You've gotta hand it to Elle. While Noah saw Ellie as little more than a kid-sister figure for way too long, Ellie knew she liked him from the get-go. Once Noah finally started taking notice of her, though, Elle wasn't a pushover. She made some very memorable moves to keep his attention, as well as establish some ground rules about how he could — and couldn't — treat her. Elle had known Noah for literally her entire life, and she'd seen him grow into both a hot-head and a Casanova. Thankfully, Elle also knew just what to do to bring out Noah's more positive traits.
After Noah tussled with Tuppen (Joshua Daniel Eady), and then bullied the other schoolboys into giving Elle a wide berth, Elle reclaimed her right to make her own choices in a quite colorful way. Sure, it was a pure accident that she ended up cleaning up in the boys' locker room after her paint fight, but when Noah threw a fit after the other guys complimented her figure, Elle reacted in the most Elle way imaginable: by shaking her stuff without abandon.
The sight of Elle defiantly shimmying around half-dressed and splattered in paint was obviously a hit with the fellas. More importantly, though, it also made a point. Elle made it clear that she wasn't going to let Noah control her, and that she didn't need his protection. And, to his credit, Noah received the message loud and clear, even if it took him a while to fully embrace it.
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