To prevent him from reading out her love letter in front of the assembled household, Ute tears the love letter out of Till's hand and later burns it. Apart from Irene, nobody realizes what feelings Ute really has for Till. When she comes to the Weigels the next morning with a present to make amends to Till, Irene asks her the crucial question. Ute is happy to have finally found someone to whom she can confess her unrequited love ... Stefanie is too sad about the argument with Lars to celebrate Christmas with the Weigels. Chris nevertheless brings her a portion of Irene's festive roast and arrives just at the right moment to drive away Lars, whom Stefanie doesn't want to see. Lars learns from Armin that Stefanie is still crying for him and finds new hope ... The flat share's Christmas party is a tired debacle. With a heavy heart, Bernd decides not to go to his parents' house with Aylin until the next day. To avoid the freeway traffic jams, he works out a Sauerland route. At first everything goes well, but in the middle of the Bergisches Land, the two pick up a heavily pregnant hitchhiker who is traveling alone after an argument with her boyfriend. While Bernd gets more and more lost on the small country roads, the woman suddenly goes into labor.