Tearaway teen Avani Nandra-Hart (Aaliyah James) has been keeping the residents of Walford on their toes ever since she arrived last year, and she is only set to get more chaotic in upcoming EastEnders scenes.
Having already been caught selling vapes to Will Mitchell (Freddie Phillips) and stealing from Martin Fowler (James Bye), Avani’s next act of rebellion is to skip school, and it doesn’t take her long to conjure up a plan to explain her absence.
However, she is soon rumbled when Priya Nandra-Hart’s (Sophie Khan Levy) flirty conversation with Martin is interrupted by a text from the school informing her of Avani’s truancy.
When Martin and Priya later find her in the playground, Avani is amused by Ravi Gulati’s (Aaron Thiara) jealousy at Martin’s presence.
Later, she confides in Nugget Gulati (Juhaim Rasul Choudhury) that she has a plan – she wants to get Ravi and Priya back together.
But how is she going to do that? By causing complete chaos, of course.
Her plan hits an early obstacle when Priya asks Martin on a date, but Avani thinks quickly and soon makes out to Ravi that Priya is ill.
When Ravi arrives at No.41 at the same time as Martin, Martin gets the wrong idea and leaves, much to Priya’s disappointment.
Angry at Avani’s meddling, Priya and Ravi chastise her, and later Ravi encourages Priya to try again with Martin.
