What happens at school in the days after that? Part 2 Via

Auggie plays up his claim to have a stomach ache and insists that he will not go back to Beecher Prep. Via reminds him he is not the kind of kid who quits things. She tells him to go back and not let mean kids keep him from school; she also tells him that he has a leg up on the kids who were insulting him, since he knows what they said while they don't know that he knows. Auggie surprises Via by telling her that Miranda called the other day to check in on him; according to Auggie, Miranda says that she will always love him like a big sister even though she and Via do not hang out anymore. Miranda also told Auggie to tell Via that she misses Via.