“You wanna grab something to eat,” he suggested once the plane touched down. “Just lunch,” he added, taking note of my hesitancy. “No drinks, no trick, no games.”
“Umm; sure.” It was just lunch, and I was going to keep it like that. Not to mention he was a legitimate co-worker. It wasn’t like I picked him up off the streets. “Do you mind if it’s in the terminal?” That felt safer to me.
“The terminal? You’ve got to be kidding me! This is Vegas baby! And you know what they say – what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,” he teased. “Not that anything is gonna happen,” he quickly added.
He was right. This was Vegas, and considering the hell I was going through at home, enjoying lunch with a co-worker was a small and completely innocent pleasure.
We ended up at Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville where I enjoyed mixed greens tossed with mangoes, sugared pecans, tomatoes, cucumbers and habanero mango ranch dressing, topped with chilled grilled chicken, and a Pink Cadillac margarita just to be grown because I really wasn’t a drinker. Quinton chose grilled sirloin steak served with Hawaiian butter, mashed potatoes and fresh vegetables. He ordered some kind of specialty beer to accompany his meal.
“You plan on seeing the city while you’re here?”
“I guess I should make the most of the trip,” I shrugged. “I’ve never been out here before but have always heard about it.”
“I’ve been here a time or three; you oughta let me show you around.”
“If I didn’t know any better I would think you were trying to date me,” I teased.
He chewed through a mouthful of steak. “Can you blame me?” he grinned.
My self esteem inflated, I smiled. “I guess I can’t.”
I only saw Quinton in passing during the day since we were in separate training sessions but each time we passed each other he would wink or smile, or do something to give me just a tiny bit of attention. Drawn in by his humor wit and charm I agreed to have dinner with him before the week was out. I was ashamed to admit it but I looked forward to it.
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