
As a result, his beef with her lasts longer and factors into her dilemma whether to stay with Noah or break up with him. The film puts a lot more emphasis on Elle's friendship with Lee and Lee's insecurity of being the most popular jock's younger brother, so Lee is mad at Elle for hooking up with Noah period he never wanted them to hook up even if they were honest because he wanted to keep Elle for himself. The conflict lasts less than a day before Elle quietly reconciles with Lee through a phone call, and the rest of the book is spent with Elle mustering up the courage to talk with Noah. He doesn't particularly care that she hooked up with his brother he is mad because Elle seems to care for Noah more than being honest with him, even though they are best friends. In the book, Lee's beef after the secret relationship is outed is that Elle lied to him.

Interestingly, aside from the OMG Girls, the other students (even Noah, surprisingly enough) don't treat him as a laughingstock.

Abhorrent Admirer: The bespectacled nerd member of the student council has an obvious crush on Elle, who doesn't even notice it.
