Coronation Street‘s Carla Connor prepares to declare her true feelings for Lisa Swain next week.

The soap favourite plans to lay her heart on the line following another heart-to-heart with her nephew

Ryan.

In a big week for the ongoing storyline, Carla supports Lisa through a difficult time.

Lisa’s teenage daughter Betsy announces that she’s planning to visit the grave of her other mum Becky, as it’s her birthday.

The news leaves Lisa feeling terrible, as she’d forgotten about Becky’s birthday amid the recent stress of the Joel Deering investigation.

When Carla finds Lisa drowning her sorrows in The Rovers, she feels compelled to get involved.

The next morning, Lisa wakes up on Carla’s sofa with a hangover.

Carla speaks privately to Ryan, acknowledging that she has feelings for Lisa but fears she’s out of her depth in the situation. Ryan urges Carla to stop worrying so much and simply go for it.

Later, Carla returns home to find Lisa getting dressed. Will she take Ryan’s advice and declare her feelings?

Speaking in September, Alison King – who plays Carla – commented: “It’s been a long time since Carla has had a female friend, somebody who’s actually leaning on her but is also a powerhouse in her own right.

“Now Lisa is there for her, she’s leaning on Lisa for the first time and it’s becoming quite a confusing friendship.

“Lisa keeps appearing, she’s always there because of that link through Betsy, and there’s a bond growing between them that Carla can’t quite define.”

She added: “I’m loving working with Vicky [Myers, who plays Lisa]. She’s an absolute trooper and she’s very talented. I’m enjoying seeing their friendship coming through. With this friendship, we’re seeing a more vulnerable side in them both, rather than just two very strong women.

“It’s nice to see Carla opening up to another woman, rather than it all being intermingled with men. She’s suddenly got somebody around that really gets her.

“She has that closeness and banter with Ryan at home, but with Lisa she can show that vulnerability that she so often hides. Lisa’s so serious but she quite likes it and she doesn’t really know why, because in that sense they’re polar opposite.”

Coronation Street airs these scenes on Wednesday, November 20 and Friday, November 22 on ITV1 and ITVX.