Sixteen Ways to Help Remus Lupin

By Lily Evans

1. Stop pestering him about being impossible to find.

2. Stop yelling at him when he comes up with ridiculous excuses to be rescheduled for prefect rounds. Although, hopefully he won't have to now.

3. Stop glaring at him when he falls asleep in class.

4. Do his potions essays without comment, since he's rubbish at potions and I'll just end up doing most of it eventually.

5. Research healing potions for various ailments and injuries.

6. Order ingredients for aforementioned potions. Or nick them from Slughorn. Perhaps that would be better. And easier. And a lot cheaper.

7. Get him some chocolate.

8. Collect his robes that need mending. Ask the house elves for some scraps of fabric.

9. Keep Marly from giving him a hard time about Mary.

10. Hint to Mary that maybe she should shift her affections (obsession) elsewhere.

11. Keep him out of detention as much as possible. Granted he's not in detention nearly as much as Potter or Black, but it doesn't help him with his workload if he's scrubbing bedpans out without magic.

12. Determine exactly who knows about him. Peter, Potter, and Black must, as well as the professors, but hopefully that's all. Oh, and Severus I suppose.

13. Never schedule him for rounds with Slytherins. There's no telling who Sev's told.

14. Sit with him when he's holed away in the back corner of the library.

15. Introduce him to Essence of Murlap for his scars.

16. Give him a hug.