Fic: Choices (Jem: Pizzazz/Clash, Pizzazz/Roxy)

[thegirl20]

Another prompt from sweetvirago. This time it was MisFic, possibly involving Pizzazz/Clash. So, it's sort of, kind of what you asked for :)

TITLE: Choices
AUTHOR: Angie
FEEDBACK: scotangelina@yahoo.com
DISTRIBUTION: Feel free to take this, just let me know where it's gone.
FANDOM: Jem and the Holograms
PAIRING: Pizzazz/Clash, Pizzazz/Roxy
SUMMARY: Stormer is sure the Holograms don't have to deal with this kind of problem.
RATING: R
DISCLAIMER: They belong to Christy Marx.
WORD COUNT: 467

Stormer flicks through the channels, listlessly. Every station has some new ‘Jem’ exclusive or video or interview. She sighs dejectedly. Not one station had mentioned the Misfits. Just as she is about to get really maudlin, Clash enters the living-room and flops down in a seat next to her.

“Whatcha watching?”

Stormer switches the TV off.

“Nothing. Everything’s about Jem.”

Clash shakes her head.

“I don’t understand why you guys don’t get more coverage. You’re way better than those idiots.”

“Yeah, but those idiots don’t trash studios and swear during live interviews.” Stormer says, under her breath.

She turns to look at Clash. She is wearing a very short, silky dressing gown and very little else.

“Why’re you down here? I thought you were…with Pizzazz.” Stormer can’t bring herself to use any of those terms the others used for sex, her lips won’t form the words.

“I was. But then Roxy walked in and started yelling the place down so I thought I should get outta there while I still could.”

Stormer watches the girl closely. Her eyes are downcast and she fiddles with the edge of her dressing-gown.

“Sweetie, why do you do it?” Stormer asks gently. “You know she only uses you to make Roxy jealous when they’ve had a fight.”

Clash shrugs one shoulder, still looking down.

“Yeah, I know.” She looks up at Stormer, a watery smile trying to break through. “But she still picked me, right? I mean, she could use anybody to make Roxy jealous…but she calls me.”

Part of Stormer wants to scream at the girl. To tell her that she is convenient and easy and unlikely to make waves. She wants to drag Clash out of the room and up the stairs to show her that while Roxy and Pizzazz may fight spectacularly, they make up in the same fashion. Another part of her wants to hug Clash, to tell her that Pizzazz did choose her and that she is special. Because she has a feeling that few people ever have told her that. She settles for the easy option.

“Yeah, I suppose she does.”

The door bursts open and Jetta barges in.

“’Ow’s a girl meant to get any bloody sleep round this gaff? Can’t ‘ear meself think up there!”

She grabs the remote from Stormer and throws herself onto the couch, turning the TV on.

“They still fighting?” Clashes voice holds a modicum of hope.

“Fighting? Shagging more like. All that buggering screaming Pizzazz does in bed, don’t know ‘ow Roxy ain’t deafened by now.”

Stormer glances at Clash. Her head is down but Stormer is sure she sees a tear running down her cheek.

Jem’s face looms into view on the screen. Stormer sighs. She’s sure that the Holograms don’t have these problems to deal with.

Comments

[stormkpr.livejournal.com]

Another fantastic shortfic from you! You know I love Pizzazz/Roxy too, and you've really captured it. In fact you envision them basically the same way I see them: fighting, making up, fighting. But together all the time.

And poor Clash. But that's totally in-character too.

[the-girl-20.livejournal.com]

fighting, making up, fighting - Yep, that's pretty much Pizzazz and Roxy!

I'm glad you enjoyed this piece. I feel bad for Clash too, but she sets herself up for it.

[selve.livejournal.com]

Aaaaah! I love it! So bittersweet. You have a great economy with words, and you nail the characters. I can definitely see this as being the sitch btw Zazz, Roxy, and Clash.

Pizzazz is a screamer. Of course. Mmm...makes me wanna elaborate. ;)

Great work!

[the-girl-20.livejournal.com]

You have a great economy with words - It's called being lazy ;)

and you nail the characters - Thank you, I'm glad you thought so.

And of course Pizzazz is a screamer...could she be anything but?

Glad you liked this. I had intended it to be more Clash/Pizzazz, but this is what wanted to be written.

[faithinthepoor.livejournal.com]

It's called being lazy ;) four fic posts in a day is not lazy, it has however meant that I probably didn't comment as much as I should have but I was under pressure - DH starts in about 3 minutes

Just so you knew I love them all

I feel so sorry for Clash and Jem getting all the coverage is a mystery that I have never been able to understand.

[the-girl-20.livejournal.com]

four fic posts in a day is not lazy - It would appear that I respond well to prompts. Who knew?

Just so you knew I love them all - :)

I feel so sorry for Clash - Me too. But it's Stormer I really feel sorry for, she has to put up with everyone's shit.

Jem getting all the coverage is a mystery that I have never been able to understand - Me neither, I always thought the Misfits were better. But I suppose it was Jem's show.

[faithinthepoor.livejournal.com]

It would appear that I respond well to prompts. Who knew? Two words - Jayne series

[the-girl-20.livejournal.com]

OK, so I'm making my way through this Jayne thing. And I've hit a stumbling block with Kaylee. Because what would possibly be disturbing about Kaylee? Could her inherent cheerfulness be described as 'disturbing'? Annoying, probably, but not disturbing. I am drawing a blank so help would be appreciated. Especially as you are my beta and as you wanted me to write this.

I think I might be 'borrowing' your Jayne's view of Zoe and Wash and expanding it a bit. I will credit you, of course.

Also, I think it's going to be slashy.

[faithinthepoor.livejournal.com]

Could her inherent cheerfulness be described as 'disturbing'? Annoying, probably, but not disturbing. I am drawing a blank so help would be appreciated. Especially as you are my beta and as you wanted me to write this. I seem to recall that he found it rather disturbing in the pilot. Maybe he could be disturbed by the fact that Kaylee is trying it on with Simon when she could be having the HoYay with Inara - I know it disturbs me!!!

I think I might be 'borrowing' your Jayne's view of Zoe and Wash and expanding it a bit. I will credit you, of course. borrow away babe!

Also, I think it's going to be slashy. It had better be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[the-girl-20.livejournal.com]

Maybe he could be disturbed by the fact that Kaylee is trying it on with Simon when she could be having the HoYay with Inara - I know it disturbs me!!!

Since writing to ask for advice and help, the Jayne fic has changed quite a bit. It's turned serious(!) and is now more of Jayne's views on the crew, not necessarily what disturbs him about them. Simon's diary is still in it, but alas, Book's hair isn't.

I might use your suggestion for Kaylee though. The fic is already rather slashy in that it has Simon/Mal, and is probably going to end up Mal/Jayne. But I might try to sneak some Kaylee/Inara in there too. There will be Mal/Inara undertones to it all.

Anyway, it won't be finished today but I hope to have it out midweek.

[faithinthepoor.livejournal.com]

Anyway, it won't be finished today but I hope to have it out midweek. Are you trying to kill me with fic overload?????

[the-girl-20.livejournal.com]

Are you trying to kill me with fic overload????? - I'm unusually active.

I also have to write Kaylee's biggest fear for big_damn_quests...any ideas to prompt me with?

[faithinthepoor.livejournal.com]

any ideas to prompt me with? Thought that automatically springs to mind is losing Inara but I am assuming that I need to get away from my inner shipper and think about this in the world of canon and in which case I think Kaylee's biggest fear would be about Serenity herself but I don't know that that's the easiest thing to write about.

[the-girl-20.livejournal.com]

I think Kaylee's biggest fear would be about Serenity herself - I was trying to get an angle on that and was gonna use some of 'Out of Gas', but couldn't work it. So I wrote about Early instead. It's posted now. I'm not all that happy with it but everybody else was posting and I didn't want to be ages after everyone else.