It's me, Ivy, and we've been waiting for you to arrive so we could start the next episode of R. L. Stein's Story Club.

I'm glad you're here because today's story is one that's best heard with other people around.

Not that I scare easily. I don't.

But who doesn't love company when you're digging into the secret vault where

R. L. Stein keeps all the stories he's never told. You never know what you might find in there.

I'm the keeper of these stories, the club leader who will introduce you to the strange, the frightening,

the unsettling story club world. Today we meet Casey Brantley and Anne-Marie Combs,

two squeaky clean brainiacs

who have had just about enough of being good all the time.

We find them standing outside a convenience store

contemplating their future.

It's R.L. Stein Story Club,

and this is Going Nowhere.

Think of it as an experiment. What's the worst that could happen?

They could put us in jail and throw away the key.

Aren't you tired of always being seen as the goody two shoes?

All we ever do is study.

And when we get bored of that, we watch science shows on public television.

I mean, come on, Anne-Marie. We gotta branch out.

Couldn't we just try sushi or something?

Why does it have to be this?

Because we need something big, something that we'll remember when we look back in ten years.

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