Ugh, the weekend went by way too fast, Freddy groaned to himself. He put his head on his desk and yawned. Then again, don't they always?

"I'm going to pass out your science tests that you all took last week", Mrs. Collins announced. She picked up the stack of tests, and began passing them out. "I was impressed with most of your grades. However, some of you need to study just a bit more."

Summer grinned from ear to ear when her test paper reached her. "A plus!", she whispered. She didn't whisper softly enough though.

"Whoop-de-doo!", Freddy whispered back, rolling his eyes. "As if that's any big surprise to you!"

"At least I care about my grades!", Summer shot back.

Mrs. Collins then gave Freddy's test to him. A big red F was on the front.

Summers grin spread even wider. "Unlike someone else I could mention." she continued.

"For your information," Freddy told her "F stands for fantastic!"

Summer stifled a laugh. "No wonder you got such a bad grade."

The truth was, Freddy might not be the brightest kid in the world. But he WAS smart enough to know that we wasn't doing so hot in science. He'd promised his parents he'd bring his grade up. The problem was it didn't seem to be working.

"Look, Summer don't start today, okay? I'm not in the mood."

"Fine..." Summer trailed off and turned back around.

That was way too easy. Freddy thought. Why can't it always be like that?

The boring science class dragged on. It seemed to take forever for the bell to ring. When it finally did, Freddy practically jumped out of his desk.

"Uh, Mr. Jones, may I have a word with you for a moment?", Mrs. Collins asked.

Freddy walked up to her desk. "Sup?" he asked.

"I beg your pardon?" she responded.

"'Sup?", he repeated. "You know, what's going on? What's the deal? What's cracking? How's it---"

"I get the point Mr. Jones." she interrupted. "And what is up is that you're on the verge of failing my class."

Freddy bit his bottom lip. "Really?"

"Yes," Mrs. Collins answered. "I have here a note for your parents. It explains everything, and I would also like you to get your test signed.

"Great!", he groaned, taking the note. "I'll be grounded for life. No band practices for a while... that should make Dewey REALLY happy!".

"Mr. Jones..." Mrs. Collins warned as he headed out the door "don't forget. Or you could end up in detention as well."

"I won't!" he assured her.

After dinner that evening, Freddy decided it was time to face the music. As he expected, they were far from thrilled.

"Freddy, why?" his mother asked. "Why would you wait so long?".

"Well, I would've told you as soon as I got home from school, but I was afraid you wouldn't let me eat! I didn't want to be grounded for life and starved to death too."

His father gave him a stern look.

"She means why did you wait so long in the semester to bring your grade up? You knew you were doing poorly in science long ago!".

Their son hung his head and shrugged. He was silent for a moment.

"I dunno." he said finally. "I guess I'm just not interested in it. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get it. Let's face it. I'm not a science kind of person."

"Oh, I beg to differ!" his mother argued. "You're going to be. Because if you don't, bring that grade up you can forget the band! Never mind Mrs. Jayden Thompson and SMASH records.".

"Mom, that's not fair!" Freddy cried.

"Honey, we know this band is very important to you. You are so talented, and we're very proud of you. But school comes first. If it takes grounding you from the band to see that then so be it.".

"Your mother's right, son." his father joined in. "In fact we've both been thinking..." His parents looked at each other.

Oh, no this cannot be good. Freddy thought.

"We've decided that you need a tutor. Perhaps if you had one, they could help you understand it and bringing your grade up would be easier than you think."

Freddy smiled. Okay , that's not as bad as I thought.

"We talked to Mrs. Hathaway and she said that Summer has been doing very well in science this year. And since your father and I are too busy to tutor you, and we couldn't find anyone else... um... Summer is going to tutor you." she finished meekly.

He sighed. It's not as bad as I thought... it's worse!

Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I thought it was funnier than all the rest so far. Review and let me know what you think. I'll get the next one up as soon as possible. In the meantime, hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving!