NINA Lucas is shocked as Asha Alahan confesses she loves her next week in Coronation Street.
Nina – who is played by Mollie Gallagher in the ITV soap – will start to withdraw from Asha next week when the prospect of a family gathering becomes too much for her.
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Nina tells Asha she’s going bat watching with Roy and Asha asks if she can tag along, but Nina insists she’d be bored.
Asha confides in Amy that she’s worried Nina isn’t interested anymore as she’d rather go bat watching with Roy than spend time with her.
When Asha expresses her concerns to Nina, she explains it’s important they have time on their own too.
Later, Asha gets another blow when Nina admits she can’t make Dev’s surprise birthday party.
When Aadi discovers that Nina has offered to mind the cafe to avoid the party, he demands to know why she has lied to Asha.
Nina admits that it felt too soon to be attending Asha’s family parties, but that she doesn’t want to hurt Asha.
Nina has a change of heart, however, and makes Asha’s day when she arrives at the party.
Nina is uneasy when Dev makes a speech and welcomes Nina into the family.
She gets more of a shock when Asha announces that she’s in love with her.
Will Asha’s feelings be reciprocated?
Corrie boss Ian MacLeod recently revealed there was a “heartbreaking” love story on the horizon for Nina.
He revealed: “There’ll be a fantastic and unique love story for Nina, which might not entirely end up where you expect now. The love story will turn into a massive social issue story that deals with tolerance of people who are part of minority communities and don’t look like everybody else.
He added: “It’ll become a real talking point – how does the world view people like Nina in reality? When they’re on Coronation Street, all of our characters take them under their wing – and the viewers have taken Nina to their hearts too.
“But in the real world, if you don’t look like everybody else, sometimes that can be incredibly challenging. We’re going to explore that a little bit in the show – to heartbreaking effect, I hope.
“That story draws in Roy, Abi and Kevin. It becomes a huge, emotive community story, with some of our favourite actors in the middle of it.”
