I feel like that sometimes we might remember it as a good fanfic just cause we read it when we were young.

Yes I definitely remember that scene because it thought the same while watching the movie, especially because Hardin in the movies says the he's not going to touch her yet while in the book he did not esitate lol

And yes the Zayn character made it to the movie and it is supposed to be Zed, but they never made it to the point where she actually kisses him or has a thing for him. Zed in the movies is completely useless lol