Melissa did feel better, after hearing that Sam was new to this too, and she found herself relaxing, both at the light strokes of his fingers against her arm, but more because she knew he wouldn't be comparing her to someone else, and that he was probably just as nervous as she was.<br/><br/>"That makes me feel better, knowing you're just as new at this as me," she said, wondering why he would come to a place like this.  "Don't worry about being the reason I'm having to start early either; Natalie told me she might call me earlier to come in if she needed me, so it's not like I didn't know there might be a possibility of this," she added, trying to make him feel easier.  She realized he might be blaming himself for her nerve, and perhaps it was something minor in his expression.  Having studied and acted quite a bit, she'd become fairly adept at reading people's expressions and body language.