Abby and Lauren are arguing about Abby using her things. Tanya shuts the fighting down, and Max hurries off to work. Lauren scowls as her Dad tries to kiss her. Tanya sends Abby out of the kitchen, despite her not having her breakfast.

Patrick comes down to see the wreck that occurred in his home.

Tanya points out that Lauren is now a young woman now. Abby comes in, and Tanya sends her off again. Abby overhears Tanya telling Lauren not to take it out on her sister, because she’s got it coming too. Abby looks frightened as Lauren opens the door. Abby whinges about how no one will talk to her since they have come back from holiday. Tanya asks her about Ben and Abby says he’s not her mate. Tanya tells her that one of them should make the first move. Abby declares it won’t be here.

Denise is excited because her boss has quit his job. Libby is thrilled and tells her mum she should go for his job. Denise says that Mrs. Masood is coming in today and she’s going to have a chat with her. She puts on her work shoes and steps in a bit of a mess left by Terrance. Denise asks Pat to clean her pump up

Stella walks into the kitchen to ask Phil to pick a tie. He doesn’t care. Peggy tells Stella to ask Ben. Stella seems ruffled and turns to Ben. He picks a tie, and she scoffs, so he picks the other one. Peggy goes on about her two boys standing up there side by side looking so handsome in their suits. Stella sends Ben off to school. Peggy asks Stella if seven is still ok for the DJ. Stella looks surprised, and Phil jumps in to explain. Peggy says not to worry as she has the reception all under control. Stella wonders what they’d do without her. Stella says she can’t wait to be Mrs. Mitchell.  Peggy goes to clear Phil’s plate and finds the house listings Stella threw away.

Patrick has a word with Pat about the mess she made in his home. She tells him she can’t help him. She tells him to ask Shirley. Shirley tells him she can’t help.

Gus arrives home to find a nervous Mickey. He’s calling out for Wellard. Mickey says that Wellard is not there. He thinks Li took him out and Mickey explains Li is gone too. Mickey tells Gus that Wellard has been kidnapped.

Denise arrives at work late, and Mrs. Masood does not seem enthused. She hopes that this won’t be a habit every morning. Denise is shocked to discover Mrs. Masood will be in daily until she finds a replacement.

Marco comes into the pub looking like he’s lost his best friend. Stella walks in, and Peggy hands her a revision of the reception menu. Stella is overwhelmed by the amount of food. Peggy tells her that they’ve never been accused of being stingy. Peggy says she needs to sort out the pub and tells Marco to bring his drink up. Tanya walks in and asks Stella if she can chat about Ben and Abby. Stella tells her that it’s Ben’s choice and she doesn’t want to interfere. Tanya asks if she can invite Ben around for tea to help them sort it on their own. Stella tells her that he can’t as he has a suit fitting and she is going to take him out for a special treat after. Tanya says maybe another time.

Patrick runs after Burt to ask him for his help. Patrick asks Jay for help, and he’d make it worth his time for a fiver. Jay negotiates for a tenner and wants it up front. Jay walks off. Patrick wonders where Jay is going. Jay tells him that he’s buying his silence. Patrick looks disappointed.

Peggy and Marco are going over the plans, and he’s trying to reign Peggy in. Phil comes out and asks her what Marco is doing there. Peggy says he’s helping her with the look of the wedding reception. She drops the hint that she found the fliers for homes.  Phil tells her not to worry they aren’t leaving any time soon. Peggy worries Stella is pregnant.  Phil tells her not to worry but to also never say never.

Patrick is trying to clean up the mess, and his vacuum stops working. Jay is in the cafe ordering food. A gang of kids come up to him and tell him they’ll be waiting outside. Gus and Mickey are reading the ransom notes.

Peggy and Marco are over at the salon, and he suggests they do a Moulin Rouge. Peggy tells him it’s her son’s wedding reception, not a knees up. Tanya realizes it’s late and she needs to pick up Abby. Peggy worries that she needs to run off and pick up Ben as well. Tanya offers to pick him up and tells Peggy she’d be doing her a favor. She explains that Abby has been having a rough go of it since they returned from holiday and it would give her and Ben a chance to mend fences. Peggy thinks it’s a great idea and agrees to let Ben go to tea at the Brannings. Tanya remembers that he’s got a suit fitting according to Stella. Peggy says that poor Stella doesn’t know if she’s coming or going. She thinks it’s a great idea and Stella has more important things to worry about than Ben’s fish fingers.

Denise is cleaning and trying to show Mrs. Masood how hard of a worker she is. Patrick comes round and asks if he can borrow the hoover. Mrs. Masood is listening, and Denise quickly tells her that Patrick is the “fix it guy” around there and he’s come to repair the hoover. He takes it away after telling her this one is on the house.

Ben wants to make sure that it’s ok for him to be there. Tanya tells him of course, and she did ask. Abby asks him to race the two Marges, and he doesn’t answer. She tells her mum it’s no use.

Marco comes up with a beautiful design for the reception. He breaks down crying as it seems his true love has left him. She consoles him. Across the square, Tanya is calling Ben and Abby to dinner. Lauren comes in to grab her things. Tanya tells Abby to make something and takes the opportunity to chat with Ben. She apologizes for the mother’s day card again. He says it’s up to Stella. Tanya tells him that Stella won’t mind and his Gran didn’t mind. Ben is terrified that Stella doesn’t know. Abby comes back to say they’ve run out. Tanya says they can run to the store. Ben declares that he is fine with water. Tanya says it’s ok. Ben and Abby head out.

Patrick is on the phone with Yolande telling her how quiet it’s been without her. He makes sure she’s ok on her own from the tube. As he’s hanging up he trips and falls into her fan on the wall and it’s ripped. He’s horrified.

Ben and Abby are heading out of the cafe when he spies Stella. He shuts the door and checks to make sure she’s gone. He tells Abby to hurry up as they head out as Stella walks into the pub.

In the pub, Shirley is asking what’s wrong with Patrick. He explains how he snapped the fan Yolande’s Auntie left her in her will. He says he’s a dead man. Burt reads him his last rights. Peggy offers up Marco up to help him. Marco looks at it, and he says he thinks he can fix it. Peggy says they can use her kitchen on one condition. She wants to know what’s been going on in the bookies. Patrick breaks down and tells her that Pat has been running a smoking den. Peggy is ticked that Pat has been selling her carryout from the pub there. Patrick begs Peggy not to tell that Patrick told her.

Back at Tanya’s they have finished tea and Abby asks her mum if Ben can stay over. Tanya says no it’s a school night. Ben says he doesn’t want to go home. They convince her, and she asks for the phone so that she can call.

Yolande arrives at the tube station. Mickey asks if she’s had a good trip. She declares there is a whole world outside of Walford. Gus is trying to get money out, but the atm says he is over his limit. Mickey says if they keep paying the kidnapper is only going to keep upping the demands.

Tanya consoles Lauren. Lauren goes to the sofa and changes the channel on Ben and Abby. Abby storms out and sits on the stairs saying that she hates Lauren. Ben tells her that it’s not her fault. He explains that her mom is hurting her. It’s what mums do.

Patrick is rushing back to get the fan. Mickey rushes by and tells Patrick that Yolande is back. Patrick and Marco rush to put the fan back up. He asks Libby to stall Yolande.

Ben tells Abby that what is happening to Lauren is a test to prove you’re not a little kid anymore. He says he’s not supposed to tell anyone, which it is a secret. Abby asks what she does. Ben says Stella is always pinching him. She even burned him with a teaspoon once. He says that his Dad says it’s a fact of life and everyone has to go through it. Abby asks “what if I don’t want to go through it?” Ben says she has to. He says that Stella says that his Dad won’t love him anymore and he’ll send him away. Abby says her dad would never do that. Ben says it’s ok to be scared. Lauren comes out, and Abby asks if she is ok. Lauren tells her to leave her alone.

Denise and Yolande discuss her trip home. Yolande is happy to talk about how after spending time with her family she realizes she is a success in their eyes. Denise complains to Yolande about her job and her boss. Mrs. Masood walks out and tells Denise she’ll bare it in mind.

Gus and Mickey devise a plan to rescue Wellard and find the kidnapper.

Max walks in to collect Ben’s things and wants to make sure it’s still ok for Ben to stay the night. Stella looks confused. Max begins to say something when Peggy intervenes and says it’s alright as Tanya has already phoned. She hands Max Ben’s things. Stella asks when this was decided? Max says it’s nice to see that Abby is not enemy number one anymore. Stella is fuming, and it shows on her face.

Tanya is giving Lauren a heating pad as she says it hurts. Above, on the stairs, Ben and Abby hear Lauren asks if she can tell that she’s been crying. Tanya tells her no she looks fine, it’s their little secret. She makes Lauren her tea. Ben asks Abby if she believes him now.

Libby is trying to stall Yolande. Yolande says she knows she wonders if she’s brought her a souvenir. Mickey and Gus have Jay as they found one of the fliers on him. Mickey pushes the bad cop thing too far, and Jay gets away.

Yolande comes home and is impressed with how great things look. She spies Marco in the mirror and asks Patrick to start at the beginning.

Max comes home, and Tanya tells him Laurens news. Abby spies on them and overhears their conversation. Abby goes in to talk to her dad. She asks him if he loves her. He says of course he does. She wonders what is going on with Mum and Lauren. Max closes the door and explains without exactly explains what is going on. He tells her she has ages before it happens to her. Abby is scared.

Gus and Mickey get another note. Stella is harping to Phil about Ben being allowed to stay at Abby’s. Phil figures out she’s hacked off because Peggy stepped on her toes. He says he’ll talk to her about it. Stella wonders if that is bad of her. Phil hugs her and tells her that she is Ben’s number one and by the end of the week she’ll have a ring on her finger and be his official mum.

Abby comes in to tell Ben he’s right. They make a plan to run away.