Episode 7974 ( 14th October 2012 ) Plot . Michelle tells Ryan that Tracy has deliberately trapped him just to spite her and Steve , only he ' s too stupid to realise it . Ken persuades Deirdre to accompany him to the Bessie Street School fayre . Ryan admits to Michelle that he ' s scared to death at the thought of being a dad . Steve arrives back from Spain to be greeted by a furious Michelle who tells him about Tracy ' s pregnancy . Steve ' s sceptical and reckons that she might be lying . Steve calls at No . 1 and in front of Ken and Deirdre lets rip at Tracy for wreaking havoc and trapping a young boy by getting herself pregnant . Ken and Deirdre are horrified whilst Tracy enjoys the attention . Gail , David and Kylie help Nick out at the bistro with a road hauliers ' wives lunch . Gail regales them with the story about their game . Steve asks Tracy if she ' s really pregnant or if it ' s another of her games . Tracy assures him that it ' s for real . Steve offers to pay for an abortion and a few days away recuperation . Tracy tells him that he can stick his offer of a " murder and a mini - break " . Audrey arrives back from her cruise alone and looking terrible . Ryan confides in Sophie that he ' s going to be a dad and the whole idea freaks him out . Sophie reckons that he ' d make a good dad . At the school fayre , Ken and Deirdre are chatting to Brian and Julie when Wendy approaches . Wendy offers to run the cake stall and is taken aback when Deirdre insists that she ' ll help her . Tearful and worried , Audrey explains to Gail and Nick how she and Lewis were returning home on the Eurostar when he suddenly disappeared . She searched the train but he ' d vanished into thin air . Tracy plays her trump card and tells Ryan how Steve and Michelle tried to pay her to get rid of the baby . Ryan ' s appalled and immediately assures Tracy that he ' ll stand by her and the baby . As Brian , Julie , Wendy and Ken discuss types of cake , Deirdre asks Wendy where she stands on " Manchester Tart " . Gloria ' s B & B guest , Laurence Carnegie , arrives at the Rovers . Gloria fusses round him and spoils him rotten . Laurence is very impressed . Tracy makes it known that she ' s carrying Michelle ' s grandchild . Norris and Emily are agog whilst Michelle is incandescent . Ryan accuses Michelle of plotting behind his back to get rid of the baby and tells her about the money Steve offered to Tracy . Michelle assures him that she knew nothing of Steve ' s sordid offer but Ryan ' s disbelieving . When Stella arrives back early from her hen weekend , she ' s surprised to find a " guest " in the back room . Gloria quickly steers her out and explains that Laurence is a B & B guest but also the competition judge . Stella ' s not impressed . Audrey ' s beside herself worried something terrible has happened to Lewis . Gail does her best to calm her down . Tracy and Ryan play the loved - up couple . Deirdre ' s taken in but Ken ' s sceptical . Michelle is livid with Steve , blaming him for Ryan ' s involvement with Tracy . In a rage , she tells him to get out . Notable dialogue . Steve McDonald ( to Tracy McDonald ) : " That ' s not a baby you ' re carrying , it ' s a weapon . "