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.479Please respect copyright.PENANAOgmUQzmo4u
"This is so not the right time, Klaus," she says.479Please respect copyright.PENANAVSxZS1njMi
"I need your help," I say, trying to keep the pain out of my voice.479Please respect copyright.PENANAklD3MaezgB
"Fine, but this better be important," she replies.479Please respect copyright.PENANAMlV01310il
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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.479Please respect copyright.PENANAwPZQqlmETy
"Klaus?" she says.479Please respect copyright.PENANAmFrKHVvjYM
"Caroline?" I say, needing to be sure it's her and not Silas.479Please respect copyright.PENANArlcfHkETA0
"Who else would it be?" she answers.479Please respect copyright.PENANAVGGCsYJkB7
"Silas," I answer her through the searing pain.479Please respect copyright.PENANAYxZFfTEDuU
I look at her and she has a worried face.479Please respect copyright.PENANAUS94JC1bU9
"What's going on?" she asks me.479Please respect copyright.PENANADeEKGetS4F
"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.479Please respect copyright.PENANA7ipphkQSps
"Oh, my God. Klaus, that could kill you," she says, as if I don't already know that.479Please respect copyright.PENANADuWpSKVGHA
I feel it again and it's so intense, I growl in pain.479Please respect copyright.PENANAmAZh9OGmUs
She rushes over to me.479Please respect copyright.PENANAb7ZaPVCWs6
"Get it out of me," I say through the pain, with a growl.479Please respect copyright.PENANAyLm9xm3K9i
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.479Please respect copyright.PENANABFRFirjbvC
"I swear there's noting in there," she tells me.479Please respect copyright.PENANAMXALwkMvbH
I growl in pain, as she tries to locate it.479Please respect copyright.PENANA9ph2wfO5Gd
Suddenly, a few minutes later, the pain is gone just like that.479Please respect copyright.PENANARlfVhcKGmq
"Caroline," I say.479Please respect copyright.PENANA4nIs8A2I0N
She stops and I sit up, looking at her.479Please respect copyright.PENANAUSEzbJz7Up
"What?" she asks.479Please respect copyright.PENANAvFiCIzfOdI
Suddenly, realization comes to me.479Please respect copyright.PENANAkINHPkfl83
"He got in my head," I say.479Please respect copyright.PENANA8zCxBmDXX1
She looks at me and says, "If Silas can get in your head, what can he do to the rest of us?" she asks.479Please respect copyright.PENANAEOP2iw6PM4
"Anything," I answer her.479Please respect copyright.PENANAhk1r2dWuCX
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.479Please respect copyright.PENANAiqwrnfOQyZ
"Hey," I say, when we're on our feet.479Please respect copyright.PENANA6z5NuVYTU4
We look at one another.479Please respect copyright.PENANAo2iTPxMVf5
"Thank you," I say.479Please respect copyright.PENANAUL9gK29olz
"You're welcome," she says.479Please respect copyright.PENANAaJX5UyfT69
I watch her start to leave, but then she stops and looks at me over her shoulder.479Please respect copyright.PENANAIg5QMeAOXc
"If you need anything, anything at all, DON'T call me. I have a prom to plan."479Please respect copyright.PENANAe0FEINiRKC
I watch her leave.479Please respect copyright.PENANAhVPoddbyx5
I smile, as she leaves.479Please respect copyright.PENANALB6eBd59xq