The bouncer had just gotten on shift and was gruffly looking up names on his master list of those to let into the club on the eventful night. The favorite band of the regulars to the club was back for its first performance of the month. The house was packed.
Two lovely women in their mid-thirties but not looking a day past twenty-five came up, looking good enough to eat. "Names," the bouncer asked.
It was the shorter one in a mid-thigh length black cocktail dress that answered, "Janet Fraiser and Samantha Carter."
Finding their names rather easily, he let them in wondering if the tall blonde was romantically involved with anyone.
"Janet this table is great," Sam complimented.
"Thanks," the doctor responded, looking around at the packed room. "I wonder if this band's as good as they say."
"I don't know."
As if on cue (which he was because I'm the writer and I said so. I can make people disappear on cue too! Want to see? Readers: NO!), a man in a simple white suite walked out onto the stage set up with band equipment. He motioned for the crowd to quiet down; "Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor and privilege to present – JJ and the Captains!"
Saying the crowd went wild as the band came on stage would be the understatement of the century.
"Holy Hannah," Sam and Jack said in unison as they locked eyes.
Andy, the piano player, looked at Jack and whispered, "What's up, buddy? You gonna be able to sing tonight or what?"
That shook Jack out of his stupor. "Yeah, I can sing. It's just there's someone here I didn't expect." Jack walked up to the microphone and picked up his guitar, "Hey, everyone. How you all doing tonight?" He paused as the crowd cheered. When they quieted, he continued, "Okay, tonight we're going to kick it off with an hour of everyone's Billy Joel favorites. Then we'll do a few unique numbers before opening it up for requests." He turned to the rest of the band that had assembled in their appropriate spots on stage while Jack was speaking, "Let's start with, This is the Time."
As the band got ready to play, Jack turned back to the audience, "This is for all the lovers out there tonight, but especially for one special woman in the audience – you know who you are – listen closely to the lyrics, Dorothy."
Sam nodded discreetly, remembering what he had called her many a time on trips through the Stargate. The song started to play and as Jack sang his heart into those words she closed her eyes to get the full effect, tears falling freely when she realized what he was trying to tell her. It was something he could only do through Billy Joel's words:
We walked on the beach beside that old
hotel
They're tearin' it down now, but it's just as well
I
haven't shown you everything a man can do
So stay with me,
baby
I've got plans for you
This is the time to
remember
'Cause it will not last forever
These are the days to
hold on to
'Cause we won't, although we'll want to
This is the
time,
But time is gonna change
You've given me the best of
you
But now I need the rest of you
Did you know that
before you came into my life
It was some kind of miracle that I
survived
Some day we will both look back
And have to laugh
We
lived through a lifetime
And the aftermath
This is the
time to remember
'Cause it will not last forever
These are the
days to hold on to
'Cause we won't, although we want to
This is
the time,
But time is gonna change
I know we've got to move
somehow
But I don't want to lose you now
Sometimes it's so
easy
To let a day slip on by
Without even seeing each other at
all
But this is the time you'll turn back to and so will I
And
those will be days you can never recall
And so we embrace
again
Behind the dunes
This beach is so cold on winter
afternoons
But holding you close is like holding the summer
sun
I'm warm from the memory of days to come
This is the time
to remember
'Cause it will not last forever
These are the days
to hold on to
'Cause we won't, although we'll want to
This is
the time,
But time is gonna change
You've given me the best of
you
But now I need the rest of you
When Sam's eyes opened at the end of the song, she could feel Jack's eyes boring into her soul. She nodded again, only for his eyes, and she could see him relax visibly before going off into another one of Billy Joel's greatest hits.
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