Shep is still watching Phoebe who's still not looking good, so he only hears half the sentence. Trying to recover he manages to say, "Heart to thee, body to thee, forever smote a bee."

He's not sure where the bee fit in, but hey. Mead! That could be where.

He then mumbles, "We better get an A for all this emo-drama. This is bad as the real one I was at a few weeks ago!"