Eleanor's First Real Friendship

Reboot 69

Michael kicked his feet onto his desk, taking his sweet precious time to allow Eleanor into his office again.

It was the 69th reboot for Michael's torture for the four humans, a number that Michael knew that Jason loved for God knows what reason. Except there was no God, there was only Michael and his demons.

He was getting so tired of calculating variables that he knew would blow up in his face, that he groaned when he realized that he hadn't even chose a soulmate for Eleanor. Chidi would clearly be the worst pick for torture, and most of the demon actors that he used were useless. 

Hmm...who absolutely gets on Eleanor's nerves...Jason!

Ignoring Eleanor's past history with Tahani, Michael jumped to his feet and opened the door, telling Eleanor to come on in. She sat down, and their conversation went practically the same as the last 68 times that he went through this baloney.

He walked her to her clown poster-filled house and introduced her to her 'soulmate Jianyu' before taking off. Conveniently before Michael could tell her that he's taken a vow of silence, another couple needed Michael's assistance. Michael left, promising that he'd come back, and Eleanor stared at Jason.

"So...Michael says you're a monk?" Eleanor asked...silence.

"Is something wrong?" Eleanor asked, hoping for her fake soulmate to answer...no answer.

"Dude, why the hell aren't you saying any-"

"Sorry, I'm back." Michael approached them. "I meant to tell you that Jianyu has taken a vow of silence since the age of seven that he decides to hold here in the afterlife."

"Oh..." A blush crept up on Eleanor's cheeks as she tugged her shirt. "Thanks for telling me."

"So, I suppose there won't be much talking to leave you guys to." Michael held in his laughter. "Well then, I expect you two at tonight's welcoming party."

Michael took off once again, leaving no chance of Eleanor catching up to him. After all, he had interesting soulmates to give to Chidi and Tahani.

Eleanor stared at Jason, thinking over her words.

"So, if I told you a secret, you couldn't say anything could you?" Eleanor wondered. "Or could you write it? Just...you'll keep your mouth shut, okay? I'm a fake, I'm not supposed to be here."

Jason blinked at her, not sure if he should reveal himself as well. What if she was pretending to be a fake, just because she didn't think he was really a monk?

Then again, was she really that clever?

...he kept silent.

"I'm going to take off to the party early, by myself. Follow me, or don't. I don't really care." Eleanor turned her back to him. "Janet?"

Suddenly the most beautiful person in the universe popped in front of Eleanor out of thin air, taking Jason by pleasant surprise. Now it was getting even harder to not speak, or maybe that was good? He didn't want to say anything stupid to this woman.

"Yes, Eleanor?"

"Dress me up...a little slutty. But not too much, just enough to get double-takes." Eleanor snickered. "Don't worry about Jianyu over there, he doesn't care."

Janet looked up for a moment, locking eyes with Jason before snapping her fingers and changing Eleanor's outfit to a low-cut ruby dress that exposed most of Eleanor's back. Eleanor said a brief 'thanks, hot stuff.' before leaving the house right away.

Janet didn't go back to the void, she kept looking at Jason.

"If you want to break your vow of silence, I won't tell anyone." Janet admitted, surprising herself.