Title: Harm and Mac Songbook: It Should Have Been Me
Author: Rising Sun
E-mail: jag@lucianstuff.every1.net
URL: http://www.geocities.com/jagrslc
Rated: PG
Classification: JAG Story/Agnst
Summary: What would Renee do if she attended Harm and Mac's wedding?
Disclaimer: JAG characters portrayed belong to JAG, CBS and Paramount
Television. No copyright infringement intended. All other characters depicted are purely fictional and any
similarities to actual people are purely coincidental.
Performing in this saga depending upon your generation: "It Should Have Been Me" is sung by
Gladys Knight & The Pips or Yvonne Fair
Feedback: Would be nice.
The HMS series is written in a manner that allows for each
story to be read as a self-contained story or as part of an arc. This story is part of a potential quintet:
·
HMS13a: Kiss
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HMS13b: This Is It
·
HMS13c: There Is Love
·
HMS13d: It Should Have Been Me
·
HMS13e: Top of the World
Story Written - 2001
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0935 LOCAL
SAWGRASS MALL, FL.
Renee was having her camera crew set up for the shot. Now that she was a regular director on the
hit TV show Jaguar she felt that the hole left by a certain Naval Officer was
partially filled. If pushed she would
admit to herself only that she still had the instinct to
nest but that would have to wait. She
walked over to the two stars of the show: David James Elliot and Catherine
Bell.
"Ready folks?"
They nodded.
"Let's do it." She turned to return to her spot
"Places people! Lights! Camera! Action!" They filmed the scene and called it a wrap. She walked away from the set but was not
focused on where she was going and collided with a wall of muscle. She looked up.
"Mic! My God
what a surprise! In Florida no less!"
"Hello Renee I thought that looked like you. See your career is looking up in
Hollywood." He kept step with her.
"I think that Washington was not good for my
career. Once I left and headed west it
took off!"
"Now you work on Jaguar the number one show in the
country." He supplied.
"We are number one? Really?"
"How about lunch."
"Mic it's 10:30 in the morning."
"OK then brunch."
She smiled "Call it dinner and you are on."
He grinned, "Tell me where you are staying and I'll
pick you up."
"Tell me where you are taking me and I'll meet you she
countered."
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2100 LOCAL
Chart House
Coconut Grove, FL
She had finally relented and allowed Mic to meet her. They were seated and menus provided. She ordered the Steamed Maine Lobster made
while Mic could not resist the Australian Lobster Tail made with baked with
gremolata butter.
"So what have you been up to?" She asked.
"I returned to Her Majesty with hat in had and she took
me back."
"You are in RAN again that's interesting."
"Yeah I'm here on some personal business I return
tomorrow. So you hear from Harm at
all?" He asked. The names were bound to crop up might as well deal now
than spoil the food when it arrived.
"No. But I
heard I forget where I hear that they got married."
"Really" He said.
"Really" She echoed.
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2313 LOCAL
WYNDHAM GRAND BAY
MIAMI BEACH, FL
RENEE'S ROOM
Mic had been the perfect gentlemen for the whole evening and
had delivered her to her hotel without so much as a kiss on the cheek.
She went to bed and had the nightmare of her life.
She was seated in the front row of a wedding. She spotted the bridegroom ... it was Harm.
But if she was seated who was the bride?
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I saw my
love walking down the aisle
And as
he passed me by
He
turned and gave me a smile
Then,
the preacher, then the preacher
The
preacher joined their hands
And all
the people, all the people began to stand
When I
shouted, "it should have been me"
"No
it should have been me"
"You
know it should have been me"
Baby how
can you do this to me.
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The bride finally arrived. She swept past but Renee could
not make her out. Finally she caught a
glimpse ... it was Mac! God damnit it was
Mac. Having denied the attraction for all these years they finally did it. But
what about me? It should have been me!
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You made
a promise that we'd never part
Then you
turned around and broke broke my heart
Now
you're standing there saying I do
Holding
hands with somebody new
When you
know that it should have been me
"No
it should have been me"
Baby
how can you do this to me.
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Oh here it comes.
Should any one know why these two should not be joined speak
now or forever hold you peace. I sure
as hell do. People believe me that man is mine! Some
body call the Police that woman down there is a doggone thief!
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Then the
preacher oh yeah the preacher asked
That
there be silence please
If any
objections to this wedding
Speak
now or forever or forever hold your peace
Then I
stood up and said, "It should have been me"
No it
should have been me
Stayed
down in my seat and screamed
It
should have been me
You're
blowing my mind
People
believe me that man is mine
"It
should have been me"
No it
should have been me
Some
body call the Police that woman down there is a doggone thief!
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NEXT DAY
0520 LOCAL
WYNDHAM GRAND BAY
MIAMI BEACH, FL
RENEE'S ROOM
Renee awoke in a cold sweat. Amen it was only a dream. Could you imagine the shame of such
behavior had it been real? She shuddered at the thought. Luckily she didn't
have an early morning shoot. She got up switched on the radio to hear the end
of a song.
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Some
body call the Police that woman down there is a doggone thief!
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She agreed totally.