His face went slack for a moment. Oh no. Rose had met Eleanor first? This ... had the potential to be disastrous. If Eleanor knew what a mess he'd been during his first month, she'd probably never take him seriously.

If she'd ever done so in the first place, that was. And here he couldn't just snap it away and make her forget, either.

"Keep me in line?" He recovered easily, chuckling. "Did you miss the part where I said she was as much of a hot mess as you? Maybe more. She's got this unrequited thing going on with my roommate that makes poor Janet and Jason look like ... like ... I don't know. You and that guy from the 2014 Barenaked Ladies concert."