Due to some schedule changes, all of Cole's classes were done by about 1, which meant he usually headed home by about 1:30 - unless there was some other reason for him to stick around the school. Usually he would if he didn't have a significant amount of marking to do, just to squeeze in some interaction with his co-workers - but today he had a pile of assignments to grade and knew he needed the quiet of his apartment to concentrate, so he'd headed back to the building as soon as his last class was over.
The first thing he did was change out of his typical outfit of dress pants and shirt into jeans and a t-shirt. He made himself some coffee, and settled down on the couch to finally get down to some grading. At some point Salacia decided to make herself comfortable on his pile of papers, and he was in the middle of trying to get her off without getting himself clawed when he heard a knock at the door.
Huh. He hadn't been expecting visitors, but he figured it was probably Sam or something. Glancing back at the pile of papers, he realized with a sigh that he probably wasn't going to get to them anytime soon. "Oh, well. Enjoy your throne, Sal." He made his way to the door, pulling it open without bothering to see who it was.
"... Oh." Cole tried to cover his surprise with little success. "Ileana. Hi."