"I feel like it is," she said, sniffling. "I feel like I should have done more to help you."
Blushing at her outburst, she finally pulled away slowly. "I'm sorry for breaking down in front of you like this. It just makes me so angry, thinking about them." Remus wasn't as much to blame as James and Sirius were. He did try to tell them to back off sometimes. But they didn't back off. They kept getting nastier and nastier. And she knew one day they might drive Severus away from her for good. Another tear fell from her eye at the thought, and she hastily wiped it away with her sleeve.