to consider it the best romantic story, or at least a very good one, in my opinion completely misses why Jaye is in love with MC.
ok, they get along really well as kids, then for 10 years they basically don't talk to each other because of a misunderstanding, limiting their interactions to a few skirmishes. then there's the Cristian episode resulting in a big fight at the prom party, and at that point for 5 years they completely cut off all relationship.
And yet she is so in love with him.
if Jaye were ugly she would be an alternate version of “baby reindeer”