Met while in high school Fell for Kimberly while he was engaged to Amber Both continued loving one another Kimberly did everything to make Rick see the mistake he was making Though it was painful for him, he broke things off with Kimberly when he told her about Amber Kimberly had a hard time moving on without him She defied her father by continuing to see Rick Both remained close friends even after Rick married Amber Kimberly suspected Amber was keeping something from Rick Kimberly accepted Brooke's job offer, so she could be close to Rick Rick felt torn because of the rivalry between Kimberly and Amber Kimberly had gone to Venice with Forrester Creations, but left to return to L.A. when her feelings for Rick were too much for her to handle Rick returned to L.A. to Kimberly after he learned the truth about Little Eric in Venice Rick and Kimberly dated for a while, but she broke things off when she went after Thorne as revenge on Brooke after Macy 'died' in the car wreck Kimberly leaves town after telling Thorne the truth; Rick and Kimberly rebuild their friendship