#and gives bess a front row to her bbro's massive crush xD

[hrhprincerichard]

Richard didn't show his relief that Grant hadn't forgotten the plan. Instead he just adjusted the strap of his leather bag and took a breath, preparing to be observed by strangers as they exited the quietness of Grant's protected part of the hall to head down the stairs. It always made him feel like he had to pay more attention to how he was. At school he wasn't representing the queen like on engagements. Except he was by virtue of being a prince. A prince obsessed over seating arrangements for a class about monk sex. Ridiculous he knew but he'd found that when things he was nervous about were planned as precisely as possible he felt less nervous. Which made spending time with Grant an issue because the bloke was never according to plan. At least talking about Bess joining them felt more like a plan. "She'll be on campus. She's considering getting her masters." There was more to it but Richard did not want to get into all of that. "I don't know if she'll want to but I imagine she will want to join us occasionally."

"Don't worry, I haven't forgotten the plan," Grant answered with another grin. It was fun messing with Richard. More fun than it had been when Grant thought Richard hated him. He took another swig of coffee as he led the way down a flight of stairs, surprised by Richard's question. "Oh. Yeah, of course." Bess had been cool. Grant just hadn't loved the way she kept looking at him, like she was trying to analyze him or something. Only he wasn't even sure that's what she'd been doing, he'd only caught it a couple times. Either way, it wasn't like he was gonna say no, Richard was clearly as close to Bess as Grant was to May. Which was another weird thing they had in common. Big sisters. Except Grant hadn't realized they had big sisters on campus in common. "Does she just come visit a lot or is she going here now too?" Grant was positive she hadn't been a student here before. But maybe she'd decided to come back for an advanced degree or something.