This is the advice I would give to Malia. I would advise her to push the envelope with Leora and see what happens. They have been best friends for so long that nothing drastic would ever happen between them. It's very obvious from you all's posts that Malia is willing to go further and even if it takes some German Soda Waters to gain more distance, then so be it. I can tell you that from experience that I have pushed it further with a couple of girlfriends back in the day just to see what would happen and it never caused any issues. Anyway, that's just how this dumb ass country boy see's it lol. To me the bottom line is...you snooze, you lose!