When the candidate she's supporting drops out of the race, Kat makes a major decision: she throws her name in the hat. for this situation. So to see Rupert dodging any culpability in this situation and not attempt to takeany Lexie Richardson is one of the popular girls at school, who has a boyfriend, good grades, and is focused on getting into an elite college — all things her mother Elena is very happy about. When she reread the book, Jade highlighted key passages and worked hard to pick apart everything about Lexie to understand her. So when it happened to her, Boylan was disappointed but not surprised.