Calculations

Dedicated to LittleMissWeasley, who gave me this dare in the first place. Otherwise, I would NEVER go against my beloved Rose/Scorpius.

Prompts: ugly, white and lips.

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For Rose Weasley to date Scorpius Malfoy was a given, which was exactly why Rose couldn't let it happen. Because givens were just like expectations, and those made Rose want to strangle herself; this, she knew, was not a smart idea (no matter how tempting it seemed sometimes). Which meant that Rose had to simply stop the givens from being givens anymore.

But at the same time, Rose had to rebel, she had to show her parents that she wasn't just them reincarnated. No, she was her own person, and she had to prove that.

The best way to do that, Rose decided, would to be to get together with the haughtiest, slyest, most Slytherin boy in the snake's house (besides Malfoy). Yet he had to be handsome and intelligent enough that someone could convince themselves that, maybe, Rose actually saw something in him.

And when Rose added together all those things in her head, her choice was obvious.

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When it came to girls, Ricardo Zabini was Switzerland: as long as they gave him what he wanted, they could be ugly or gorgeous, poor or rich, naïve or experienced, White or Black (that is to say, Light or Dark), Gryffindor or Slytherin and he wouldn't give a damn.

So when Rose Weasley came and found him, almost shyly but with her intents clear in her eyes, he had no qualms about helping her out. After all, she wasn't too ugly (which, even though he didn't mind that much, certainly wasn't preferable) and corrupting someone as WhiteWhiteWhite as Rose Weasley gave him a thrill just to think about.

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They carefully organized a snogging session so that they would be caught by Professor Flitwick who, despite his less-than-petite size, had a rather large mouth. Their plan worked perfectly; by the next day, it was all over school that Rose Weasley and Ricardo Zabini were an item.

Rose didn't get a Howler the next day, though; nor the day after that. So her lips got more and more bruised as she and Zabini snogged more and more, not even bothering to go to empty corridors now, and she consoled herself that while this was rather slutty, at least she'd be skilled enough with her lips to not embarrass herself when she actually got a boyfriend she liked.

(Zabini, on his part, knew full well that he was being slutty, and saw nothing wrong with that.)

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It took long enough, but Rose finally got her Howler; she and Zabini stayed together for a week afterwards for good effect before they spread around the school that Rose found Zabini cheating on her. Conveniently, Zabini had been anyways.

If this was a romance, then Rose would've been jealous.

If this was a romance, then Zabini would've realized that he actually liked Rose, much more than he did the other girl.

But this is a rebellion, so instead, the lion and the snake parted without a scratch between them.

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Hope it's not too awful… I think I kinda failed with the prompts, but I did at least INCLUDE the words. :P Please read and review! Thanks so much!

-Joelle8