TEENAGE tearaway Lucy Beale gets pregnant in an explosive new Deadenders storyline.
TEENAGE tearaway Lucy Beale gets pregnant in an explosive :D new Deadenders storyline.
Dad Ian is horrified - but stepmum Jane, who can't have kids, thinks it will answer her dream of having a child to spoil.
Lucy, played by Melissa Suffield, 17, discovers she is expecting after losing her virginity.
She slept with newcomer Leon Small (Sam Attwater) at a party in December.
Although it's bad news for Lucy, who doesn't want to be a gymslip mum, it could be the answer to Jane's prayers.
Her stepmum, Ian's fourth wife, longs for a baby but had a hysterectomy after Lucy's brother Steven shot her.
Jane, played by Laurie Brett, and Ian (Adam Woodyatt) have been trying to adopt.
A show insider said: "Lucy falls pregnant just as Jane is desperate for a baby. Jane believes it could be the solution."
Sixteen-year-old Lucy, who has already caused heartache by dating gun-toting Craig Dixon and fleeing home battles her family over what to do.
The source said: "Emotions run high and there are many twists ahead."
The storyline keeps up a controversial run of EastEnders dramas.
In the last six months, bosses have penned two murders, a rape, a conviction for child sex abuse, a sectioning and the wedding of a gay Muslim man.
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