Based on her responses to her friends, she clearly likes Laura as a person, but she’s seen how people can be impacted by society’s views. The only difference is that she isn’t old enough to understand the nuances of romance. Give her time, she’s young and learning is a slow process, the fact that she immediately stood up for Laura and is seemingly still trying to do some measure of good means she’s doing what she thinks is right, she just hasn’t learnt what “right” really means yet
Based on her responses to her friends, she clearly likes Laura as a person, but she’s seen how people can be impacted by society’s views. The only difference is that she isn’t old enough to understand the nuances of romance. Give her time, she’s young and learning is a slow process, the fact that she immediately stood up for Laura and is seemingly still trying to do some measure of good means she’s doing what she thinks is right, she just hasn’t learnt what “right” really means yet