Finn is in his bedroom, playing Call of Duty when Kurt knocks on his door.
"Hey," greets Kurt.
Finn pauses his game. "What's up?"
"Do you have some time to talk?"
"Uh, yeah, sure."
"Not here. Come on. Let's get out of the house."
Kurt and Finn decide to walk by the lake by their house.
"I just can't believe mom and Burt never told you that you were adopted," says Finn.
"I'm sure they would have eventually."
"Why were you worried about what I thought?"
"Because…I don't know. It's weird. Going your whole life thinking you're related by blood to someone."
"Does it bug you that you're not related to them?"
"A little, but they will always be my parents, including Carole." Finn smiles. "So, Mr. Schuester said you've been doing great in history now."
"Yeah, yeah, he's really been helping me out. He gave me some extra credit and stuff."
"He loved your vampire paper."
"He thought I had a clever angle."
"What drew you to that subject matter?"
"I don't know, boredom or maybe we're doomed from the long line of Hummel crazies."
"Hummels aren't crazy."
"Easy to say, not so easy break."
Kurt stops. "Ouch." Kurt hits him with him shoulder and runs after him.
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It's the Founders' Day 150 Year Anniversary Kick-off Party at Founder's Hall.
Blaine and Puck arrive.
"Oh God! I shouldn't be here," says Blaine worriedly.
"Come on, don't be a downer. It's a party for the founding families! That would be us. That would be rude to skip it," says Puck.
"I really liked you a whole lot better when you hated everybody."
"Oh, I still do. I just love that they love me." He laughs and looks at Blaine. "How are you feeling?"
"I'm good, I'm fine."
"No cravings? No urges? Is that whiskey you've been drinking all day doing its job?" Blaine laughs. "We are who we are Blaine. Nothing's gonna change that."
"Ah! Nothing will make you happier to just see me give up, huh Puck?"
"Whatever, it's inevitable."
"Well, I'm gonna find Kurt." He leaves.
Puck yells after him, "Don't embarrass me young man!"
Blaine, while walking through the hall, smoothly takes a glass of whiskey, throws away the straw, drinks it, and sets the glass down.
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Mayor Abrams and Artie are talking with Sam and Hiram.
"I'm so glad you could join us tonight," greets Mayor.
"It was nice of you to reach out to us," replies Hiram.
"This town is one big family, when we lose a member we all have to come together." He takes their hands. "Samuel."
"Mayor," greets Sam.
Mayor Abrams looks at his son and leaves, he leaves too.
"Well I guess dead kid rates a special greeting from the mayor, huh?" says Hiram sarcastically.
"God, Dad!" chastises Sam.
"I need a drink." He leaves and Artie arrives with a full bottle of bourbon whiskey.
"Check it out!" says Artie, wheeling up to Sam.
"Your dad is going to beat you down if he catches you," says Sam.
"Yeah. Let him try."
"Screw it." Sam takes the bottle and drinks.
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Blaine is at the bar drinking. Kurt arrives. Blaine sees him, puts the glass on the bar and waves to him.
"Hey!" greets Kurt.
"Hey. How are you?" Blaine kisses him on the cheek.
"Are you drunk?"
"Okay, I know it's a little weird but it's really helping me. The alcohol takes the edge off," slurs Blaine.
"You're totally that drunk high school guy at parties sneaking booze."
Blaine laughs. "I totally am, yeah."
"How worried do I need to be?"
"Oh no! You don't need to be worried. It's just until the cravings go away. Listen, I think we should enjoy it while it lasts. Would you like to dance with me?"
"You hate dancing. I usually have to beg you."
"No, no, no you have to beg the sober me. The drunk me there is no begging necessary."
Kurt looks at the dance floor. "There's really no one dancing."
"That's because they need something better to dance to. I'll be right back."
Blaine goes over to DJ to try and bribe him and Hiram comes up to him.
"Yeah…that's not gonna work. I already tried to bribe the guy with 20 bucks and a date. He said Nancy Abrams has complete control over the music choices."
"I got this," says Blaine
Kurt looks over at Blaine. He is compelling the DJ.
"You'd be surprised what Blaine can accomplish when he puts his mind to it," Kurt says to himself.
The music changes.
"Thank God!" says Hiram. He begins dancing with Blaine.
Puck joins Kurt at the bar and looks at Blaine. "Have I entered an alternate universe where Blaine is fun?"
"Is he gonna be okay?" asks Kurt.
"Eventually. One way or another."
They look at each other, they then watch Blaine. Puck smiles.
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At the party, Kurt and Emma are laughing together. Kurt sees Will coming over.
"History teacher, 3:00," says Kurt.
"How do I look?" asks a nervous Emma.
Kurt pushes her hair back. "Beautiful."
Will joins them. "I was looking for you," he says to Emma.
Emma laughs shyly. "Here I am. I haven't seen you in a while."
"Well uh…Things have been a little crazy, but I'm here now. Do you want to get a drink?"
"Sure."
"Okay."
They look at Kurt and leave. Sam arrives.
"When did this happen?" asks Sam, looking at Blaine and his dad.
"DJ had a change of heart," answers Kurt.
"Do you want to dance?"
"I don't know."
"Yes, you do. You always want to dance." He catches Kurt's waist and makes him dance.
"Sammy!"
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Puck walks to another part of the hall and joins the Sheriff. "You know I love a woman in uniform, but I have to side with this one. You look…you look amazing."
She laughs. "Thank you, Puck. Cheers!" They clink glasses. "I needed that. You know I had my doubts about you at first but like everyone else on the council you've won me over."
"Thanks Liz. It's really nice how welcoming the council has been. I like my life here in Lima. Starting to feel like home again."
"Well, you're not gonna like what I have to tell you. Cooter Hummel's claims check out. Blood bank, the missing people, all is true. We might have a problem."
Finn arrives and interrupts them. "Excuse me Sheriff. I was curious if there's been any more information about what happened to Rachel Berry?"
"It was an overdose, Finn."
"Yeah, but her body was buried. Somebody must have done that."
Puck is starting to feel uncomfortable.
"We're aware of that. The investigation is ongoing, but there's nothing more I can tell you now. I'm sorry."
"It's okay."
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Kurt and Sam are dancing and he spins Kurt into Blaine.
"Please dance with your alcoholic vampire boyfriend," pleads Blaine.
They dance and Kurt accidentally runs into a man.
"Wow! Watch it!" the man yells.
"I'm sorry, my fault. I'm clumsy," apologizes Kurt.
"Then get off the dance floor," says the man rudely.
"Excuse me?"
Blaine steps in. "Hey! You don't talk to him like that."
"Whatever." The man turns to leave, but Blaine catches his arm and compels him.
"I think you need to apologize."
The man becomes wide-eyed. "I'm sorry."
The man starts to leave again, but Blaine grabs him again.
"Now say it like you mean it."
"I'm really, really sorry."
"Blaine, it's fine," says Kurt as he touches his arm.
"Now walk away." Blaine pushes him. The man leaves. Kurt touches Blaine's arm.
Blaine touches Kurt's face. "You alright?"
Kurt nods.
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Puck is at the bar and Kurt joins him.
"Have you noticed what your brother has been up to?" asks Puck.
"No, I have been too preoccupied with yours," replies Puck. Kurt looks at Puck confusedly. "Finn has been asking questions about Rachel Berry's death."
"He knows that her death was ruled an overdose."
"Really?" Puck starts imitating Finn. "'Oh, but, Sheriff, someone buried her. Who would do that?' I know! I know! Me! I mean I could compel him but he's wearing vervain."
"No, I don't want you to compel him."
"If he keeps asking questions…"
"Puck, no. I'm serious. I'm not going to do that to him again. I'll handle it."
Puck takes a rose, smells it, and gives it to Kurt. "Okay. Don't say I didn't warn you."
Kurt takes the rose, they look at each other and Puck leaves.
Hiram finishes his drink and puts the glass in a plant. Artie catches him.
"I saw that," says Artie.
"Shh! We'll keep that between you and me. Where is the mens' room?" asks Hiram.
"This way, I'll show you."
Hiram looks at Artie's glass. "Is that soda?"
"Um…"
Hiram takes his glass and drinks. "Vodka. Thank god!"
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Puck is on the balcony and Cooter joins him.
"Puck, right?" asks Cooter.
"Cooter."
"We didn't get the chance to meet at the council meeting."
"Yeah. It's a pleasure. Are you enjoying the kick-off?"
"Oh, yeah. I forgot how much fun these small-town celebrations can be."
"Yeah. When was the last time you were here?"
"Hasn't been that long, my brother's funeral. How long have you been in town?"
"Oh, not long at all."
"So, what do you think Puck? You know this vampire problem is real, right? It's a potential blood bath."
"I wouldn't overreact Cooter.
"Oh, I think it's like 1864 all over again, vampires running amok. I guess we're just gonna have to hunt them down, throw them in a church and burn them to ash."
"That's the story, huh?"
"Part of the story, yeah."
"Oh, there's more?"
"Oh, there's a lot more. See, it seems there was a tomb under the church, where vampires were hidden, waiting for someone to come along and set them free. But then you already knew that, didn't you?" Puck doesn't look at him. He's uncomfortable. "I mean, you're the one that did it."
"And you're telling me this why?"
"I just thought we get the introductions out of the way."
"You know that I could rip your throat out before anyone would notice?"
"Yeah."
"Yeah, okay. But you probably ingest vervain so…"
"Why don't you take a bite to find out?"
Puck smiles. "It's not worth my time."
They look at each other and smile. Puck starts to leave but he rushes towards Cooter, breaks his neck, and throws him off the balcony.
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Finn is sitting on a couch in a quiet, dimly-lit room and Kurt joins him.
"Finn? I heard about your conversation with Sheriff Fabray," says Kurt.
"No one is trying to figure out what happened to her. They all want to believe that she OD'd."
"The coroner's office confirmed it. If that's what they said happened then…"
"Is that what you believe?"
"What do you think happened?"
"I think somebody killed her and buried her body and I don't think we should write it off just cuz it's easy."
"They're just doing what they can to move on."
"The truth is the only thing that's gonna help people to move on."
"Finn, just let it go, okay? Whatever it was, she's gone now."
"Whatever it was? So, you don't think it was an overdose?"
"Yes…I do."
"Is there something you're not telling me?" Kurt is uncomfortable. "Why aren't you looking at me?"
"Stop it, that doesn't mean anything."
"If there was something else you would tell me, right?"
There's a long pause.
"Of course, I would."
Finn looks at him suspicious. "You know, I think I'm gonna head home."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah. I'll see you later." Finn gets up from the couch and leaves the room with Kurt looking after him.
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Hiram and Artie are outside. They laugh and are a little bit drunk.
"Oh God! I can't even walk," says Hiram.
"I know! My arms feel like jelly."
"Oh, my God. Sam is going to kill me."
"He won't even notice. I think he's letting himself have some fun for once."
"Yeah, I know I just should be on my best behavior because of Rachel, but I don't want to think about it. I can't, because if I do…"
"Yeah, I was a dick to her. That's what I hate. I can't make any of it right. It's like I don't deserve to even miss her."
Hiram touches his arm. "You're nice to talk to me. I don't have anyone to talk to."
They look each other for sometime.
"I don't have anyone to talk to either."
Hiram leans a little closer and smiles.
Kurt is walking through the hallway and Sam comes up to him.
"Who knew I've been missing all the fun at the Founders' parties?" asks Sam.
Kurt laughs. "This is rare, believe me."
"Is it bad that I'm enjoying myself?"
"No, it's great that you are enjoying yourself. Thanks for making me dance."
"Hey, it's normal."
They embrace each other.
Sam sighs. "Air, I need some air. Come with me?"
Kurt looks at Blaine, he's drinking. "Sure."
"You haven't seen my dad, have you?"
Kurt looks around. "No, not in a while." He looks at Blaine again. They go out. Kurt sees Hiram and Artie. "Oh, my god."
Hiram and Artie are kissing. (A/N: I'm sorry I had to write this.)
Sam rushes over to them and grabs Artie. "What the hell are you doing man?!"
"Sam?!" yells Hiram.
"Dad!"
"Whoa, dude, calm down," says Artie.
Sam punches Artie in the face. They begin to fight and in the fight Hiram gets pushed to the floor. Artie punches Sam in the stomach and Sam falls to the ground.
Kurt goes over to Sam. "Sammy! Somebody help us!"
Will arrives and rolls Artie away. "What the hell is going on?" asks Will.
The Mayor arrives. "I'll take it from here. I'll take it from here." He turns to Artie. "Are you hurt? Go get cleaned up. It's okay. Go get cleaned up." Artie rolls away. Mayor turns to Will. "Thank you for your help." Mayor turns to the crowd that has formed. "Everything's fine. Everything is fine. Come on, everybody, back to the party. Let's go. Come on, have a good time!"
Kurt helps Sam off the ground. "Are you okay?"
"Where's my dad?" asks Sam hoarsely.
"I don't know. Let me see your stomach." Sam lifts his shirt and sees a huge bruise forming.
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Blaine is still drinking and Puck arrives at the bar.
"You wanna hear the bad news or the really bad news?" asks Puck.
"Actually, I don't want any news Puck."
"Alright, let me rephrase. Do you want to hear how the council is back in vampire mode or how I just killed Uncle Cooter Hummel?"
"What?"
"Great party by the way, huh?" He smiles and leaves. Blaine goes after him.
"Puck." Blaine suddenly stops. He sees Hiram crying and bleeding, sitting by himself. Blaine approaches him. "Is everything alright?"'
Through the tears. "No. I ruined it, I always ruin it. What is wrong with me?"
Blaine slowly kneels to his eye level and stares at the blood coming out of Hiram's forehead. He touches the blood on his forehead.
"What are you doing?" asks Hiram.
Blaine finally comes around. "Uh, I'm sorry." He gets up and leaves. Outside, he looks down at his hand with the blood on it, walks to a fence and leans on it. He licks the blood off his finger.
Inside, Puck suddenly he sees Cooter entering. "You gotta be kidding me."
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Later, Mayor Abrams is talking to the crowd. "Thank you all, thank you very much, thank you. Thank you all for joining us tonight in just a few moments we will officially begin the countdown to our upcoming Founders' Day celebration and it's a very special one this year. The 150th birthday of our town." A bell on a table is wheeled next to him. "And…and I would like to welcome back one of our town favorite's sons to do the honors of ringing our official charter bell. Cooter Hummel, would you please join me up here?"
There's applause and Cooter joins the mayor. Puck is looking at him with disdain.
"150 years of community, prosperity, family. We take care of each other, we look after each other, protect each other." He pointedly looks at Puck. "It's good to be home."
Everyone applauds, Puck rejoins Will. "Look at his right hand."
"Whose?" asks Will.
"Town's favorite son. Look at his ring."
Cooter rings the bell and Will sees that Cooter wears the same ring that he wears. "Well, it looks like mine."
"Yeah, and that would be a big coincidence if he didn't just come back from the dead five minutes ago. Where the hell did you get that ring?"
"Terri, my wife."
"Who was adopted Kurt? Burt Hummel, the brother of Cooter Hummel.
They look at Cooter.
"Do you think Cooter knew Terri?"
"I think Cooter knows a lot of things."
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Blaine is in the parking lot. He leaves, but he runs into the man he compelled earlier.
The man pushes him. "Sorry about that man. I really am terribly sorry."
"You don't want to do this man."
The man pushes him again. "I'm sorry about that too. All I can do is apologize. What's that about?"
"Get out of my way. Please."
"No faggot to show off for now? I see how this is." He tries to punch Blaine, but Blaine catches his hand, crushes it slowly, and pushes the man on the floor. His face changes.
The man looks frightened. "What are you, man?"
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As soon as he gets home, Finn goes upstairs and goes into Kurt's bedroom. He looks everywhere but he doesn't find what he is looking for. He finally looks behind the painting over Kurt's bed and finds his diary. He begins to read it. One page contains "But how can I deny it?" and "Bodies drained of blood". Another page contains "Take away Finn's pain..." and another "...that Rachel was a monster?"
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Back at the party, Blaine is above the man, looking at him. The man is on the ground, unconscious. He leaves at vamp-speed when he hears Kurt.
"Blaine? Blaine?" Kurt sees the man on the ground and runs over to him. "Hey! Are you okay? What happened?"
The man gets up. My arm. I lost my balance and fell. I'm clumsy.
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Artie is alone in his dad's office when The Mayor arrives.
"Let's go," says Mayor in a stern voice. The Mayor starts walking back out the door.
Artie follows behind his dad. "Dad, I'm sorry. I don't even know what happened. I was drinking and…I lost control. I can't explain it."
The Mayor slaps him in the face. "That is the last time you ever embarrass this family."
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Sam is packing his dad's suitcase as Hiram walks into the house.
Hiram sees what Sam is doing. "What are you doing? Sam don't."
"I can't do it anymore Dad. So, just go alright? You've done it before. More times than I can count."
"I'm not leaving you." Sam keeps packing. "Sammy!"
Sam throws the suitcase on the floor. "Dad! Don't you get it? I'm better off without you."
Hiram starts sobbing in response. "No, tonight was…God, I'm so sorry. I know I failed you and I failed Rachel, but I won't do it to you again. I promise I'll get it together."
"I want you out of the house and my life by morning."
Sam leaves and Hiram falls onto the floor crying.
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Back at the party, Cooter's leaving with Puck and Will following him.
"Going somewhere, hmm?" asks Puck, stopping Cooter from leaving.
"I've never liked to be the last one to leave a party. It's too desperate. You're going to kill me again or you're gonna let Mr. Schuester do your dirty work?" asks Cooter.
"Okay, you obviously know who I am," says Will.
"I do. William Schuester, a high school history teacher with a secret," responds Cooter.
"You sure know a lot for someone who just got to town," says Puck.
"More than you can imagine, Puck. My knowledge of this town goes beyond anything that you…" He looks at Puck. "…or you…" He looks at Will. "…or the council knows. So, if you're planning on some clever, high speed, snatch ring, vamp kill move; know that if I die, everything I know goes to the council including the fascinating little tale of the original Anderson brothers and their present day return to Lima."
Puck is surprised and doesn't know what to say.
"How did you get that ring?" asks Will.
"I had inherited one, my brother Burt had the other. This was his…" He shows his ring to them. "…and I wouldn't have given mine to Terri if I had known she'd hand it over to another guy."
"So, you did know her?" asks Puck.
"Who do you think sent her your way when she wanted to become a vampire?"
"You sent her?" asks Puck.
"Guilty. Why, did you think someone else send her? Maybe Kristian Bianchi?"
"How do you know about Kristian?"
"How do I know anything Puck?"
"What do you want?"
"So many questions. It was a pleasure meeting you, Will. I've heard so much about you." And Cooter leaves.
Puck and Will look at each other and watch him go.
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Emma and Kurt are walking up the stairs when they get home from the party.
"Not so excited that we have another month of these Founders' Day events," says Emma.
"Tell me about it," replies Kurt. He goes into Finn's bedroom. "Are you okay?"
"Fine," Finn answers tersely.
"Are you sure?"
"I'm fine Kurt."
Kurt leaves and goes into his bedroom. Blaine is there and sitting on Kurt's bed.
"Oh, my God! You scared the hell out of me!"
"Sorry. I'm sorry that I ran off earlier."
Kurt sighs. "What happened? Is everything okay?"
"Uh, no."
"Talk to me." Kurt closes the bathroom door and joins Blaine on the bed. "Blaine, tell me."
"I tried so hard to keep it together tonight and it was working. It was working but then Sam's dad, he got hurt and he was bleeding and I had his blood on my hands."
"And then what happened?"
"And then that guy in the parking lot, I wanted to feed on him and it took everything inside of me not to do it."
"But you didn't?"
"No, but I wanted to. Kurt, my head is pounding. I feel like my skin is on fire. I have this hunger inside of me that I've never felt before in my entire life and all I keep thinking about is how I promised that I would never keep anything from you, and so I'm telling you this."
"That's okay; I need you to tell me these things."
"But I don't want you to see me like this. I don't want you to know that this side of me exists."
"Blaine, you're gonna get through this. I'm gonna help you pull through. It's gonna be okay. You're gonna be okay." Kurt takes Blaine's face between his hands, but Blaine rejects him and gets up.
"No, no, no, no, no. I'm sorry, I can't, I'm afraid of what I could do to you."
"I'm not." Kurt goes towards Blaine and takes again his face between his hands. "Blaine, I'm not." Kurt looks into his eyes and kisses him. "I'm not, okay?"
They embrace each other.
"I love you so much."
Kurt smiles. "I love you, too."
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Puck is on the couch, in front of the fire, a glass of blood in his hand. Blaine walks through the front door.
"We have a problem Blaine and when I say problem I mean global crisis. It seems Uncle Cooter has…" He looks at Blaine, he's not okay. "You don't look so good. It's different this time, isn't it? The need is too strong. Of course, it would be after all these years." He scoffs and puts the glass of blood on the table, looks at Blaine and gets up. He touches his shoulder and looks at him. "Have a good night brother."
Puck leaves. Blaine looks at the glass; he takes it and drinks the blood.