one in a million | dante, riley, and juliet

Dante spoke soft enough for Juliet to hear, "No it is alright, it was bound to happen sooner or later."

As they approached he heard the slight edge to Mel's voice when she said her name, "Mel, nice to see you." Looking at Riley he smiled and said, "Great to see you again Riley, though I didn't expect it so soon after the visit yesterday." Turning to Juliet he said, "Coffee is on me Juliet," He handed her some drachmas' and added, "A nice latte would be great, hospital coffee is far from the best." Looking at the pair in front of them he noticed they had been in a bit of a discussion and here he was interrupting it, smiling he tried to put on a air of at ease, he made sure he looked politely at Mel and Riley, "I hope we aren't interrupting anything."

Smiling at his fiancee and nodding at Dante, "Hello Dante, glad you are up and about a bit, Jules how are you?" Turning to Mel when he heard her greeting he knew that there was still a fair bit of tension there, this meeting might not be what the doctor ordered, at least not yet. Smiling he stood up and said, "Jules I'll grab it, you sit with the best friends. Dante a nice latte and a muffin coming right up." As he stood in line he ordered Dante a Caramel Chocolate Latte since the man deserved something a little sweet when he was out of the hospital, and for his fiancé he would get a cappuccino for both he got the last two blueberry muffins. When the order came up he topped both with a sprinkling of chocolate and then brought them their drinks and food. 

Once he was sitting down he smiled, "So your face is looking better Dante, and I am not seeing any nurses around so did you make a jail break?" Smiling he took a sip of his own coffee and listened as Dante said that he wasn't in fact on a jail break, it was known he was on a day pass, though he left a little early as he wanted to get here on his own steam. Riley smiled again, shaking his head. "Well that sounds a little like a jail break to me."

Juliet took the seat beside Riley and smiled at Melanie. Part of her wanted to use her power to calm the situation, but she knew riley would disapprove of her meddling. Then Riley was back and chatting with Dante like things had never changed, which for them they hadn't. She could tell that MELANIE was nervous and starting to struggle though as the conversation progressed. Now was the time to pull her in or at least start a separate conversation with the younger woman.

"So, Mel. How have you been? Riley said you signed yourself out of the hospital instead of being released." Well, more than one person knew about that. The injured agent had just disappeared from the ER and then never went back. Why it had happened, no one knew.

The room seemed significantly smaller as everyone crowded around the small table. Parts of Mel began to alternate between worrying that her boyfriend would choose that moment to swing by and hoping that he would. At least then she wouldn't feel out numbered, even if he wouldn't he happy about it. By the time Juliet finally addressed her, the tension in her chest had tightened enough for her to consider leaving while no one could stop her.

"I'm fine Juliet, thank you. I had some personal matters that needed taken care of and they couldn't wait for a doctors approval. Besides, I've had worse than that and stayed out in the field." If it hadn't been for the head injury, she could've kept fighting. A concussion that lad to a two day coma was nothing to laugh at though, and she knew logically that she should have been looked over before accepting this mission. "And even if I hadnt, the commander and the chancellor have deemed me fit to head back to work. All is right in the world. Now if I could just get those pesky colonels to stop threatening to write me up so that I have to stay on island, I'd be set. Both of them."

Riley looked at Mel and Dante noting the tension but the way Jules handled the situation with out her gift was rather remarkable, he forgot the talent she had to simply create a sense of calm around her, though that might be his own connection to her standing out more than anything else. Taking a nice sip of his coffee he said, "They might just be trying to protect you, there are a lot of men who want to. It doesn't help that one of those pesky colonels is your boyfriend, so he could be a little biased as well." Smiling a little he added, "I know you can handle yourself but you have to at least admit they definitely are showing you that they care." He sighed a little knowing that she might not like this and looked to Jules almost for help seeing as this could go over the wrong way.

Dante took a sip of his coffee as Riley and Juliet each took turns speaking to Mel, he wasn't sure if he should say anything knowing that he had hurt her, physically and made things more complicated with his admission of feelings towards her, though he wasn't going to push for that. It was still cloudy on why he did what he did but he knew that on some level he was interested in commenting. Taking a second sip so that he could try and organize his thoughts he said, "I made my own mistakes not to long ago when I tried to protect you, though on some level I knew I didn't have to, really all that still is foggy... but I do know the Colonel loves you and potentially doesn't want to lose you. Since I still haven't been cleared to come back you will not have to worry about me trying to add my name into the hat of keeping you on the island, I just want you to be safe since I can't go and have your back." He said before sipping his coffee again looking at her then back at Jules wondering now if that really was the best thing to say or if that was to in your face, he dropped his gaze feeling rather unsure now since he wanted to show her he still cared but was not trying to force anything, he just wanted to be her friend.