July 2006

At Forrester's Photo Studio, Ridge raves about Brooke's nude photo's and predicts the hype from them will lead to record sales. Brooke is concerned with the nude photo getting too much exposure however Ridge promises that it will not because they will only use it on the last page of the ad. Overall, Brooke is excited and they share a toast. Stephanie watches on convinced that when Nick sees the nude pictures it will be strike 3 for Brooke. When Stephanie comes over and begins to gush over how wonderful the photos are Brooke remarks that this is not the image Stephanie would normally support for Forrester. Stephanie tells her that a leopard can change its spots. Brooke is still hesitant about using the photos, fearing Nick's reaction. Trying to control Brooke herself, Stephanie tells Brooke she can't believe how she lets Nick control her and kill her free spirit.

Back at Forrester in her office, Brooke continues to look at her nudes, while Ridge tries to convince her to use them. Ridge is disgusted to see how controlling Nick is and asks Brooke how long is she going to let Nick come between her and what she knows is right. Brooke argues with Ridge that Nick has already put up with enough scandal. She reminds him that the kiss on the runway may have been a publicity stunt, but to Nick it was personal. Ridge tells Brooke if Nick can't handle the real her, that is his problem. He begs Brooke not to let Nick clip her wings right when she is beginning to soar. After Ridge leaves Nick comes by, still pouting about the photo shoot. Brooke coddles him. When they are about ready to leave the photographer for Brooke's shoot stops in. Brooke tells her she wants to go with the first set. The photographer is disappointed because Brooke does not want to use the nudes. Nick remains clueless. When they leave her office Nick and Brooke go checkout the wedding site. Nick likes it because it is by the water. He kisses Brooke and hugs her, telling her he can't believe they are about to get married.

In Brooke's office, after she has left the photographer comes in and tells Ridge Brooke is not going with the nudes. He is disappointed. When Ridge looks at Brooke and Nick's wedding invitation he remembers his favorite wedding with Brooke. He thinks to himself that Nick will never understand Brooke or accept her need to be wild and free.

At home, Brooke made wedding plans. Stephanie arrived and learned of her plans. Stephanie nagged Brooke that if she married Nick, he won't allow her to be herself. Brooke told Stephanie to not launch the photo ad for Brooke's Bedroom. Stephanie knew that Brooke was afraid to launch the photos for fear that Nick would be upset. Stephanie told Brooke she knew of Brooke's two strikes. Brooke advised that it was Stephanie and Ridge that Nick had the strikes against.

Nick arrived. He told Brooke that he would like her to form her own company. Nick admitted that he does not want her to work with Ridge. Meanwhile, Massimo and Stephanie planned to sabotage Nick and Brooke's wedding by placing the nude photo from Brooke's bedroom in plain view and facing Nick.

At Brooke's, as Brooke is preparing for her wedding she receives a ball and chains from Nick with a note saying now he will be her ball and chain for life. Getting nostalgic Brooke remembers the first time Ridge told her he loved her. Nick gives her a call from the wedding site excited about their wedding day. Ridge stops by in one last-ditch effort to get her to change her mind. He pleads with her to choose him. He feels as if she is about to drown and he wants to save her. He tells her that Nick can't accept her for who she is and is trying to turn her into someone else. Ridge adds that he would never do that to her. Trying not to be swayed, Brooke remains bitter toward Ridge about how he deserted her for Taylor. Ridge begs her to be honest with herself before it is too late. Recognizing the truth in his words, but unable to accept them she rushes out of her house, leaving him all alone. After she leaves Ridge sadly looks at pictures of Brooke and him when they were a family. Stephanie stops in and tries to reassure him that everything will work out in the end. He asks her what she is up to, but she does not let him in on her plans.

At the wedding site, after Nick gets off the phone with Brooke, Nick notices some construction workers preparing to put up a poster and asks them to keep in quite for his wedding ceremony. After he leaves they put up the nude billboard of Brooke and gaze at it lustily.

After Stephanie leaves, Nick, Dante and Brooke show up. Rick makes a crack about it not being Brooke's first time down the isle, but Brooke said this time is forever. Bridget looks as if she has heard that before.

Back at the wedding site, Brooke prances around in her slinky wedding gown with Bridget, still troubled by Ridge's words. She asks Bridget if the dress is too revealing. Bridget thinks it is, but tells her Mom she can't pretend to be someone she isn't. Brooke begins to feel bad again about how she stole Nick away from her daughter. Bridget assures her she is over it and she supports their wedding. Brooke tells her how much she appreciates her forgiveness

At the altar, right before Nick arrives, Jackie, Bridget, Dante and Rick see the billboard and are appalled. When Nick gets there Jackie successfully prevents him from seeing it. His eyes are on his bride who is riding up in a horse drawn carriage. He walks to meet her and helps her down. Gazing into Brooke's eyes he tells her how beautiful she is. Stephanie and Massimo begin to worry that Nick won't see the billboard and the wedding will go off without a hitch. However Nick looks away from Brooke for a second and he notices it. He is shocked when he sees the nude billboard of Brooke, hardly believing his eyes. He gives Brooke a look of utter disbelief and disgust.

Brooke and Nick both eye the poster, showing Brooke in the rejected photo for the new "Brooke's bedroom" line. Nick is horrified and Brooke stands there disbelieving what she is seeing. As the two about-to-be married people, look at each other, Nick walks away. Brooke follows after him and the rest of the visitors mingle and talk about what they think will happen. Jackie, Dante, Rick and Bridget head for Chuck's place, which is close to the Shady Marlin to wait for the results. Jackie thinks that they will solve their problems once again, but Bridget and Rick aren't so sure. Brooke arrives at the Marlin to speak with Nick. She tells him that she had nothing to do with this ad. She did not endorse it, in fact she turned it down and told Stephanie not to use it. Nick tells her that he did not take on being married to a naked pin-up model. He tells her that he warned her not to let her guard down where Stephanie was concerned and she did. Brooke admits being angry at the fact that it was done behind her back but does not regret doing the shoot. She tells him that it was done very tastefully and in fact she is very proud of it. Brooke tells Nick that in no way does she feel either exploited or exposed, but, instead felt the ad was a beautiful one, even though Stephanie used it without her permission. Brooke tells Nick that the original idea came from Stephanie and the "signon" was Ridge's idea. He then questions Brooke as to whether or not Ridge was in the room during the shoot. Brooke tells him that Ridge walked in during the shoot. His next question of course, "did you ask him to leave?" Of course not, it was work and besides it wasn't exactly like he had never seen me naked before. At this point Nick starts to lose it. He tells her that everything was fine between them until she started to work with the Forresters again. He makes sure that she understands that he wants her gone from that place for good. She looks at him and tells him that they differ on things and he will have to accept her for who she is or they might as well call this whole thing off now.

Ridge picks up a picture of the family that he used to love and come home to at night. He fantasizes that Brooke walks in and tells him that he was right, that she couldn't go through with the wedding to Nick. Ridge says to her that he didn't understand how she could love a man who didn't love her for who she is.

The guests suspect the wedding is off when the justice of the peace leaves. Nick is still very upset about the photo and strongly disapproves. Massimo calls Stephanie with the news that the wedding is off. Ridge hides his relief, claiming Brooke will come back to him of her own free will. Meanwhile, on the Shady Marlin, Brooke and Nick argue over what they're willing to do for each other. The justice enters and they marry.

On the Shady Marlin, Brooke asks Nick where they are and he tells her he has taken her to their island. Nick jokes with Brooke that he's going to treat her like a caveman would and make her cook and clean and do whatever he says. He then picks her up and carries her out to the island, where a beautiful bed is set up for their honeymoon. He explains that one of guy's from Chuck's set it up for them. They begin to kiss passionately. They sip margaritas and toast to always. Brooke is shocked at how strong the drinks are and Nick jokes that he doesn't have to get her drunk anymore to have his way with her now that she's his wife. Nick tells her that now that they are married he has everything he has ever wanted and they kiss. As they begin to make love Brooke teases Nick that she only married him for his body. She then tells him that she loves it that he doesn't close his eyes when he kisses her. He tells her that is because he loves to look at her. After making love Nick and Brooke hold on to each other. As they look at the stars, Brooke tells him her lucky star steered her to him. Looking into his eyes, Brooke tells him she finally feels like she is home and Nick tells that's because she is.

At Forrester Creations, Thorne suggested to Ridge that perhaps there is someone out there for him rather than Brooke. Darla arrived. Ridge sarcastically told Darla to tell him what a fool he has been with Brooke. Darla instead hugged Ridge and lent her support over his loss of Brooke. Darla invited Ridge and the kids to stop over that evening for their daughter Alexandria's birthday. Ridge agreed to attend. He apologized for being mean to Darla in the past. Ridge thanked Darla and Thorne for their support.

Ridge arrived at Taylor's to pick up Thomas. Taylor told Ridge that she was sorry that Brooke married Nick. Taylor told Ridge she was couldn't figure out her life and why they divorced so he could be with Brooke and now she and Ridge are both alone. Ridge apologized for hurting Taylor.

Meanwhile at Taylor's, Ridge and Taylor hug and Ridge apologizes for making such a mess of their lives and tells her he wishes he could change things. Taylor thinks its unfair that Nick and Brooke are the only ones that have ended up happy. Ridge blames himself for her unhappiness and tells her he had no idea how much pain he caused her until experiencing it himself, from Brooke. Taylor thinks he is being too hard on himself and tells him she has dealt with the pain and is determined to moved on. Ridge tells Taylor he wants the best for her and that includes wanting her to find a man that truly loves and appreciates her and would never let her down like he has. Ridge admits he didn't think enough about what he was giving up when he left her and their kids for Brooke. Taylor tells Ridge everyone understood that he was in impossible situation. Thomas walks in before they can finish their conversation and Taylor tells them they should go or they will be late for Alexandria's party. Not wanting his Mom to be alone, Thomas tries to convince her to come but she won't take him up on it.

At Alexandria's party, Thomas comes with a camera and catches his Dad on film getting nostalgic about when his children were Alexandria's age and he and Taylor were together. Needing a moment alone, Ridge walks onto the deck to get some air. Stephanie follows Ridge out onto the deck and thanks him for coming even though she knows he is going through a hard time. Ridge tells her not to worry he will find a way to live without Brooke. Stephanie agrees and adds that she is not going to let Brooke keep Forrester. Ridge doesn't think Stephanie should get into another battle with Brooke and reminds her how much she hurt Taylor by giving Brooke the stock in the first place. Ridge tells his Mom he had no idea how insensitive they both have been to Taylor until now. After being so unfair to her, Ridge feels that he has no right to judge Taylor anymore. Once Ridge and Stephanie come back in, the party begins. Ridge doesn't understand why Phoebe is not there yet. Thomas thinks she's probably still shopping in the mall.

Thomas and Ridge arrive home to find Taylor gone. Thomas tells his Dad that his Mother misses him, and isn't there anything that they could do to bring them closer together.

Brooke and Nick arrive home from their honeymoon and visit with the children and Bridget. Nick continues to complain to Brooke about her nude photo. Brooke promises to deal with Stephanie. Bridget realizes that Brooke will always let the Forresters affect her life, especially Ridge. At the scene of the accident, Thorne doesn't yet know that Taylor hit Darla. Taylor sits in shock, then admits to Hector that she had been drinking and driving. Meanwhile, Thomas and Ridge discuss Taylor's drinking problem. Thorne and Ridge criticize the driver.

Ridge informs Brooke of Darla's death. Ridge feels awful for Thorne and little Alexandria. Brooke comforts Ridge, suggesting he make amends with Thorne and watch out for Alexandria.

Brooke is looking at a family picture as the doorbell rings. She opens it to find her younger sister, Donna, standing there. Donna tells her that she is there to wish her sister well and see what she is up to and also to attend Darla's funeral. She tells Brooke that she would like to stick around for the funeral if it is all right with her new hubby. Donna questions what actually happened, since she was always so much in love with Ridge. Nick slips in the door and introduces himself to Donna.

Donna sees the "nude" photo layout on the table and tells Brooke that it is simply beautiful. She must love what she is doing, she always had wanted to be a model. She doesn't want to be a model anymore but a businesswoman and besides her husband really doesn't approve of the layout, says Brooke. Donna tells Brooke that she must have married the wrong man because modeling was always something that she loved. "Not anymore," says Brooke who is happy being a business woman and very happy and in love with her husband. Nick and Donna later argue over the pictures of Brooke. Donna thinks they are beautiful while Nick has a problem with the fact that it was his wife on display. Brooke has all ready admitted that what man wants to see his wife on the cover of a magazine? Brooke says that Nick supports her and loves her, he just doesn't like her disrobing in public.

Nick overhears Brooke and Donna discuss her job at Forrester. Donna tries to stir the pot between Brooke and Nick. Brooke leaves the two to battle it out. At Forrester, Stephanie confronts Brooke, asking her to resign in exchange to better her relationship to Nick. Brooke refuses to leave the company. Stephanie declares end of truce between them. Eric and Stephanie discuss Thorne's future now that Darla has passed. Dante and Bridget also discuss Thorne. Then, Dante proposes they have a baby. Bridget wants to hold off getting married since Darla just died, but Bridget does want to start a family.

At Forrester in Brooke's office, Stephanie pressures Brooke to return the stock now that she is no longer in the family. Brooke is insulted by Stephanie's attempt to take back her offer. She accuses Stephanie of only giving her the stock for Ridge's sake. She believes Stephanie still views her as the slut from the valley. Stephanie doesn't deny that she views Brooke as a slut, however she maintains that her initial offer was sincere. Stephanie feels she offered Brooke everything she ever wanted, and Brooke rejected it and rejected the family. Stephanie demands that Brooke give the company back. Brooke refuses, ripping up the stock transfer, she tells Stephanie she will never give up the company and she has earned the right to run it. She then storms out leaving a furious Stephanie behind. Stephanie vows to find a way to take the company back from Brooke.

Meanwhile In Ridge's office, Donna comes by and tells Ridge that she still supports his relationship with Brooke and thinks Brooke made a big mistake choosing Nick over him. Donna begs him not to give up on Brooke and offers her help in bringing them back together. Ridge refuses, saying he is going to respect Brooke's decision. He tells Donna he and Brooke still can work together and inspire each other at Forrester, and that's enough for him. He tells her how excited he is about working with Brooke on their Bedroom Line. Surprised that Brooke has not told Ridge of her plans to no longer model, Donna tells Ridge she thinks he needs to talk to Brooke. After Donna leaves, Ridge asks Brooke to come to his office. She arrives fuming about Stephanie's attempt to oust her again. She is upset that Stephanie never really accepted her, but was just pretending for Ridge. Trying to cheer her up, Ridge shows her some of his knew designs for the Bedroom Line, and tells her she will look amazing in them. Brooke loves the designs, but informs Ridge that out of respect for Nick, she will no longer model them. Ridge is disgusted and disappointed that Brooke continues to allow Nick to control her every move. Calming down, Ridge admits that he needs to move on, but tells her it is hard when to when he can still see the love in her eyes. Donna hears their voices and begins eavesdropping through the door. Ridge tells Brooke that he could search the whole world over and never find another Logan. Donna is touched and more determined than ever to bring them back together.

At the service for Darla, various people paid tribute to Darla with a eulogy. Ridge, Stephanie and Sally all spoke about Darla. Each paid a beautiful tribute to Darla. Lt. Baker arrived at the service and sat in back. Hector and Phoebe noticed his presence.

After the service was over, Ridge told Taylor that he is worried about her drinking problem. Ridge suggested that they all spend time as a family for the afternoon and Taylor agreed.

Meanwhile in Thorne's office at Forrester, Ridge is staring at a picture of Thorne and Darla when Donna walks in. He wonders if he should remove all the pictures of Darla from the Thorne's office, but Donna tells him not to. She tells him she came by to check up on him, since Brooke no longer can. She tells Ridge that he and Brooke are the gold standard of relationships and she has never been able to find one that measured up to theirs. Ridge refuses to get into another discussion about him and Brooke.

Back at Forrester, in Brooke's office, Nick admits that Brooke's naked ad campaign payed off for Forrester. Brooke worries that sales will fall if she doesn't keep modeling for the Bedroom Line. Nick suggests that Donna become the new lingerie model for Brooke's Bedroom. He thinks it would be a cute campaign to have Brooke's little sister going through Brooke's closet and trying on her sister's lingerie. At first Brooke is opposed to the idea, saying she isn't sure how Donna looks in underwear, but Nick assures her that Donna looks good. Donna drops in before they have a chance to fool around and Nick makes a speedy exit. Donna is upset with Brooke for deserting the Bedroom Line when Ridge needs her most. She tells Brooke that it is hard for Ridge to try out his designs without a model. Donna is caught off guard when Brooke tells her that Nick thinks she should be Ridge's model. Brooke teases her sister, acting like she may not be in good enough shape to model.

Brooke told Donna that she might just do as the new spokesperson for Brooke's Bedroom, if she learned how to properly deal with the whole idea. As Brooke had her practice her steps, Donna became less awkward and more flowing. Brooke was now thinking that she had a chance.

Brooke tells her sister that she is madly in love with Nick. Donna refreshes her memory by telling her that she could have had it all. She had Ridge, the company and Stephanie's respect and she threw it all away for some "sailor."

Brooke comes downstairs and says that Donna is going to try something on. The two of them start to shift the furniture so that their living area looks like a runway. Donna comes down in her outfit and robe as Nick and Brooke sit on the sofa. After some barbs are tossed around, Donna removes the robe. Nick's mouth falling to the ground and he remarks that Donna just might be able to pull it off. Brooke has her parade around and as Donna's awkwardness turns into some semblance of a model's gait, Brooke becomes more and more satisfied.

Ridge tells Stephanie that he is no longer going to design for the Brooke's Bedroom line because Brooke is resigning as the spokesmodel. Donna accepts the spokesmodel position but Brooke is saddened about leaving. Later, as Donna practices the catwalk, Ridge informs her he is no longer designing the line. Ridge and Donna then sense a mutual attraction and he decides to continue designing for the line.

In Brooke's office, Eric worries about Brooke and Ridge no longer being part of the Bedroom Line. He asks Brooke if she is ok with Ridge backing out of the line. Brooke is shocked, since Ridge never told her. She rushes out of her office, determined to get him to stay.

In the showroom at Forrester, Donna is worrying about the kiss she shared with Ridge, when he comes in and asks her if she is excited about her debut. Ridge thinks she will do great and tells her he is looking forward to working with her. Donna feels a little awkward about the kiss, but Ridge assures her it was just what he needed. Before they can talk about it further, Brooke comes in upset that Ridge is going to quit designing the Bedroom Line. Ridge tells her that Donna convinced him to stay. Brooke is relieved to hear the news, but becomes a little jealous when she picks up on the sparks between her sister and Ridge.

Back in the showroom, the Press are arriving. While Donna is getting made up, Stephanie comes in and tells her she looks beautiful, however Stephanie still doesn't think she should be taking on this position with no experience. Ridge contradicts his mother, saying Donna has a wonderful future at Forrester and he is looking forward to making designs for her. Stephanie is glad to hear he is staying with the line. Brooke comes in announcing it's time to start the Press Conference. She tells them how much she loves the line and is confidant she is leaving it in good hands. Even though she will be working from Marone Industries, Brooke tells them her heart will still be at Forrester. Stephanie sarcastically tells Brooke to give back the stock and they will call it a clean break. Brooke says that will never happen because Forrester is a home for her and will become a home for her sister now. Brooke then goes out to meet the press. She starts by telling them she will no longer be modeling for The Bedroom Line, because she wants to concentrate on her duties as CEO. At first the reporters are confused since her ads have set sales records. She assures them that the model replacing her will do the same, then she introduces Donna as the new face for the Bedroom Line. Donna walks out on the runway, escorted by Ridge. One of the reporters asks Ridge how can he design the line without Brooke, since she was his muse. Brooke is hurt when Ridge replies that his muse is any beautiful woman, adding that Donna is certainly that. He says their new slogan will be Forrester has a new Logan. As Ridge continues to dote over Donna in front of the press, Brooke becomes more jealous. After the Press Conference Ridge and Donna head to his office. He hands her a skimpy design and tells her to try it on. Brooke comes in while her sister is changing and confronts Ridge. She asks him if he is trying to hurt her with his new slogan. Ridge thinks she is being too sensitive. He tells her he is just trying to promote the line, but Brooke thinks he is trying to get back at her. Ridge argues that he tried everything he could to get her to stay, but she refused. Frustrated, Ridge says he is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't when it comes to her. He asks Brooke what she wants from him. Before she can answer, Donna struts in wearing one of Ridge's sexy designs.