with "I/AM/GAY" written on it.
Now, fans think that Elliot will spread the news around school - but Nicola will get the blame for sharing Arthur's secret. @GrocottJanice said: "Poor Arthur it'll be all over school now, hope he's going to be ok".
@VampLover27 said: "You know that Nicola’s son will now spread it around school". @mobrees said: "Oh no!!! Her son knows now and I bet he’s going to tell the others at school".
@beppatweets said: "Yup he’s going to blab and Nicola will get the blame". And @tracy_harrop said: "Lovely scenes. Nicola handled it brilliantly. Don't think it's going to stay between them though!"
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