Sometime in early 2019 Chris joined Joliet’s improv team We’ve Said Worse (currently on hiatus) while Elana was away at Ball State University. While home for some occasion or other, Elana attended a WSW rehearsal and happened to run into a member she didn’t recognize while talking to her friend Isaiah. Now what exactly Chris said no one can remember, but it provoked Elana to turn and ask Isaiah who was speaking to her and get his name before turning back and responding with “eat shit Chris”. After that, Chris thought Elana was feisty, and Elana spent several months thinking Chris was annoying. However, he managed to grow on her as time went on and she moved back home from indiana. The first known picture of the two together was taken on May 24th 2019 by Elana’s close friend Marisa Lopez for the wevesaid Instagram to promote the team. That day Elana was complaining to several members on the team about her bumble matches that were failing to impress her, and Chris decided to shoot his shot. After the show, Chris asked Elana if she would like to hang out sometime soon and she said yes. Later Elana asked Chris to clarify if it was a date or just friends hanging out and he sent her a Snapchat video saying “it’s a date and it’s going to be the best date you’ve ever had”.