They find him eventually. It's after they put the fire out. He's sat up leaning against a tree further in the woodland area beyond the burnt wreckage that is his car. She rushes over, doesn't care if her mother's dress gets ruined. The man she loves is alive. Oh god. Rick is alive, he's breathing. She notices that he's rocking back and forth but breaths a sigh of relief when she realises he isn't hurt.
"Rick" She surprises herself as to how stable how her voice is. He looks up at her and that's when her heart breaks in two. She can see it in his eyes, his eyes tell her everything. He doesn't remember her. He frowns, confusion showing all over his face. That's when her suspicion is confirmed.
"Who are you? Why are you in a wedding dress? Shouldn't you be getting married?" He takes her all in and a sob breaks free. The fear from before not knowing if he was still alive has vanished as a new fear takes over her. He has no clue who she is.
"Rick, this isn't funny. Stop being a practical joker. We we're supposed to be getting married right about now"
"I'm being serious. I don't know who you are" It hits her then, like the wind has knocked her off her feat. She starts to back up, to get away from him. No. No. This can't be happening. The past 6 years, the pain they have gone through with each other, everything that has happened to get to this point. Gone. Vanished. She manages to get herself to stand up and she runs back up the steep hill. She feels weak and light headed and her body gives in and she collapses. Martha and Alexis appear out of nowhere and catch her just before she falls to the floor.
"Katherine?" Martha's voice breaks and oh God, she thinks Rick's dead. She thinks that her only child, her son, is dead.
"He... God... He doesn't remember who I am" She hears someone scream and she has a good mind to tell to shut up but then she realises that the screams are coming from her.
She doesn't remember how she got here but she's curled up in the fetal position on her side of the bed, with Rick's favourite jumper and sweats on. She remembers something about Martha and Alexis telling her that everything will be okay and that they'll go the hospital with Rick and they'll meet her at the loft later. She doesn't think everything will be okay. She remembers the last thing they said to each other, them declaring their love to each other and another sob takes over her body. She thinks she hears the door open but she doesn't move, continues to stare at his side of the bed, willing for all this to be a dream and she'll wake up soon with him bedside her, in the Maldives. She hears him come into the room just be the shuffle of his feet and she sucks in a breath.
"What are you doing in my bed? You don't live here! Get out! Get out!" She's never heard him shout like that. Ever. And it scares her. She scrambles out of the bed and races past him. She see's Alexis stood at the bottom of the stairs, she could tell by her face expression she heard what Rick had said.
"Kate?"
"I'm sorry Alexis, you should never have heard that. I'm going to go the precinct and find out if there's been any updates" She smiles weakly and grabs her keys off the side.
"You don't have to lie to me-"
"I'm not lying to you, I am going to the precinct"
"I know you're going there to find out what happened but I also know you're going there to get away from my Dad. And before you say anything I understand, so you don't need to explain" She walked over to Alexis and pulled her into a hug. She pulled back before she broke down on the girls shoulder and said goodbye and walked out of the loft. As soon as the door shut behind her, her back hits the door and she slumped down to the floor and let the sobs take over her again.