It's a beautiful day in Mystic Falls, Virginia but not so much in my living room. I'm in so much pain that it's unbearable. Silas stabbed me with a white oak stake. I need help, so I do one thing I wouldn't have done a year ago. I call sweet Caroline Forbes, as the pain continues.525Please respect copyright.PENANA0NCLI6T3NE
"This is so not the right time, Klaus," she says.525Please respect copyright.PENANA8yhmwfOqvE
"I need your help," I say, trying to keep the pain out of my voice.525Please respect copyright.PENANA50v8zQVxgI
"Fine, but this better be important," she replies.525Please respect copyright.PENANAlPps1k9LBK
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Half an hour later, I'm on the floor in front of the fireplace, growling in pain, when I smell her scent, telling me that she's here.525Please respect copyright.PENANAvK1FUVeXRq
"Klaus?" she says.525Please respect copyright.PENANAyJsKch77Oh
"Caroline?" I say, needing to be sure it's her and not Silas.525Please respect copyright.PENANAYzXrYKkf9s
"Who else would it be?" she answers.525Please respect copyright.PENANAxikgnRdOG3
"Silas," I answer her through the searing pain.525Please respect copyright.PENANAPQJnBtgY0X
I look at her and she has a worried face.525Please respect copyright.PENANAX75Tdj6RnC
"What's going on?" she asks me.525Please respect copyright.PENANAAkYrhkfOEY
"Silas stabbed me with a white oak stake. A piece of it is still inside me. I can feel it," I tell her through the pain.525Please respect copyright.PENANAdkpDF7I5Ai
"Oh, my God. Klaus, that could kill you," she says, as if I don't already know that.525Please respect copyright.PENANA2g1WKLnFip
I feel it again and it's so intense, I growl in pain.525Please respect copyright.PENANAmu4eam65ZC
She rushes over to me.525Please respect copyright.PENANAjtyyTf95jM
"Get it out of me," I say through the pain, with a growl.525Please respect copyright.PENANA3FoSM80ybe
She does what she can, using a weed cutter to go through my upper back to see where it is so she can get it out.525Please respect copyright.PENANAEPTiRahXf3
"I swear there's noting in there," she tells me.525Please respect copyright.PENANAS7ZNT1lSpO
I growl in pain, as she tries to locate it.525Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7ywAorn6b
Suddenly, a few minutes later, the pain is gone just like that.525Please respect copyright.PENANAwVkhlQkN1Z
"Caroline," I say.525Please respect copyright.PENANA95p0pkw5LK
She stops and I sit up, looking at her.525Please respect copyright.PENANAQg6KIAiiz9
"What?" she asks.525Please respect copyright.PENANAUlQqObKE8t
Suddenly, realization comes to me.525Please respect copyright.PENANAbBZnZpw4Kw
"He got in my head," I say.525Please respect copyright.PENANAWInoLiMtgi
She looks at me and says, "If Silas can get in your head, what can he do to the rest of us?" she asks.525Please respect copyright.PENANAstX6mtSV4O
"Anything," I answer her.525Please respect copyright.PENANAqGtCDV0ppI
She looks at me with fear, but I know she's not afraid of me. She's afraid for everyone around her and for herself. I want to say something; anything to make her feel better. I want to comfort her, but I can't. I don't have the words. All I can do is thank her for what she has done for me.525Please respect copyright.PENANAYddXRZjRJo
"Hey," I say, when we're on our feet.525Please respect copyright.PENANALPcYLnKBKp
We look at one another.525Please respect copyright.PENANAmDsPMqG7CG
"Thank you," I say.525Please respect copyright.PENANAhMWq3lAp5G
"You're welcome," she says.525Please respect copyright.PENANA58D9K1S2SD
I watch her start to leave, but then she stops and looks at me over her shoulder.525Please respect copyright.PENANA1poV3x7HIZ
"If you need anything, anything at all, DON'T call me. I have a prom to plan."525Please respect copyright.PENANAVEhgnWYNUR
I watch her leave.525Please respect copyright.PENANApBNAow4hmF
I smile, as she leaves.525Please respect copyright.PENANAJYuPwESl8g