. J . ▁Dar ling ▁as ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁keep ▁her ▁identity ▁safe ▁in ▁the ▁present ▁day . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁episode ▁" Th ird ▁W heel ", ▁after ▁it ▁is ▁discovered ▁Ste vie ▁is ▁a ▁w izard , ▁Alex ▁starts ▁h anging ▁out ▁with ▁her ▁more , ▁neglect ing ▁Har per . ▁Later ▁in ▁the ▁episode , ▁Har per ▁confront s ▁Alex ▁on ▁how ▁she ▁has ▁been ▁feeling ▁left ▁out . ▁This ▁leads ▁to ▁a ▁he ated ▁argument , ▁where ▁Har per ▁reve als ▁her ▁inse cur ities ▁about ▁how ▁Alex ▁is ▁always ▁taking ▁her ▁for ▁granted ▁and ▁yet ▁she ▁never ▁holds ▁it ▁against ▁her . ▁During ▁this ▁argument , ▁they ▁end ▁up ▁destroy ing ▁the ▁Home coming ▁float , ▁which ▁Justin ▁trick ed ▁Har per ▁into ▁helping ▁him ▁build ▁by ▁dis gu ising ▁himself ▁as ▁Alex . ▁Mr . ▁Lar itate ▁witness es ▁this ▁and ▁threat ens ▁to ▁have ▁Alex ▁exp elled . ▁For ▁the ▁sake ▁of ▁their ▁friendship , ▁Har per ▁takes ▁all ▁the ▁bl ame . ▁Mr . ▁Lar itate ▁bel ieves ▁her , ▁considering ▁that ▁Alex ▁never ▁tells ▁the ▁truth , ▁and ▁pun ishes ▁Har per ▁with ▁one ▁week ▁of ▁det ention . ▁Later , ▁Alex ▁somehow ▁s ne aks ▁into ▁the ▁det ention ▁room ▁and ▁apolog izes ▁for ▁what ▁happened . ▁F org iving ▁her , ▁Har per ▁explains ▁that ▁she ▁only ▁did ▁it ▁because ▁even ▁if ▁Ste vie ▁is ▁Alex ' s ▁new ▁best ▁friend , ▁it ' s ▁not ▁going ▁to ▁keep ▁her ▁from ▁being