Number One followed close behind Jim, mostly to make sure he wasn't going to run out of the kitchen. Pike on the other hand, finished putting dinner into a serving bowl then turned to look at Kirk, "Still an Admiral, last I checked."

It was an attempt to add some humor to the situation, and maybe stop Kirk from giving him that look, the one that said that he was there when Pike died, and can't come up with any reasonable explanation as to why the two of them are currently in the same room.