Oh. Oh. OH. The berries, the basket of berries clearly held in the young girl's arms, Adelaide had somehow totally missed them, she blamed it entirely on her fuzzy mind and lack of sleep. "Oh no, don't apologize, I hadn't even noticed, I'm sorry-" Addie softly rambled, withdrawing her hand and tucking back a lock of her long hair. She was feeling flustered now, but trying not to show it. "That was so sweet of you, thank you." Adelaide was about to offer to take them off her hands when Nowell suddenly slid into the equation.

Addie sighed with a bit of relief, Nowell was.. Loud, charming and (if she was being honest) a little obnoxious, but his presence was a comforting one, especially right then.

"Miss Paige, I can take those for you and put them away if you like?" Adelaide said after Nowell had properly introduced himself, much to her vexation. She shook her head little at her brother before turning back to Paige with a smile. "Yes, it's a pleasure to meet you too... "

She had been waiting for the girl to ask after her cousin, but unfortunately there wasn't much to gather from Paige's question other than the obvious desire to see her friend. "I believe so, Nowell, have you seen Thornton this morning? I slept in and I must have missed him."

Perhaps he was upstairs playing cello... Strange that he hadn't appeared yet.