Talent Show
Chapter 10
Author's note: Ok "this" is Sam singing and "this" is Janet and Cassie singing, just in case it gets a little confusing, though if you've heard the song it shouldn't be a problem.
Sam stood, centre stage, in a long flowing cornflower blue dress. The dress was tight round the waist and then draped straight down to her feet from the curve of her hips. Cassie and Janet were in similar dresses, though they were a rich caramel colour, they stood a little be hind Sam on either side of her, almost as if the angelic forms of Sam's conscience. Around their feet grew a carpet of smoke, adding the angelic theme.
The crowd drew silent at the scene before them, and waited.
Soon a few soft notes of a sweet tune came through the sound system and only a second or so later, Sam's soft sweet voice joined it.
"If there's a prize for rotten judgment,
I guess I've already won that.
No man is worth the aggravation."
She sang softly if not a little nervous, but then as drums and brass kicked in over the music, her hips shifted with the beat and her voice became louder and more confidant;
"That's ancient history--been there, done that!"
"Who d'ya think you're kiddin'?"
Janet and Cassie began to sing in unison, swaying their hips to the music and pointing in the direction of Sam as they tried to give her advice.
"He's the earth and heaven to you.
Try to keep it hidden.
Honey, we can see right through you."
"Oh no-o…" Sam sang over Cassie and Janet's next few lines.
"Girl, ya can't conceal it.
We know how ya feel and
Who you're thinkin' of."
"Oh-o, No chance, no way,
I won't say it, no, no."
Sam's voice began the chorus, with a dramatic wave of her hand as if to dismiss the words just sung to her.
"You swoon, you sigh,
Why deny it, uh-oh."
The two women in the background sang, moving their head from one side to the other with the 'uh-oh'.
"It's too cliché,
I won't say I'm in love."
As she sang these words, Sam couldn't help but grin, neither could Janet, Cassie, Daniel, Jack and half of the SGC. But not Teal'c of course.
"Shu-do, shu-do. Oo-oo-oo."
"I thought my heart had learned its lesson
It feels so good when you start out
My head is screaming, get a grip, girl
Unless you're dying to cry your heart out, oh-o."
"You keep on denyin'
Who you are and how you're feelin'
Baby, we're not buyin'
Hon, we saw ya hit the ceilin'
Face it like a grown-up
When ya gonna own up
That you got, got, got it bad?"
"Whoa.
No chance, no way
I won't say it, no, no."
"Give up, give in,"
Then Janet sang;
"Check the grin, you're in love."
"This scene won't play
I won't say I'm in love…"
"You're doin' flips
Read our lips: you're in love."
"You're way off base
I won't say it
Get off my case
I won't say it."
"Girl, don't be proud
It's O.K. you're in love."
"Ah, oh,o-oh-oh-o."
Sam smiled softly and wistfully as she searched through the crowd once more, still coming up empty before she sang her last lines.
"At least out loud
I won't say I'm in love."
The crowd had lulled into a stunned silence for a moment and then suddenly burst forward into rapturous applause and cheers for the singers on stage. It was certainly the biggest cheer yet as those who were worried about their own future performances forgot about it completely as the only thought at the forefront of their minds were about Walter's pools and the money they had in them regarding the lead singer on stage and a high ranking military official who unbeknown to them was hiding out in a cupboard off "stage left" next to the door for the "changing room".
Said high ranking military official was in shock.
She is good, he thought. Very good.
But being of high rank and sound mind he had thought of this eventuality, not necessarily who this eventuality would come about, but certainly that it might happen and as such he had a plan.
On stage Sam, Janet and Cassie all blushed as they stood before an adoring crowd. They all turned to each other and grinned, then stepping forward they took each others hand and took a bow then bolted, as fast as their high heels would allow, off -stage and to the relative safety of the changing room where a happy Daniel and Teal'c awaited them, not to mention the other half of the Talent shows act with either a grin or a shocked look on their faces.
Janet and Cassie stepped down first and became hidden from the view of the audience. Sam followed them in a daze. As usual she was thinking.
She couldn't believe she had actually gone through with the whole thing, but there was something else. Sam wasn't sure what was, the idea that it might have been disappointment popped into her head, but before she could dwell on it any further she lost sight of Janet and Cassie and everything suddenly became dark.
"Where is Colonel Carter?" Teal'c asked of Janet and Cassie as two members of SG-6 headed past the small group in the direction of the stage.
"She was right behind us."
Authors note (II); so what y'all think? I apologise if the song choice was a bit of a let down (I know there are better songs out there) but this one just seemed like more fun. In case you're wondering it's from Disney's Hercules. Hope you liked it! Next chapter up soon.
