This isn't fate or the divine at work here.
You hang out with Layla (as friends) and Elena at the same time, meet them at the same day (actually you meet Elena first).
I'm interested in Elena from the get to go, while having no interest in Layla romantically....so obviously i make a move on the girl i have no interest in, instead of the girl which actually interests me, because i can't ask the girl which interests me out on a date otherwise...makes absolute sense...
If you'd meet Elena only when you are in a relationship with Layla it would be a different matter.
To make it even more jarring, you can make a move on pretty much any other girl, from the miles high club with a stranger to your teacher, but with Elena you can't and there is absolutely no fuking reason given as to why, with any other girl it is the players choice if you want to show interest.