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Laura prepares for Emily's first birthday but can do without her mother being depressed that Alan is planning to marry Sally. However when Alan visits Sally her teen-aged son Luke explains that he is but one of many men she has dated to help with Luke and Alan makes a swift exit. Sandra's sister Evelyn arrives at the caravan park to offer money if Keith will resign his job and look for a house. The Princes are initially tempted until Keith finds out the lucrative practice of disposing of the corpses of elderly residents who have died of hypothermia. At the birthday party Beth and Mike announce that they are a couple, Alan and Janet find that perhaps they should put their divorce on hold and Laura and Jamie realize that there is still a spark between them.

Laura is going for a day's work experience at Janet's firm so Jamie offers to have Emily though he has forgotten he has an exam on that day so entrusts his baby to Beth and Michael, who clash over child welfare and end up leaving Emily with Alan. Picked on by the patronizing Fiona Laura rings Jamie to bring Emily to her, causing him to leave the exam halfway through. However Fiona tumbles to the fact that Laura has a child and lets her leave work early. Fortunately Jamie sprints back to Alan's in time to have appeared with Emily all day. Keith meanwhile gets a job on a gay sex chat-line, where he does surprisingly well.

Struggling to cope with their baby daughter Laura and Jamie are dreading the christening. So are Sandra and Keith, who are paying for it, and Janet, who feels it will shame the family. Michael is due to be godfather, getting shtick from Beth about his religious responsibilities. Sandra's loud sister arrives with her handsome trainee priest son Conall, as does Janet's domineering father, with his girls. All offer unwanted childcare advice. Laura and Jamie take the baby to discuss baptism with the local priest but are put off by a couple of religious maniacs whilst Michael, trying to become more Christian, allows his new-found fervour to lose him a sexual encounter. Keith starts work under Jamie at the toy shop but gets sacked after a day though Janet goes behind Alan's back to steal his job. On the eve of the christening Laura and Jamie take their friends to a medieval banquet and fall out over the baby's name. Come the big day Laura fails to show at the church but Jamie persuades her to stand proud in front of their relatives - whom he soundly tells off before he and Laura make an exit with their baby - Emily.

Laura and Jamie decide that they are now officially a couple though she is reluctant to go public so, encouraged by Sandra, Jamie decides to tell Alan and Janet. They are attending marriage guidance though the fact that Janet phones in her contributions does not bode well for the sessions. Jamie asks Laura round for a romantic evening after his parents have gone out - though it comes to nothing, much like the Derbyshire's weekend in Paris, which Janet uses to tell her husband she has a job in New York. Laura and Jamie do finally get it together and, fleeing an A level result party, make out at the Derbyshires. Beth, meanwhile, annoyed not to have got the straight A's she was expecting ends up in the sack with Michael.

Janet and Alan have never felt more united or friskier, with an outdoor sex session landing Alan in hospital. Sandra, on the other hand, is extremely angry to find that Keith has taken her to the Lake District, not for a romantic break, but to tell her he has been made redundant. Michael, meanwhile, is pretending to do a charity run for Mumbai orphans when he is really planning to spend the money collected on a prostitute but Beth rumbles him, making him dress as a chicken for the run and taking the money from him when he is too exhausted to get to the prostitute. Jamie takes Laura shopping but ends up delivering the baby in a car park when her water breaks. At least Sandra is impressed by her husband's response when Jamie rings for advice but the future looks uncertain for everybody, not least the teen-aged parents.

Laura Derbyshire is a brilliant sixth form student, a trophy daughter to Janet and Alan who - though she gets straight A's ensuring university acceptance - ground her from going to a party. She escapes through a window and, at the party, gets drunk, ending up in bed with schoolboy Jamie Prince, who leaves whilst she is still asleep, leaving his phone number on a sheet of paper. Jamie's stupid friend Michael is envious but six weeks later numerous home pregnancy testing kits prove positive for Laura, who rings Jamie. They meet up in a cafe where she tells him her news and is shocked to learn that he is only sixteen.

Jamie comes to the conclusion that he should propose to Laura, which gains Mike's approval - but not Beth's.

Seeing Sandra getting cosy with her boss Ian leads Keith to suspect an affair though she explains that she is flirting to get extra hours because of Keith's unemployment. Danielle persuades Laura to attend a university dance in Edinburgh with her and introduces her to her friend Francesca. However Francesca seems to be out to turn Danielle against her and needs a good talking to from Laura to show her up and reconcile Laura and Danielle. Jamie is depressed and wanders off. His friends and family fear he is suicidal but a call from Laura cheers him up and Laura is also pleased to see him again when she returns from Edinburgh.

Michael organizes Jamie's eighteenth birthday party, collecting what he believes to be magic mushrooms to make the night go with a swing. In fact Beth has made sure they are harmless mushrooms but Michael still gets high on them. Laura, having turned down another party invite arrives but leaves again when Michael tells her Jamie is on drugs, leading to an argument and her storming out. Keith takes up yoga and a vegan diet to give himself strength and confidence to find a job but stops after Sandra has a false pregnancy scare.

Janet gets in touch from New York. She tells Laura that she has found somebody else and is contemplating a divorce, even sending an estate agent to have the house valued. Laura tries to reconcile her parents but in vain as Janet informs her that she is staying in New York but will provide Laura with a flat. Jamie and his parents are evicted and move into a mobile home which tilts a lot. Jamie then announces that he is quitting school to find work and move into the flat with Laura whilst Beth makes it clear to Mike that she has no desire to keep in touch after their one night stand.