Rick Forrester and Kimberly Fairchild

Rick Forrester is the son of Brooke Logan Forrester and Eric Forrester. Kimberly is the daughter of Adam Alexander and the half sister of Macy Alexander Sharpe who was once an important B&B character.

Love at first sight despite Rick being engaged to Amber (1998)
When Kimberly and Rick first met he was engaged to his first love Amber Moore, but both of them instantly feel in love despite Rick's relationship and the fact that Amber was carrying Rick's child. Brooke Logan Forrester, Rick's mother was delighted that Rick was enamored with Kimberly as she disliked Rick's fiance. Kimberly wanted to respect Rick's relationship with Amber, but she fought for him after the young Forester confessed to her that he is in love with her. Rick told Kimberly that he is too young to become a father and he feels like he wasted his life. Kimberly stopped fighting for Rick when Amber almost lost her child when she fell of the stairs. Rick and Amber get married.

Kimberly trying to forget about Rick by dating CJ Garrison
While seeing C.J. Garrison Kimberly met his half sister from maternal side Macy Alexander Sharpe and really liked her without knowing that she is her half sister from her paternal side. when Kimberly found out the was furious with her father and ran away from home. Rick, worried for the woman he loves decides to look for her and when he found her he convinced Kimberly to go back home. Soon Kimberly decided that she wants to become a model despite her father's disapproval and when she learned that Forrester Creations is searching for models she went for it. Brooke was surprised, but she hired her and Amber accused her mother in law of doing it on purpose to her her.

Kimberly suspecting that Amber is up to no good
After Rick and Amber's baby was born Amber's cousin Becky Moore has visited them. Kimberly noticed that she Amber wants to get rid of her cousin and she finds that suspicious and she wants to find out what it is. Rick asked Kimberly to not interfere in his marriage, but she was determinate as she was fed up with watching Rick in an unhappy marriage. Kimberly kissed Rick which Amber saw. Moore confronted her rival.

Kimberly travels to Paris and starts dreaming about Rick. When she wakes up she realized that she was kissing a stranger on the plane while dreaming about Rick. She apologizes to the stranger. When she arrived in Paris she went to talk to Amber's cousin Becky. Kimberly asks the girl about Amber's secret, but Becky tells her nothing. When Kimberly came back to LA she again told Rick that she feels that Amber does hide something. When Kimberly arrives at Rick's and Amber's home and she walks close to their son Eric Amber's mother Tawny Moore points a gun at her. Horrified Amber takes the gun from her mother and Kim runs off. Kimberly told Rick everything and he was horrified however he decided to remain with Amber which devastated Fairchild.

Soon Rick is ready to re-new his marriage vows to Amber. Heartbroken Kimberly calls Becky. Amber's cousin assures her that Rick is happy with Amber and begs her to leave it alone. Amber cracks and tells the truth to Rick herself. In reality their son Eric Forrester III was stillborn and Tawny Moore encouraged her daughter to use Becky's newborn son that she gave up to keep Rick in their marriage. Rick is absolutely crushed after learning that the child he loved for months isn't his and that his biological son is dead. The baby the two raised was Eric Sharpe, a boy that Becky had with Deacon Sharpe.

Rick and Kimberly officially dating and their break up soon after
After Tawny's and Amber's scheme came out Rick divorced Amber and started dating Kimberly. Rick hoped to be intimate with Kimberly, but she offers him only kisses and wants to wait for sex until marriage. Their relationship started deteriorating when Rick's mother started a rivalry for Thorne Forrester's heart with her half sister Macy Alexander Sharpe. Kimberly was angry with Brooke and asked her to stay away from Thorne. When Macy died in a car accident she's heartbroken and blames Brooke. One day she and Brooke got into a fight and Logan almost lost her life. Kimberly decided to leave Rick because he was on board with his mother's and Thorne's relationship.