On the evening of Wednesday, December 23, 1992, Sirius, Remus, Amelia, and Heather told Harry, Amy, Susan, and Hannah that the four adults wanted to take some adults only time with each other and to find something to do with themselves. Amy asked Harry, Susan, and Hannah to come up to her room and they agreed to this.
Upon entering Amy's room, Harry, Amy, Susan, and Hannah all sat down together in a row on Amy's bed.
"Harry," said Amy in a very serious voice, "You're not going to be very happy with me when I tell you what I have to tell you tonight. But I owe it to you to come clean with you and be honest with you about a time when I overstepped my boundaries and violated your personal space."
"I'm not sure when this could have happened," replied Harry, "What's bothering you, Amy?"
Amy took a deep breath and said slowly, "Harry, I am a Legilimens."
"Have you ever used Legilimency?" Harry asked Amy.
"I used it on my parents when I met them at Nurture's Orphanage the other day, " said Amy matter of factly, "They are muggles and wouldn't fully understand the art of Legilimency, although they correctly deduced that it is part of my magic. However, they did know that I had access to their thoughts and feelings when I made eye contact with them because I told them so. That is the point here. Harry, you have the right to know that in the first few months after we met that there were multiple instances of me using Legilimency on you without your permission or even knowledge. Harry, I'm sorry. I overstepped my boundaries and violated your privacy and personal space by accessing your thoughts and feelings without your permission or knowledge in full awareness that I was accessing them. Harry, I'm sorry for not being a better friend to you. I didn't respect my boundaries with you."
Amy started to feel a few tears coming down her cheeks as she made this confession.
"Amy," said Harry gently, "I understand, and I accept your apology one thousand percent. In all fairness to you, Amy, before you met me, you never had a relationship of any kind in which trust would be important."
"Harry," said Amy, who was still tear stricken, "You trusted me from the start, and I let you down. I really do wish I had been a better friend to you, and I really am sorry, Harry."
Harry took Amy into his arms and gently stroked her hair with his left hand while patting her on the back with his right hand.
"Amy," said Harry in a very serious crystal clear voice, "You have been a great friend from the start and making some mistakes doesn't take away from that."
Amy felt a little better at that and wiped the tears off her face. She then asked Harry, "Do you honestly truly feel like I've been a good friend to you?"
"Yes," answered Harry a nanosecond later, "Amy, you were the very first person to ever be nice to me in any way. I haven't forgotten that you helped me with my trunk as the first thing you did when we first met. I remember that it was you, along with Susan and Hannah, who made those observations about me on the Hogwarts Express to realize that something was seriously wrong with me, thus enabling me to get some help. I still greatly appreciate how you helped me with my scar removal cream even when I was a very bitchy patient and didn't utter a word of complaint when I punched you in the face out of frustration in one of those scar removal cream sessions. And I also recall how you, along with Susan and Hannah, stood by my bedside at St. Mungo's when I had the Horcrux Removal Surgery and were very understanding and patient with me when I didn't want to do anything the next day. That's the Amy Alworth I know. That's your true character. All of that far outweighs the one mistake you made."
After letting what she had just heard Harry say sink in for a minute and a nanosecond, Amy looked Harry eye to eye and said, "Thank you for saying that, Harry. I needed to hear that."
"I don't expect you to be a perfect friend," Harry told Amy, "I do expect loyalty and I have no doubts about you there. As for trust, I will actually trust you more after tonight because you were a stand up girl and admitted that you had wronged me and how. Did you share what you knew of my thoughts and feelings with other people?"
"No," said Amy matter of factly, "I used Legilimency on you to try to understand how you were feeling and why you were feeling the way you were during that time frame when I was acting as your caretaker."
"So," Harry told Amy reassuringly, "Even the mistake you made came from a place of wanting to be there for me and help me. I honestly don't have a problem with you having used Legilimency on me under those circumstances. I will admit that I would have preferred for you to have told me that were using Legilimency on me, but I would have granted you that permission had you asked for it."
"I should have asked for that permission and that's where I was in the wrong," admitted Amy, "You had the right to know I was doing that, and I overstepped my boundaries by not getting your permission before using Legilimency on you."
"I can confirm," interjected Susan clearly, "That Amy never shared any of your thoughts of feelings with me."
"Nor with me," added Hannah.
"See, Amy?" said Harry gently, "It's not like you went around spilling my secrets. If you occasionally made mistakes that come from a place of caring about me, I can accept that. Context matters."
"Amy," said Susan supportively, "It takes a lot of courage to admit you were wrong. It takes even more courage to admit that you were wrong to the face of the person you wronged with the full expectation that person is going be upset with you when you do."
"It takes more courage still," added Hannah respectfully, "To admit you were wrong to the face of the person you wronged when you know that person will never know that you wronged them without you telling them. "
"Susan and Hannah are right," agreed Harry, "Amy, my respect for you has grown tonight. But you've always been a stand up girl. The day we met you stared at my scar for a bit and made me uncomfortable. When you realized you were making me uncomfortable, you immediately apologized and promised me that you were not a fangirl. You have kept that promise. You have never fangirled me and you never stared at my scar again after that one time. I'll always respect a person who owns his or her mistakes and makes a legitimate effort to correct them."
"Harry," promised Amy, "If I ever use Legilimency on you in the future, I promise that I will inform you and get your permission before doing so."
"I know you will, Amy,' said Harry confidently, "You learn from your mistakes because you are honest about them. You never had a relationship where trust was an important thing before you met me, so I can see how you wouldn't have realized at the time you were wrong. And, as for what kind of person you are, the fact that you got the ball rolling on that fundraiser for Nurture's Orphanage says a lot."
"I was actually surprised at how happy I was to see the kids at Nurture's Orphanage when I visited the other day," said Amy warmly.
"Amy, " said Harry clearly, "I know you were never close with anyone individually while you lived at Nurture's Orphanage, but you don't live with the same people for eleven years and then feel nothing for them."
"That meeting with the kids at Nurture's Orphanage the other day had a very warm feeling of being happy to see old friends again," cooed Amy fondly.
"Don't beat yourself up over you one mistake," Harry told Amy firmly, "I am truly the luckiest tween in the world to have Amy Alworth as a Bestie."
Harry and Amy exchanged a bone crushing hug as Susan and Hannah looked on smiling.
"Amy," said Harry sincerely, "To reaffirm our friendship to each other and to reaffirm our roles as each other's besties, let's take off our socks and shoes and step on each other's feet."
"Yes, Harry," agreed Amy a nanosecond later.
Feeling deeply connected to each other, Harry and Amy both took off their socks and shoes and stepped on each other's feet as hard as they could.
As Harry and Amy continued to step on each other's feet, they felt each other inside each other. The feel of each other's feet on each other gave both Harry and Amy glowing feelings on their insides as it intensified their feelings of being part of each other and therefore their friendship as well.
To represent the fact that they were a pair of besties, Harry and Amy continued to step on each other's feet for exactly two minutes and two nanoseconds before engaging in a second bone crushing hug.
Harry and Amy then put their socks and shoes back on.
When Harry and Amy both had their socks and shoes back on, Amy had an idea.
"To lighten the mood now," said Amy crisply, "I'd like to have some lighthearted fun."
Amy opened a drawer on her desk and pulled out a box of All Yellow Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans.
"Why don't we eat some of these and have fun seeing what flavors we all get?" suggested Amy.
"I think we could do with some lighthearted fun," replied Harry as Susan and Hannah nodded.
"You first, Harry," said Amy happily as she opened the box and held it out for Harry.
Harry dug his hand into the box and retrieved a bean.
Popping it into his mouth, Harry piped up, "EW! A dandelion flavored one!"
Amy, Susan, and Hannah laughed and giggled.
"That was dandy," grinned Amy, "That takes one of the most disgusting ones out of the mix before I get to it!"
Helping herself to a bean, Amy cried out happily, "Yum, a lemon flavored one!"
At this, Harry, Susan, and Hannah all clapped.
"Amy, I'm happy to hear that you got the best yellow flavor," said Harry cheerfully, "You deserve it after what you just did tonight."
"Hard agree," said Hannah briskly, "Amy deserved to have something go her way."
"She certainly did," agreed Susan, "My turn now."
Amy held the box out for Susan, who dipped her hand into it and fetched a bean for herself.
After Susan had eaten it, Susan said "Ick, a pencil flavored one!"
Harry, Amy, and Hannah smirked and laughed.
"That was sharp," smirked Hannah.
"You try, Hannah," said Amy, offering her to box.
Hannah helped herself to a bean and declared, "Yuck, a sticky note flavored one."
Harry, Amy, and Susan all smiled at her.
"Ah, you got stuck with a disgusting flavor too, Hannah," smirked Susan.
They continued eating the yellow beans for a few more minutes and a few more nanoseconds, laughing at each other whenever someone got a disgusting or yucky flavor.
Finally, Amy said, "Let's all get a good taste in our mouths."
Amy then put the All Yellow Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans back in the drawer and took out four individually wrapped lemon Starbursts and passed one each to Harry, Susan, and Hannah while keeping one for herself.
All four of them ripped the wrappers off the candies and threw them in the trash.
They then held up the candies and all shouted out, "THE YELLOW QUARTET!" before eating them and getting that pleasant lemon taste in their mouths.
An uncomfortable meeting had ended on a very pleasant note.
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