"They're in the Mystery Machine, right, that's great," Tyler said, stammering a little as he rose from the seat and tried to slip past his co-teacher. This, of course, meant brushing rather too close against him.

"You know, we split up to look for clues a while ago. Why don't we go back and find them and see what they know, then we can split up and, and look for more clues," he suggested. "Then, uh, then later we can be alone."

You know. After Nathan had a working brain again.