ONE fan favourite will be forced to make a tough decision as a budding romance evolves quickly.
The EastEnders character is faced with a shocking proposal and a potential future abroad.
A fan favourite could be moving abroad
But Sam Mitchell dreads telling her son Ricky Jr. about her move
She then finds out Ricky Jr. fathered Lily Slater’s baby
Ricky Jr. may have to say goodbye to someone close to him.
In upcoming scenes of the BBC One soap, Martin Fowler learns the lad is the father of Lily Slater’s baby.
Terrified, the 12-year-old rushes over to him and tells him she’s pregnant with his baby.
The youngster played by Frankie Day rushes in a panic and bumps into his mother Sam Mitchell (Kim Medcalf).
Reeling from the shock of the news, he blurts the truth out to her but the blonde bombshell upsets him even further by telling him she could be moving to Germany.
Unbeknownst to Sam’s son, Ricky Butcher (Sid Owen) is making arrangements to move away from Walford with the troublemaker and his niece, Scarlett Moon (Tabitha Byron).
The young girl was left alone after her mother Janine was arrested for her deadly schemes.
To top it all off, Ricky wants to get his relationship with Sam to the next level and looks for an engagement ring…
Meanwhile, Sam is desperate to make things right with her son, unaware of Ricky’s full plan.
Both her older brother Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) and Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) are stunned to find out Sam is still willing to leave Walford, despite Ricky’s ordeal.
Sam heads over to the Branning household to explain herself but Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) is fuming as their young son could face criminal charges for being intimate with Lily Slater.
This prompts the copper to apologise to Ricky Jr. for his anger and for neglecting him in favour of his sister Amy.
The pair are later spotted by Sam leaving for the police station and she feels awful.
Yet, when she turns around, Ricky Butcher is down on one knee with an engagement ring in hand…
How will she react?
Could Sam accept his proposal again?
As diehard fans of the London-based soap may know, Ricky and Sam were once married for five years, from 1991 to 1996.
The pair eloped to Gretna Green after Sam expressed her wishes of getting married at the young age of sixteen.
However, she soon grew bored and left Ricky in 1993.
Years down the line, Ricky was still unable to forget her and even had a one night stand with her amid his romance with Natalie Evans.
Ricky had to wait until 2009 for Sam to be ready to give him another chance by getting engaged for a second time.
But the intrepid Sam embarked on an affair with Jack Branning, which ultimately led to Ricky Jr.’s birth.
Ricky Butcher discovered Sam was pregnant after tying the knot with Bianca Jackson.
Although it was unsure who was the baby daddy, Sam named Ricky as the father… until a paternity test revealed she was lying and the baby was Jack’s.
Could the troubled couple give their love another go?
Will Sam really leave her son again to go to Germany?
EastEnders airs from Monday to Thursday on BBC One.
Ricky Butcher is determined to give marriage another go with Sam
But how will she react?
