Amanda (Episodes 8968/9)

Amanda was a woman who was part of a hen party in Nick's Bistro one night in August 2016. Nick Tilsley himself had tried to resurrect his relationship with Leanne Battersby but had been somewhat reluctantly rebuffed by her. She was therefore uncomfortable when Amanda, taken with Nick, started to flirt with him as their table was served their courses and he happily returned the banter about sticky puddings and the like. As Steph Britton commented to Leanne, "he might as well jump on her lap and have done with it." Nick even sat down for a while with the group and chatted to Amanda as Leanne's temper rose. At the end of the meal, the group moved on to a club and Amanda invited Nick to join them, saying it was very "twenty-first century" for a bloke to join a hen party. Eva Price saw her sister's unhappiness and said that she couldn't stand the woman, giving the opinion that she had a backside the size of Morecambe. Nick did join the party, but not before asking Leanne's "permission" to leave her alone to manage the restaurant.

The next morning, Nick staggered back in having enjoyed his night, though he admitted that nothing had happened beyond an exchange of numbers.