Ava was Disneyland crush number two and unfortunately everything ended up turning into a big slice of drama pie. I remember the first time we met. It was her first Main Street East shift and I was the lead on duty. After checking her in, I made it a priority to make sure that things were going smoothly for her. Sometimes being in a new area is overwhelming and I didn’t have much to do so I spent most of the shift talking to her and helping her around the store. She was a lot of fun and had a bright personality equal to her astonishing looks.

She started to have more shifts in my area and our friendship began to grow. We started hanging out in the park before and after our shifts and she came over to my house a few times. In typical Jared fashion this “situation” started getting into murky water and I never clearly defined it. She held my hand on the Disney roller coasters, was super flirty, and frequently made physical contact. I even cooked her dinner after we finished working at 3am. At this point I definitely had developed feelings towards her and grown quite fond of her company. After receiving what I perceived to be returned signals, I remember questioning what the hell was going on.

I neglected to mention before that she was technically dating someone the entire time this was all happening. He was another Cast Member who usually worked in Emporium. We trained together and were hired on the same day. I did know about their relationship the entire time, but since we were just hanging out I didn’t think anything of it. Around the time I started getting feelings for Ava, I found out her boyfriend was cheating on her with another cast member in my area. Long story short, cast member girl gave me proof of the relationship and I tried to tell Ava before she got hurt. It seemed like a good idea at the time but things didn’t go well and everything blew up in my face. She didn’t believe me so I arranged the break schedule so that Ava and CM girl could talk to each other. It still didn’t work out and it was definitely a drama-rama. When I look back on this time in my life, I laugh at how I handled this situation. There is nothing much I can say other than I was 20 years old and infatuated.