Alex and Zach met in 2015 while they were both working at the Hoffman Estates Target. They worked in different departments, and their shifts didn't always overlap, but over the course of two years they must have interacted enough for both to develop feelings for the other. On Friday May 12th, 2017, Zach was with a group of friends at Rookies, which shared a parking lot with Target, and Alex was working the closing shift. As she left, he tried to get her attention by waving so he could ask her to join them, but she thought it was just a friendly wave, and drove home (almost hitting Zach with her car, if you ask him). He found her on Facebook, added her as a friend, and explained that he was trying to get her to come have a drink with him. She was kind of embarrassed by the misunderstanding, but asked for a rain check, which was cashed in the next day when they went on their first date, on May 13th.