May 2015 Marissa made plans with a friend to watch movies and hang out. The same friend reached out to Alan and invited him over to watch movies and hang out. When Marissa arrived at the friends home, Alan was sitting on the couch. Turns out, the friend had been trying to set up Marissa & Alan. However, since neither wanted to be set up on a blind date, she tricked them both to coming over to her house. Half way through watching Coming To America, the friend disappeared, leaving Alan and Marissa alone. They stayed up the entire night talking and watching terrible movies. They have been together ever since that night.