"Oh you know. There's a lot of pressure for us seniors to do our final projects and get into good schools."

That definitely wasn't it. But he didn't want to think of the trouble he could get in for being a high schooler exotic dancing. Not to mention the fact that the academy would probably kick him out which he couldn't afford. Not literally of course. It was just that if he could get through there then he'd have a great start as a dancer out in the real world.

He needed all of this.

Okay, he had to do a distraction. Ummm...

"You're looking really nice today, by the way. Fresh hair cut?"