We’d been on a few dates and I liked her. Her roommate’s family had a vacation home in St George, and all her roommates invited their boyfriends down for a long weekend.

I had to work but my supervisor said if I could meet my sales target by Thursday, he would cover for me and let me go. I busted my butt off to be there and was feeling so good that the stars aligned.

The drive down and the first night were awesome until I moved in for a kiss and was spurned. The next morning she let me know her missionary would be home in two weeks and wasn’t interested in a relationship.

I had been played. She wanted to go on the trip with her roommates but without a boyfriend she would be 3rd wheel so I was the filler guy. Spent the rest of the weekend in the friend zone. In hindsight I should have taken a greyhound back to Provo.