Kim's day starts badly when the uncle of her baby, Grace, shows up at the school threatening to expose a secret, as the drama set in a secondary school continues. Kim struggles to keep her personal life from impacting on her job as she tries to get rid of him. Desperate, she turns to Steph, who is immediately suspicious.

With Kim's eye off the ball, Karla Bentham becomes the victim of Michaela White's exploitative money-making scheme. Unable to cope with the bullying, Karla runs away and it's a race against time for Kim to recover Karla before her own situation is exposed.

Elsewhere, annoyed that Chlo's studying is taking her away from him and knowing that there's a good chance she'll go to university, Donte takes out his frustrations in the only way he knows how – by trashing Chlo's van. Chlo is horrified to see the result of his immature reaction and worries whether Donte can raise a child when he is still behaving like one himself.

Meanwhile, still determined to pursue a career in glamour modelling, Janeece undergoes surgery to enlarge her breasts. At first, Bolton, her boyfriend, is delighted, but when he visits her at the hospital, he realises that surgery isn't very glamorous at all. A bruised Janeece looks less than enamoured with what she has done.

Romance is in the air as Rachel and Eddie inadvertently end up on a date when Philip ducks out of a family night of bowling. It isn't long before a bit of healthy competition and banter turns to flirting. Will their feelings get the better of them both?