hopefully once she moves to the high school, she'll make new friends and leave L behind. she's probably just giving herself a buddy for highschool, so that she doesn't feel on the outer once she's there, but i'm sure that she'll see what's going on. she probably already does, but thinks it's better to have one crappy friend, than no friend when starting at a new school. good luck, but i also agree with the others, don't obviously discourage their friendship, you don't want your dd to rebel against you, just subtly guide her in the right direction xoxo