Washed up, changed, and in bed faster than he realized, Steve wasn't sure how long it had been that he'd been asleep - one of the few times he didn't check his phone one last time for any messages before his head hit the pillow - but he knew hadn't been enough time. It took him a few rings to finally realize the ringing was in real life and not part of his dream. A few swipes to the side, and he finally gathered his phone in his hand just in time to answer the call. "Hello?" he asked as he yawned. 

[i]"Steve, it's Mike - "[/i]

"Mike, are you kidding me?" Steve sat up, working an eye with the heel of his palm. "Dude, I thought I got all the bugs out today. What time is it?" He swung his feet over the edge of his bed. A quick stretch and he was on his feet already headed for his computer. "Nevermind, what's up?"

[i]"I know I'm the on-call, but the network keeps crashing and it's not responding to my admin password."[/i]

Steve sighed as he waited for his computer to boot up. Cradling the phone between his shoulder and ear, he scrubbed his face again to try to get his brain working a bit. "Was there another brown out?'

[i]"I don't know. What I know is that it's not working and I gotta get this back online because marketing is trying to get their meeting with Hong Kong going.[/i]"

"So no pressure. Great," he mumbled. It took only a few quick inputs to get his computer logged in remotely. "Okay, I'm going to reset your admin, then you need to give it a try while I'm on the phone." As he spoke, his fingers raced over the keys. "Okay, did you get that email?" 

[i]"Yeah. Give me a second...Okay, yeah. I'm in. Thanks."[/i]

"Sure, no problem. If you need anything else, call Rebecca. She's supposed to be senior on call tonight." 

[i]"Sure thing. Sorry to wake you. Thanks again!"[/i] With that, the line went dead.

Steve sighed and scrubbed his face again as he put down the phone. Another middle of the damn night phone call. As tired as he was, he knew he wasn't going to be able to fall back to sleep without some assistance. A nice cup of tea usually helped that. He powered off his computer, and headed out of his room.

Seeing someone else in the kitchen threw him off for a minute. He just stood in the middle of the living room staring, trying to recall who and why. Who knew that the potential of a break-in would leave him looking like a deer in headlights? And feeling stupid when he realized the who was Olivia - Ethan's sister - and the why had to be food related. Geeze, the few hours of sleep really wasn't enough. Hopefully he wouldn't wake up too early after having that tea.

He continued into the kitchen and went straight for the cabinet he kept his loose leaf tea. "Can't sleep?" He offered her a soft smile as he settled on an herbal blend meant to help the pulse and encourage sleep. Perfect. Placing the canister on the counter, he filled his tea pot and set it to heat up. "I'm going to make a pot of tea. Would you like some?"