Maddie spotted someone she was at least on friendly speaking terms with outside of a professional relationship. Unfortunately the woman had outed herself not so long ago and Maddie had been careful to avoid being outed, so she was at the very least cautious. But  Miss Dawson looked as out of place here as Maddie felt, so she picked up another glass of something that she recognised as a Bucks Fizz when she tasted it, popped the last cheese nibble in her mouth and wandered over.<br/><br/>"Juliette, Hi. How's it going? I'm almost as surprised to see you here as I am to be here myself, seriously homophobic and accountant-phobic crowd, eh?" She carefully dodged someone who was trying to spill his drink on her, managing not to spill hers in the process, "Honesty, this place is crowded, and I've so far seen three people waste perfectly good alcohol on someone else's clothing!" The guy she didn't recognise waved his glass again, engaged in animated conversation with someone she didn't know either. This time, Maddie took hold of his wrist in a way that forced his fingers to open, relieved him of the full glass and replaced it with her empty one.<br/><br/>"If you're not gonna drink it, at least don't throw it at other people!" She smiled sweetly at him as he gave her a nasty look, and turned away, leading Juliette out of the crowd. "Honestly, people like that shouldn't be allowed." She drained the liberated glass, and hiccupped a bit. God this is awful stuff. I wonder how soon I could slip away and get back to my place for something worth drinking...!"