I promised I would update within the next couple of days, so here I am again. Hope you all will enjoy Chapter 8!

As weeks went by, Freddy couldn't help but notice that his grade in science was improving. He wasn't the only one, however. His parents also seemed to notice that Summer's tutoring was paying off.

That afternoon, Freddy and Summer were both in his room during one of the many tutoring sessions. They had just finished their homework.

"So, it seems like you've got this down. I do well with tutoring, if I do say so myself.", Summer grinned proudly.

"I guess you do, 'cause it seems to be working." Freddy said.

"Progress reports come out tomorrow. Are you nervous?", she asked.

"Me, nervous? No way!" he exclaimed. Suddenly, his face fell. "Well, maybe just a little. But not too much. I know I've been doing better."

"Yeah, well tomorrow will be the moment of truth. But I have faith in you."

Freddy just stared at her with a semi-shocked look on his face.

"Wow... I never expected to hear that from you...", he finally managed to blurt out.

Summer wasn't quite sure what to say to that, so she kept quiet. She broke the uncomfortable silence with "Well, uh, I better go. It's beginning to get pretty late."

"Yeah, guess so.", Freddy agreed, standing up.

They tracked down the stairs, said their goodbyes, and Freddy led her out the door.

All through dinner and the rest of the evening, Freddy couldn't help but think of how he and Summer had been getting along. He wondered if she had noticed as well. If she did, she didn't mention it.

Finally, it was time for bed and he drifted off with thoughts of Summer still in his mind.

The next morning he went through the usual routine. As time grew closer for them to get their progress reports at school, Freddy couldn't help but realize that he was more nervous than yesterday. He closed his eyes and took a quick deep breath before Mrs. Collins approached him.

"Mr Jones...", she drawled slowly...

Something about the way she had said that made him even more nervous. He glanced up at her, a hopeful smile plastered on his face.

"You brought your grade up to a B!", she exclaimed happily.

Freddy let out a sigh of relief.

"How'd you do it?", she asked curiously.

"Well, I had a pretty good tutor.", he responded. Then he turned around a gave Summer a "thank you, thank you, thank you..." look along with a huge smile.

She grinned in return and mouthed, "I knew you could do it..."

Freddy was quite proud of himself, but nothing compared to his parents happiness.

"Honey, this is great!', his mother cried, looking at the report card.

"I think we can say you're officially ungrounded." his father told him.

"Yes!", Freddy screamed, making a fist and pulling it toward him. "Thanks, mom. Thanks, dad!"

He rushed upstairs to see if Zack was online so he could tell him the great news.

I know it's another short chapter but I promise to try and get better at updating more often. Read and review, please!