Ridge dangled from the edge of the building as Rick hung on to him. Brooke came up to the roof and, from a distance, saw Rick pull Ridge back up to safety. "I would never let you die," a sweaty Rick panted to Ridge and walked away. As Rick descended the stairs, a distraught Brooke ran up and he explained what happened. Brooke was grateful and proud of her son's courageous action but he asked her not to tell anyone since the Forresters were so against him right now. All he was concerned was that Ridge might change his mind about Rick seeing Steffy. "If Ridge can forgive me, the healing can begin," Rick noted.

Taylor was surprised to find out from Stephanie that Rick joined the Army. "He's always working some angle," groused Steph and summed up that he was trying to get back in everybody's "good graces." Taylor worried that Steffy was "way over her head" when it came to Rick and Stephanie opined that Ridge and Brooke were on such opposite sides that their marriage might not survive. After Taylor left, a disheveled Ridge walked in and revealed to his mother that Rick saved his life. "Phoebe and I were both in the wrong place at the wrong time," Ridge conceded but he complained that Rick would use his heroics to look good.

Brooke later found Ridge and expressed her relief that he is still alive. She admitted that Rick didn't want anyone to know about what transpired on the roof and Ridge snarked that Rick is once again manipulating her. Brooke was incredulous and surmised that her son could have genuine feelings for Steffy, but Ridge refused to let his daughter be taken in by Rick. Brooke then begged Ridge to let Rick feel accepted in the family again.

Stephanie confronted Rick about milking his heroic deed. Stephanie asked when he was shipping out and Rick confessed that he had been rejected. Steph laughed, then accused him of knowing all along that the Army wouldn't accept him.