As someone who rarely got to enjoy parties for what they were, Daff wondered what that was like. She wasn't sure the last time she'd gone to a party and simply enjoyed herself. She was always on the other side, setting up, taking care of the flowers or decorations; or like today a little bit of everything, helping her mother and Betty get everything in place and ready to go. She'd hardly had time to say hi to Elias before he'd gotten pulled in to help as well.

Daff barely kept her expression neutral as Mr. Greengrass mentioned Noble. She'd seen him, because of course she had. No matter how much time or distance separated them, she could pick him out of a crowd in an instant. It was silly of her to think she could avoid him, not when he lived in her hometown and they hosted events so often, but she supposed they had never been very good at staying away purposefully, even now. It was easy to keep him in her periphery though, especially with Elias around too.

"Well, the party hasn't even started yet. There's still time to enjoy the other activities before it does." She mused, taking a sip of her cider to give herself a moment to ponder. "But not the apples, I think I'll stay away from those from here on out." Whatever it was that had gone wrong there, she would have one of the Plunkett boys take a look at it.