A/N So sorry I haven't updated for like a month! I've been doing much more reading than writing I guess. My funny Tratie post on "The Little Moments" got alot of positive feedback, so I decided to try something a little humorous again. It's based on my own experiences while tutoring. (not the same dialouge though) Hope you like it, enjoy!

PROGRESS

"I really appreciate you doing this for me, Wise Girl," I reminded Annabeth for the tenth time that evening. Annabeth had agreed to tutor me since – according to my progress reports - I was failing my classes. (Hey, being the savior of Olympus while maintaining at least a C average is a lot of hard work!) Annabeth looked up from the math textbook into my eyes.

"You're welcome, but you could make it up to me by actually starting your work," she said, smirked at me. I groaned as I put away the Wii remote that I had been using for the past forty minutes.

"Okay, fine. What should we start with first?" I asked without a shred of interest.

"We should tackle the hardest subject first: math," Annabeth replied knowingly. She passed over my notebook.

"Let's start with converses. If today is Wednesday, then tomorrow is Thursday. What is the converse of that statement?"

"Annabeth, are you okay? Today is Saturday. If today was Wednesday, you would be at your archeology class and I would be volunteering at the aquarium." Annabeth was one of the smartest people I know-how could she forget what day it was!

"No, no! It's just an example! We're learning about converses, remember?"

"Oh, yeah! I've heard of those. I overheard some Aphrodite girls yelling at Rachel for getting paint all over her black Converse."

Annabeth sighed impatiently, "Let's just move on to Algebra. Find the square-root of forty-nine."

"How do you make the square-root sign, again?"

Annabeth calmly drew a "V" type shape on the paper.

"Hey! Isn't that the sign for Vans?" I blurted out distractedly. Wow, I needed to stop hanging around those Aphrodite campers. Speaking of campers, I havedn't seen Nico for a while now, or even Thalia. I wonder what those two are up to right now...?

"Percy! Focus! Let's just do something simple. The equation is 2x= 10+ 36y. Isolate x," Annabeth demanded tiredly.

"I can't do it, okay? I'm just not good at this type of stuff!" I exclaimed, frustrated. "How am I supposed to know that you divide two on all sides or that the square-root of forty-nine is seven? I just don't get it!" I was breathing heavily at the end of my mini-rant. I looked enterprisingly at Annabeth's expression. She was grinning widely, as if she had just won the lottery.

"Percy, you did it! Those are the answers!" Annabeth exclaimed proudly as she grabbed me in a tight hug. "See, we're making progress."

"Yeah, I guess we are. Now can you please explain to me why you think today is Wednesday? Because it's clearly Saturday today."

Annabeth sighed, her pride for me evaporating,"Well, like I said, it's progress."

A/N Tell me what you thought! Also, tell me what's your favorite fanfiction?