Steph closes the door behind Kate. Normally she'd lock it, but that feels like it'd be ominious, somehow, so she leaves it as is.

"Thanks," she takes a cup, feeling kind of stilted and awkward, like this is a conversation between two people who barely know each other. It makes Steph laugh, in a quiet, humourless sort of way, "This is riduculous."

Because it is, because they're friends and friendship shouldn't feel so forced, "Let's sit down, you can chew me out, I'll try to defend myself and hopefully we'll come to a compromise somewhere along the way." Without saying anything else, she leads the way to the living room and curls up on one of the couches.