CORDELIA: I know it's a bit of a shock. I mean, nobody's more shocked than me. (looks at Connor) OK, maybe him.

FRED: Um, sorry to be so... but I'm, like you said, kinda shocked.

GUNN: Yeah, 'cause hasn't it only been like... Definitely shocked.

CORDELIA: I haven't been hiding, or ashamed, or anything... It's just with the Beast and his psycho master, and then Faith and Willow and all that dramarama, not to mention—

ANGEL: Angelus.

CORDELIA: Everything's just been so Clash of the Titans around here. I didn't wanna be a distraction.

LORNE: (walks in from outside, sees Cordy) Wha...? Put me on the short bus, and send me off to clueless school. A mystical pregnancy right under my beak and not even a tingle. Huh.

WESLEY: How long have you known?

CORDELIA: Some time after we brought forth Angelus.

GUNN: That's a couple of weeks. Looks more like eight months.

WESLEY: The last time Cordelia was impregnated, she came to term overnight.

CORDELIA: That was a crawly evil demon thing. This is different.

FRED: Still, shouldn't we try and find out...what's in there?

CONNOR: We already know. Our baby.

GUNN: (to Angel) Well, congratulations. You're gonna have a grandspawn.

CONNOR: You don't know what it's like. How scary it is. I'm gonna have a child, and all you can do is joke 'cause you don't like me. We shouldn't have told 'em.

(walks out of the lobby)

FRED: Cordelia...

CORDELIA: I know it's hard to understand. None of you have ever had a living being growing inside of you. And this —- my sweet baby —- we're connected. I feel what it feels. I can't explain it, but I sense its goodness, its love.

(she turns to walk away, looks down at her belly as the creature inside writhes visibly under her skin—clearly not a human baby; turns back to face the others)

CORDELIA: You'll see. (smiles) My baby will be here soon, and then you'll all see.

• The Beast, the Beast's Master, Jasmine, etc

written by: Jeffrey Bell & Sarah Fain & Elizabeth Craft; Original transcript by CariCranberry. Edited and formatted for this site by me.. Full transcript at:
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