C12 Go back or not?

"Really?" Michael said sadly.

"Yeah!" Tom answered cheerfully, his countenance changed when he remembered Michael's sad tone, "Why'd you sound sad? I've been nudging my dad to let me do my senior year at your school. Didn't you know?".

"Don't get me wrong, I mean, I know you wanted to come to my school but… I don’t plan to stay in France for senior year. I wanted to have it at US