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The Hot List by drcjsnider
Category: Harry Potter
Genre: Humor, Romance
Language: English
Characters: Rose W., Scorpius M.
Status: CompletedPublished: 2010-08-09
Updated: 2010-08-09
Packaged: 2013-03-11 19:55:12
Rating: K+Chapters: 1
Words: 2,979
Publisher: www.fanfiction.net
Summary: Scorpius can't get the girl hdesires until he can get his name off o
Rose Weasley's 'Not Hot List'.
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The Hot List
Title: The Hot List
Rating: PG-13
Pairing/Characters: Rose/Scorpius
Summary: Scorpius can't get the girl h
desires until he can get his name off oRose Weasley's 'Not Hot List'.
Word Count: 2715
Notes/Warnings: This was supposed t
be a drabble fori_am_girlfriday'birthday. As you can see, it's very late and
not much of a drabble. Here is the quot
he fic is based on: "You once said you
iked me just as I am and I just wanted t
say likewise. I mean there are stupi
hings your mum buys you, tonight'
another... classic. You're haughty, and you
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always say the wrong thing in ever
situation and I seriously believe that yo
should rethink the length of you
sideburns. But, you're a nice man and ike you. If you wanted to pop by som
ime that might be nice... more than nice.
Bridget Jones's Diary
Rose Weasley had a reputation to
maintain. You didn't become the leading
arbitrator of style and fashion at Hogwart
without devoting a lot of time anattention to what you wear, what th
people you hanged out with wore, an
what everyone else in school wa
wearing. Mind you in a school wher
students wore uniforms over 60% of th
ime it wasn't EASY to make suc
distinctions. But if you had natural talen
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for coordination and a bloody goo
memory it was possible to categoriz
everyone at school as either 'hot', 'not', o
wannabe.'
As Rose repeatedly told her cousin Lily
making the 'hot' list wasn't about buyin
expensive clothing. You needed to have aeye for what fabrics, lengths, and color
ooked good together and the flair to mak
your selection appear like it came off th
runway in Milan. Lily was a 'wannabe'.
n fact, everyone in Rose's family wer
wannabes' except Dominique and Louis
who had a certainsavoire faire from theiFrench ancestry that helped push them u
nto the 'hot' category. Rose was tempted
o add Albus to the 'hot' list too, but unti
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he stopped hanging out with his best frien
and fashion train wreck, Scorpius Malfoy
t just couldn't be done.
Malfoy was on the 'not' list. He had bee
at the top of the 'not' list since the day tha
Rose developed it back in second yea
and had never budged from that positiont wasn't that his clothing was old or o
poor quality or even mismatched, it wa
simply ugly. He wore jumpers with winte
scenes knitted on their fronts, trousermade from striped and plaid fabrics, an
robes with colorful embroidery aroun
heir hems. The entire effect was s
hideous that Rose had never been able t
get beyond it and clearly see th
personality of the boy underneath.
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At least she hadn't until one day in sevent
year when Scorpius stopped her on th
stairs. "I want off your list," he told her,
hint of backbone in his voice.
Rose glanced at him. His robes wer
rimmed with green ribbons shaped lik
snakes. She closed her eyes tightly to trand block out the revolting picture i
made. When she reopened them, Scorpiu
and his repulsive snake ribbons were stil
here. "Impossible."
"Why?"
"Because you are nothot."
"I know."
His comment made Rose look up from hi
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robes to his face. He had a crooked smile
gorgeous light grey eyes, and fine blon
hair that needed a cut. She noticed for th
first time that he could possibly battractive if he had been born with only
head and neck. Unfortunately, he'd also
been born with a body that he insisted o
covering with rejects from Bjork'wardrobe. "If you know you're not ho
why are we having this conversation?"
"I need to get on the 'wannabe' list."
"Why?"
"There is this girl that I fancy and she seta lot of store by your ratings."
Rose felt a headache coming on. She'
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really didn't want to have thi
conversation. "Look, Scorpius, the list
mean nothing. They have no influence
They are just a reflection of the currenstate of people's appearance and dress. I
his girl you fancy won't go out with you, i
sn't because you are on the 'not' list, it i
because the way you dress has made yonot hot. The list only indicates that. D
you understand?"
Scorpius tilted his head slightly, as if hwere thinking. Rose waited for him t
argue. After all, she'd had this sam
conversation with Lily a hundred time
and Lily never got it. She never figure
out that what mattered wasn't the list, bu
what you did that got you on the list. Ros
could put Lily at the top of the 'hot' list an
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hat would still not make her hot.
Much to her surprise, however, Scorpiu
appeared to understand. "So it's the way dress that has made me not hot?"
"Bingo," Rose replied with a tiny smile
She moved to step around him, buScorpius caught a hold of her wrist.
"My mum buys my clothing."
Rose looked horrified. "You're seventeen
years old! Why don't you purchase you
own robes?" She leaned toward him an
dropped her voice to a whisper. "Is shcolor blind?"
Scorpius shook his head slowly. "No.
don't think so. She's never said. Besides,
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don't know anything about clothing; I jus
wear what she sends me. Are they reall
hat bad?"
"Worse."
He looked disappointed. "What can I do?
Rose bit her lip. She didn't want to b
Scorpius' fashion consultant. It would rui
her objectivity as the maintainer of th
ists. Still he looked so pathetic that shcouldn't completely abandon him. "Ar
you spending Easter hols with Albus?"
He nodded, looking a bit confused.
"Alright, bring your things over to m
house Thursday morning and I'll see wha
can do."
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"Really?"
"Sure. But don't tell anyone, I do not wan
o have the entire school coming to me fofashion advice."
His brows furrowed. "I thought the
already did that?"
"I don't want more people coming to m
for advice."
"No problem," he smiled his crooke
smile again. "I'll stay quiet. See yo
Thursday."
0-0-0
When Thursday morning of the Easte
holiday arrived, Rose was anxiousl
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awaiting Scorpius' arrival. It was silly fo
her to be nervous. Although he would b
he first boy who'd ever be alone with he
n her room, it wasn't like they werattracted to each other. For Merlin's sake
he fancied some other girl and Rose wa
ust being helpful to one of her cousin'
friends.
Of course knowing these facts didn't stop
her heart from racing when there was
knock at her door. "Hi," Scorpius saidwith a smile. "Hugo let me in downstairs.
Rose nodded, noticing for the first tim
hat he was tall and slender without bein
gangly. Of course, it wasn't surprising tha
she'd failed to notice before, given th
way his dreadful robes camouflaged al
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potentially attractive aspects of hi
appearance. Today's selection was ye
another homage to bad-taste, a well-cu
black robe, with bright yellow lapels ana matching yellow lining. She couldn
conceal her shudder of revulsion.
Scorpius looked down at his outfit. "Thabad?"
"It has good tailoring and the fabric is firs
rate, but the colors," Rose's lips quirkeslightly upwards. "It's just a bit too much.
Scorpius glanced down at his lapels an
frowned.
She pulled out her wand and gesture
owards his outfit. "May I?"
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He nodded and then watched as his lapel
urned black and his lining becam
midnight blue. "So drab is more attractiv
han colorful."
"Sometimes. You can wear color, but i
needs to be in a moderation and it needs t
complement your skin ton. For exampleyou could wear a bold blue shirt unde
your black robes or with solid colore
rousers. But you wouldn't want to match i
with patterned slacks or a bold jumperAnd you should always stay away fro
reds, yellows, and pinks. Understand?"
Scorpius shook his head. "Not really."
"Well, it's a process. What else did you
bring?" Rose asked, taking his duffle fro
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him and dumping it out on her bed. Th
mismatch of styles and colors and fabric
made her wince.
"Hopeless?"
"Of course not. It's just seeing all thos
ghastly items together in one pile made ma little woozy."
Scorpius chuckled and then spent the nex
hour taking notes as Rose transfigured hiclothing and helped him coordinate outfit
for the next two weeks. By the time the
were done, he was exhausted. "It seem
ike a crime to spend so much thinkinabout what to wear when you could b
playing Wizard's Chess or studying or jus
hanging out."
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Rose smiled. "But all of those activitie
are so much better when perfectly well
dressed. I never feel more tranquil or self
assured than when I am confident abouhow I look."
"So if I wear this clothing for the nex
couple of weeks I'll make it off your 'noist."
Rose nodded. "Yeah. You're lucky. All
your problems are just on the surface ancan be solved with just a couple of tweak
n the way you dress. If I wanted t
significantly change the way I look, I'
have to figure out how to control my hair
or get rid of my freckles, or grow bigge
breasts, nothing simple so simple as
wardrobe change."
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Scorpius looked shocked. "You must be
kidding. I like you just the way you are
You are attractive, and smart, and
friendly. I can't imagine why you'd need tochange anything."
Blushing, Rose looked at him shyly. Sh
wet her lips to speak, but was interrupteby a knock on the door.
"Rose? What are you doing?"
"She's helping me get dressed," Scorpiu
called out.
The door slammed open. Standing in thhallway with his hands crossed over hi
chest was Ron Weasley.
"Um hey, dad."
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Ron looked at a fully dressed Scorpius
all the clothing scattered over Rose's bed
and furrowed his brow in confusion
"What are you doing?" he asked again.
"Rose is helping me choose some outfit
for the next couple of weeks. I'm bit of
hopeless case and she is really good ahis kind of thing."
Ron raised his eyebrows and stared a
Rose.
"It's kind of a public service," sh
shrugged.
He shook his head. "Fine. Just make sur
o keep the door open."
"Daaaad!" she whined.
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"Rooooose" he replied mimicking he
one.
"That's alright, Mr. Weasley," Scorpiussaid. "I need to head back to Al's soon
anyway." He started repacking his duffl
bag as Ron turned away from the bedroo
and walked down the hall.
Rose cleared her throat. "I hope thi
helps," she told him with a faint smile.
Scorpius looked baffled.
"With the bird you're interested in."
His faced cleared. "Oh, yeah I'm sure i
did a lot of good. Thanks, Rose. I reall
appreciate you taking the time to do this."
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"Well, just follow my instructions, wea
hese outfits, and you'll be fine," she tol
him, reaching out to touch his arm bu
drawing back at the last moment.
0-0-0
n the two weeks after Easter holidays, aScorpius followed Rose's fashion advice
he began to attract significant attentio
from the female population at Hogwarts.
"Malfoy looks good," Roxanne said, a
she watched him stride past the Gryffindo
able the morning of the Ravenclaw versu
Hufflepuff Quidditch match.
Rose mumbled something, but didn
bother looking up from her oatmeal. Sh
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was frankly a little sick of hearing abou
how attractive Scorpius was now.
"You are going to have to put him on thhot' list, Rose," Lily giggled, bumping he
cousin with her shoulder. "Everyone i
alking about his transformation. O
course, I'm taking credit for it."
That made Rose look up. "What? How ar
you responsible?"
"Well, he was staying with Al when i
happened. Obviously prolonged exposur
o my good-taste rubbed off on him," Lil
smirked.
"I'd like to rub off on him," Roxann
purred. "Scratch that. I'd just like to rub o
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him."
Lily laughed.
Rose shook her head. "I thought you wer
dating Rich Thomas?"
"Do you see a ring on my finger?Roxanne replied, her voice tinged wit
attitude.
"My bad," Rose replied. She gazed acroshe Great Hall and caught sight o
Scorpius seated next to Charlotte Goyle a
he Slytherin table. She wondered if Goyl
was the bird he'd been trying to attract.
"I really think as a result of my aid t
Scorpius, I should get on the 'hot' list
oo." Lily opened her eyes wide an
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blinked at Rose.
"Merlin, Lily. I haven't bought your swee
and innocent routine since I was sevenWhat makes you think I'm going to star
believing it now?"
Lily stuck out her lip in a pout. "I just wano be on the 'hot' list once!"
Rose took a deep breath. "I've told yo
before that the lists don't matter. Thedon't give or take away from anyone. The
are just a reflection of reality."
"Whatever. Are you posting them after theQuidditch game today?"
Rose nodded. "Yes, just like I have for the
ast six years."
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"Good," Lily responded. She grabbed
piece of toast before heading out to th
pitch. "Don't forget what about taking int
account my aid to Scorpius when yofigure out my spot on the lists."
Rose wanted to bang her head on th
able.
"At least she's persistent," Roxanne said.
"She's a moron," Rose replied, picking upher jacket and heading outside.
As Rose sat in the stands at the game, sh
surveyed the crowd for any last minutchanges to her fashion lists. The wron
shoes or the right scarf could easily ge
one knocked from 'hot' to 'not' or vice
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versa. While looking around that sh
noticed Scorpius headed toward th
stands wearing a hideous navy jumpe
with a large golden Snitch stitched on itfront. She felt something akin to panic a
she glanced around to see if anyone els
had noticed his fashion faux pas. When i
was clear no one else had yet seen himshe about broke her neck climbing dow
from the stands.
"Scorpius," she hissed as he started twalk past the edge of the Gryffindo
stairs.
"Rose?"
She grabbed his arm and pulled hi
underneath the stands. "You have got to
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change your jumper!"
He looked down at his chest. "I know i
wasn't on the approved clothing listbut"
"No buts!" she whipped out her wand
"This is never going to do."
"Stop!" Scorpius grabbed her wrist t
keep her from transfiguring his jumper
"My mum sent it. She's going to be heroday and I don't want to disappoint her b
not wearing it."
"But you can't wear it," Rose repliedsounding almost frantic. "I can not mov
you off the 'not' list if anyone sees yo
dressed like that."
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He dropped her wrist and ran his han
over his jumper. "Really? Just one mistak
n two weeks will keep me on the 'no
ist?"
Rose nodded. "Perhaps if you didn't hav
a history of dressing like a blin
orangutan, it wouldn't be so bad. But youappearance today could easily be a sig
hat you are slipping back into your ol
habits."
Scorpius nodded. "I understand. It's okay
'm going to keep this on for my mum an
you do what's necessary."
Rose felt her eyes start to sting and for th
first time ever, she wanted to take her list
and feed them to the giant squid. "I'
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sorry," she stated with a slight quiver i
her voice. "I really hope this doesn't mes
up your chances with the girl you like."
"It will be okay," he shrugged. As he
urned to walk away, Rose caught a hold
of his arm.
"Scorpius, you once said you liked me jus
as I am and I just wanted to say likewise
You're kind, you're smart, and you're fun
o be around even when you're wearinhe stupid things your mum buys you. I
his bird you like doesn't recognize al
hese great things about you because o
some stupid list, then I really think yo
should consider pursuing someone else."
Scorpius turned slowly. He looked
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shocked. "You like me just the way I am
Hideous jumper and all?"
She nodded jerkily. "More than likereally," she stated in little more than
whisper, her eyes on the ground. Ros
sensed Scorpius moving and tense
slightly when his hand lightly gripped hechin, raising her eyes to his.
"Thank you."
Rose blushed and looked confused. "Wha
are you thanking me for?"
"Because it worked. All your focus on mclothing and style helped me attract th
girl I was interested in."
Rose's stomach suddenly felt full of lead
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f she didn't get away from him soon sh
was going to be violently ill. Still sh
couldn't help but torture herself with th
details. "Oh well, that is fantastic. Who ishe?"
Scorpius leaned close to her, his lips jus
a breath away from hers, "You."
The End