Eric shrugged at her, â€œI guess, but Iâ€™m treating, I havenâ€™t been able to treat anyone to anything yet. Everybody Iâ€™ve met tells me to drop dead or get a life or well something along those lines.â€ Clearing his throat he shook off the awkward comment and figured that to dig himself out of the hole he should say something other than embarrassments to himself.  A moment of silence and he thought about what she had said about what she said about the eating areas.<br/><br/>Choosing the words carefully he said, â€œYou got that right. You would think that because of our wages theyâ€™d get the hint.â€  A laugh escaped his lips. Taking a moment he said, â€œIâ€™m not making that good of an impression am I?â€<br/><br/>Letting the conversation drop he looked in front and began walking again till he reached the elevator. He pushed the first floor button and waited till Kat got in behind him. Somehow he had walked in front of her and got there first.<br/><br/>He kept his mouth shut for the ride up not daring to say anything to her. When they reached the top and the doors opened he couldnâ€™t help but let out a whistle. It had been a while since he was up there and the fact that most of his superiors were there right then almost made him a bit uncomfortable. Stepping out he weaved his way through a few tables next to a brightly colored Asian restaurant, a drab looking taco joint, a few other lightly colored ice cream and smoothie places till, at the very end, they reached a nice looking buffet place.<br/><br/>â€œThis is it.â€ Eric said taking a place by the wall. There was no one else there except two off duty janitor types. Looking around Eric noticed that the special was the fish and that it was brought there all the way from earth so they were asking a little more for it than what they normally priced their buffet dinners.