Debbie does seem like a legit good person who is just a little too inquisitive.
I think she was the reasonable one in the group
Emily was the queen bee and Holly was the bubbly oblivious friend
Debbie is definitely going to be real and honest with Emily about dealing with her mom and give her some good advice
I feel like at some point Debbie will accidentally say something about Rain, cause that's how she is, and she'll kind of curl up and hide. I dunno. That's my intuition.
I don't think she was ever as "bad" as some people think she is. She just didn't react well to Emily's pregnancy reveal, got jealous over Emily hanging out more with Rain's group, and her thinking is perhaps a bit too cisgender-heteronormative for some peoples' taste, but we need to remember that she is just a teenager attending a conservative Catholic school.
Don't forget that Emily has been afraid of how her old friends would react to the real Emily instead of Queen Bee Emily. So Emily has been distancing herself intentionally. She for instance, hasn't been asking Rain to join her for lunch with Debbie and Holly.
Reading back over this, and looking more at Holly's reactions, I don't think Holly is actually that oblivious. I think she's just really good at acting oblivious, to the point she does it out of habit. And I think some of her oblivious questions are simply thinking out loud.
Arguably, Debbie is the best person to give Emily advice -- she's known her much longer than Rain and friends, and so when saying Emily's mom is crap, Debbie's voice is more powerful due to having a better personal view of Emily's history (having watched it unfold real time and seeing how each minor development impacted Emily).
Oh wow please tell me debbie is gonna do great here, it could actually be THE time where she could be friends again with Emily and be a serious help for her.
It would be so much better for both of them.
I just don't know how it could end up if it actually does but whatever, it needs to be.
I think she was the reasonable one in the group
Emily was the queen bee and Holly was the bubbly oblivious friend
Debbie is definitely going to be real and honest with Emily about dealing with her mom and give her some good advice
well...
She's Holly
Mushroom mushroom! (Glad I haven’t been the only one thinking about that randomly)
It would be so much better for both of them.
I just don't know how it could end up if it actually does but whatever, it needs to be.