"Della, come here for a moment."
When Della returned to her classroom after parting with Austin, Adam and a few of her friends immediately dragged Della in for interrogation. It seemed that Della's unusual actions in front of Austin had really shocked everyone. Now almost no one gossiped about Austin's illness anymore. The gossip moved to Della and her mysterious relationship with Austin.
At least it was better, according to Della. Because from his expression alone, it was obvious that Austin didn't like people gossiping about his illness when the teenager had just arrived at school earlier.
"Since when did you get along with Austin? I mean, you guys were still fighting at the last meeting, weren't you?"