Pathetic meeting... (8)
I believe the answer is:
touching
This clue is a double definition.
'pathetic' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)
'meeting' is the second definition.
('touch' can be a synonym of 'meet')
(Other definitions for touching that I've seen before include "Pathetic" , "Arousing feelings of sympathy or gratitude" , "feeling" , "Contiguous" , "meeting ..." .)