Alya Nazir (Sair Khan)

[lizann]

Noooooooooooooooooooooo Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo But what I have seen from trailers and adverts where they are always asking if you want paternity test to prove baby's father ..... sure some people don't seem to be having problems to reproduce ...

always the ones who shouldn't have them can have them

[lizann]

Noooooooooooooooooooooo Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo But what I have seen from trailers and adverts where they are always asking if you want paternity test to prove baby's father ..... sure some people don't seem to be having problems to reproduce ...

always the ones who shouldn't have them can have them

[alan45]

Coronation Street's Alya Nazir is left in a panic next week when she starts to fear that she might be pregnant with Jason Grimshaw's baby.

The ambitious factory worker quickly realises that she needs to know for sure, but when she buys a pregnancy testing kit, it doesn't take long before her colleagues at Underworld get dangerously close to the truth.

Here, Sair Khan - who plays Alya - lifts the lid on a difficult week in store for her character.


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Sair Khan as Alya Nazir

Does Alya regret what happened between her and Jason?
"Yes, massively. It all happened so quickly and before she knew it, she'd made this huge mistake. She instantly regretted it and it was never what she intended to happen. One thing led to another after she'd had too many drinks. In the moment, she felt they had a connection in terms of where they were in their lives, and it just happened. She has regretted it ever since."

Why did Alya let it happen?
"I absolutely think it happened because she was grieving for the loss of her dad. That week she was in such a mess with everything, her head wasn't in a good place and she'd been struggling to cope with what was going on with her family, as well as everything going on at work and with Carla.

"Jason was one outlet for her to forget about everything that was happening in her life. She was trying to get out of her own headspace and instead fell into his arms."


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Jason and Alya

Is Alya still worried about her fiancé Gary finding out?
"Alya is terrified of Gary finding out because she's so scared about what the repercussions might be. She loves him so much and the last thing she wants to do is ruin the relationship that they've built together. But in the same breath, she can't live with the lie of what she's done so it's going to be so difficult for her to keep it buried forever."

Why did Alya recently accept Gary's proposal?
"Alya has seen Gary really step up to the plate - both in relation to his own family and to hers as well. With everything that has gone on with Faye and Miley, Gary has really been a pillar of strength for them and for his mum too. He's been a huge support to Faye and has shown his caring side.

"Alya realises that despite the troubles he's had in the past, he's still a really good man. He loves his family and loves her deeply as well. She knows he's the one for her and despite what she's done, she knows it's Gary who she wants to be with for the rest of her life."

Gary surprises Alya at Underworld by suggesting a picnic next week, but she gives him a frosty reception. Why?
"Alya feels like she's living with a lie and the stress of that is making her quite unwell. She also thinks that she might be pregnant. I think that suspicion manifests out of overthinking and making herself sick with worry - she's tying herself in knots.

"Alya is so guilt ridden that despite the fact that she has accepted Gary's proposal, she is still keeping him at arm's length. She hates herself for what she has done, so she's trying to keep some distance between them so she can get her head around what she's done.

"But Gary is reading this the other way. He's so in love with her that he wants to spend all his time with her and do everything he can to make her happy again. She is trying to balance everything out, but she is finding it difficult and she can't bring herself to join him when he turns up at her work."


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Alya is struggling around Gary

How does Alya feel about the possibility that she is pregnant?
"She realises that if she is, then Gary would find out and everyone would know what she did. The repercussions of that make her sick with worry about how her family would react and the shame she would feel over what she has done to Gary and to her family, as well as to herself. She's also really struggling to keep it together at work because of these concerns."

Does Alya decide to do the pregnancy test?
"Yes she does - she needs to know because she's driving herself mad and she knows she has to find out. Initially she wants to do it at the pub but something gets in the way, so she ends up taking it at Underworld."

Does Alya think about what she's going to do if she really is pregnant?
"She can't bear to think about that. She can only think about actually taking the test - that's as far as she can go at the minute. Otherwise it would be too much to try and fathom what the outcome might be. She needs an answer one way or another."


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Beth and Sean will find out about the test

Who finds the pregnancy test?
"Everyone at work can tell Alya has been on edge recently and they're all putting it down to the fact that she's just lost her father - which of course she's still trying to come to terms with. She's snapping at a lot of people and she's not her usual helpful self.

"Then when she does the pregnancy test, Beth later finds it in the bin and parades it about onto the factory floor, demanding to know whose it is. Alya is mortified because she thinks she's been rumbled!"

What happens next?
"Sinead is very perceptive and can see from Alya's reaction and face that the test is hers. Sinead covers for her and pretends it's hers and there's a slight look that the two girls share. Sinead can see in Alya's eyes that she is desperate to keep it a secret."

Why does Alya then tell Sinead about how she slept with Jason?
"Initially she doesn't reveal all. Alya admits to her that the test was hers but at first Sinead has no reason to suspect that Alya has slept with someone else - she knows Alya is with Gary so she's no reason really to assume that Alya must have slept with someone else.

"So at first Sinead just thinks that Alya doesn't want her business announced on the factory floor. But I think Alya feels she has to tell someone - she just can't keep it to herself much longer!"

[Kim]

zzzzzzzz, always the predictable route. She instantly regretted it but didn't get the morning after pill? Right. Obviously she wasn't thinking at the time but she seemed to have taken a hard, cold dose of reality afterwards.

[swmc66]

Is it me or is she getting on everyone's nerves. Not interested in this storyline at all. Hope test is negative.

[tammyy2j]

Is it me or is she getting on everyone's nerves. Not interested in this storyline at all. Hope test is negative.

I haven't taken to her since she arrived

[parkerman]

Is it me or is she getting on everyone's nerves. Not interested in this storyline at all. Hope test is negative.

She's not getting on my nerves. Phwoarrrrrrrr!

[Dazzle]

Is it me or is she getting on everyone's nerves. Not interested in this storyline at all. Hope test is negative.

I thought the storyline of her going on a destructive downward spiral after Kal's death started well and had potential to be very interesting. However, all that appears to have come of it is yet another accidental pregnancy (or hopefully just a scare). How original...

[LizzyBizzy]

I like her character.

[tammyy2j]

Is she pregnant or was the test negative?