The place felt emptier than it was though from the look on Katâ€™s face he felt better for choosing this place. â€œHe nodded his head in thanks to the waitress, picked up the menu himself and looked at the range of different things wondering if the fish would actually be alright. Normally he would have just gotten the ham or something like that but this was a special occasion and he wanted to celebrate a little with his new partner. Looking up from his menu he was about to ask her what she wanted when he heard her mention something about the place and smiled.<br/><br/>â€œThey must have, I donâ€™t remember all the bright restaurants but for some reason they just had to get new things up here rather than giving us a raise or anything.â€ He said the last part sarcastically. It irritated him that they could spend the money to get new things for food but they couldnâ€™t give some of it to the workers. Their rooms were crap, even the captains though it was better than the regular workers. Taking a deep breath he let out the anger and frustration turning his thoughts to better things like a new partner that didnâ€™t seem to want to do something horrible to him every time he opened his mouth.<br/><br/>He had brought himself out of his stupor long enough to hear Kat say she had wanted the salmon. â€œOh I donâ€™t mind at all, I was going to try it myselfâ€¦that is if you still would like it.â€ He said but she had already gotten up he put his own menu down and followed her completely forgetting to do anything about the chair and leaving the poor waitress who had come to take their order standing. The waitress walked away in a huff just as Eric caught up to Kat. â€œThe pleasures all mine.â€ Eric said pausing for a moment before he added, â€œIâ€™m glad Iâ€™m neither. trashy nor incompetent.â€ Another deep breath and he said, â€œI really donâ€™t mind about the salmon, it looks delicious and since this is a celebration of sorts I would be more than willing to pay the little extra.â€<br/><br/>From the way that he said it he really hoped she wouldnâ€™t think of it as a come on or anything or something worse. Just to make sure he said, â€œIâ€™m not trying to hit on you or anything, that is Iâ€™m not saying you arenâ€™t pretty you are Iâ€™m just not hitting on you, just trying to be a good partner and colleague and â€¦this isnâ€™t coming out right.â€ Giving up he just  said, â€œwould you like the salmon?â€