 Bernadette later appears at Abi's twelfth birthday party in June 2008, when she teases Abi about having a childish party, but they later become friends.In September 2008, Abi tells her father Max (Jake Wood) that she'd confided in Bernadette about her mother Tanya's (Jo Joyner) relationship with Max's brother Jack (Scott Maslen), and Bernadette had been calling Tanya a "scrubber".Max tells Abi to stand up to Bernadette, and it is revealed that Abi had assaulted Bernadette (off-screen) and been suspended from school for four days.