CORDELIA: So he spit it out? I thought Angel liked blood.

BUFFY: He used to.

WILLOW: Maybe his eyes were too big for his stomach.

BUFFY: Or maybe there was something in Gage's blood that Angel didn't like. Say, for example, steroids.

WILLOW: That would explain all their behavioral changes.

CORDELIA: And their winning streak.

WILLOW: So maybe whatever's in their blood is what's attracting this creature to them.

BUFFY: Any luck researching our fish monster?

CORDELIA: Zippo. We couldn't find any sea demon that matched the description that Xander gave us. Not that Chicken Little's much of a witness, but...

Her eye is caught by a swimmer coming out of the locker room.

CORDELIA: Oh.

The camera pans up...

CORDELIA: Oh! Oh, my! Now, that, girls, is my kind of...

The camera reaches the swimmer's face.

WILLOW: Xander?

CORDELIA: Xander?!

When he hears their voices he scrambles over to a pile of kickboards, grabs the one off the top and hides himself behind it. The girls all get up and come down from the stands. Xander scrambles over to them.

CORDELIA: What the hell are you doing here?

XANDER: Shh! I'm undercover.

BUFFY: Not under much.

CORDELIA: Get out of here before someone sees you impersonating a member of the swim team!

XANDER: I don't do impersonations. I tried out for the team last night. I made it.

CORDELIA: Really?

XANDER: Yeah. I figured I can keep an eye on Gage and the others when Buffy can't.

WILLOW: When you're nude? I-I meant to say 'changing'.

Coach Marin: Harris! You can flirt on your own time!

XANDER: Okey-dokey, coachie.

CORDELIA: (smiles proudly) I'm dating a swimmer from the Sunnydale swim team!

BUFFY: You can die happy.

• Xander & Cordelia

written by: David Fury & Elin Hampton; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/32gofish.html