Hal knew of Meredith months before she even had a clue. It wasn't until he let it slip to her co-worker Kayla that he had noticed the red-headed girl in the store before - always ten minutes before closing time getting some Halo-Top - that the secret was out. With that one little piece of information our love story was in the works whether we knew it or not! Kayla told Lauren, who of course texted Erin (Hal's supervisor and close friend) and the meddling was in full force. For a month Erin was pressuring Hal to finally ask Meredith out, while Meredith herself was scanning every employee's name tag trying to figure out who this mysterious Hal person was. Finally on January 20, 2017, Meredith was abruptly coaxed to go to Big Y in the middle of the day, and while standing in the frozen vegetable aisle, Hal made his historic move and here we are today!