The Hot List

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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

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