Hope | Open
It wasn't quite the graduation Hope had been thinking she'd have, but all things considered she wasn't upset about it. There were some faces missing from the crowd at the restaurant, but those were outnumbered by all of the new ones. She'd known that she'd spent her time at Goodland branching out and making friends, but seeing them all in one place, mingling with her family, it was more than she's realized.
In the mingling time before everyone was seated to eat, she made sure to greet everyone and thank them for coming, congratulating her fellow graduates as well. She couldn't imagine how different tonight would have been if her family hadn't arrived in May, but she knew it wouldn't have been as close to as fancy as this truly Mikaelson party. After sending the most recent guests deeper into the party room to mingle, she plucked a champagne flute off a passing tray, freshened up her smile (seriously, her cheeks hurt), and turned to greet the newest arrival.