She blinked at Sappho, amazed at the rapid change of moods. "Well, I'm sorry to hear that they pick on you, but perhaps they consider it something friends do to one another?"
Wait. A group of boys? Horrid bullies to Slytherins?
"You wouldn't be, by any chance, referring to James Potter, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew, would you? And the...single dorm-mate who isn't nice wouldn't be Lily Po--LILY EVANS would it?"
She had nearly said Lily's future last name, but hopefully the emphasized, correct last name would overshadow her mistake.