EastEnders pregnancy story confirmed as teen is left reeling
The floor falls from beneath Avani Nandra-Hart’s (Aaliyah James) feet in EastEnders next week, when she discovers she’s pregnant.
It simply couldn’t come at a worse time for the teen, as her family are at the centre of multiple dramas.
Firstly, her father Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) has lost a whopping £50,000 worth of drugs when Kojo Asare (Dayo Koleosho) flushed them down the loo.
Harry Mitchell (Elijah Holloway) covered his colleague’s tracks, staging a break in with mum Nicola (Laura Doddington). He then offered use of his nightclub to Avani for her 16th birthday, but it was clear that he wasn’t off the hook yet.
Then there’s the fact Avani’s aunty Ash (Gurlaine Kaur Garcha) is newly engaged, and has decided to conceal the information from the Panesar clan.
Suki (Balvinder Sopal) was devastated to learn the news through social media, and in upcoming scenes, snaps at her son Vinny (Shiv Jalota) when he mentions the news.
The matter only escalates when she discovers that he’s secretly planning to attend their engagement party.
As a row breaks out amongst the two, they have no idea that Avani is elsewhere, feeling very troubled.
She realises that her parents Ravi and Priya Nandra-Hart (Sophie Khan Levy) are preoccupied, and sneaks off to meet best mate Barney Mitchell (Lewis Bridgeman) for his advice.
At the nightclub, Avani takes a pregnancy test and is horrified to realise it’s pregnant.
As viewers will recall, she recently lost her virginity with twisted Joel Marshall (Max Murray), who filmed them sleeping together without her knowledge.
Is he the father?
Before she can digest the life-changing situation, Nicola tips off Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) to a dodgy deal, leading to Ravi’s arrest.
The police swarm his house, and he remains tight-lipped during the questioning. Priya quickly enlists Harry and Kojo to move some drugs away from one of Ravi’s properties.
Later, Avani goes to attempt telling her mother about her pregnancy, but hesitates. It’s not until the next day when she scrolls through a planning website that the revelation comes to light.
Suki has seen her, and wants to know what’s going on. Avani reveals all, and also states that she’s planning to have an abortion.
Before any advice can be given, Suki is distracted by Vinny leaving for Ash’s engagement, and instead goes to speak with the Granthi about what she’s learnt.
Avani turns to Barney for a shoulder to cry on and explains her reasoning for not keeping the baby.
How will Ravi and Priya react, and what will Avani do?
