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.526Please respect copyright.PENANAtcAA8hdg90
"This is so not the right time, Klaus," she says.526Please respect copyright.PENANA4oeN2cc3ht
"I need your help," I say, trying to keep the pain out of my voice.526Please respect copyright.PENANAX1B9LOUpTg
"Fine, but this better be important," she replies.526Please respect copyright.PENANAtAGmS0MA4H
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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.526Please respect copyright.PENANA2YWF90HiMI
"Klaus?" she says.526Please respect copyright.PENANAlFOd2z92oL
"Caroline?" I say, needing to be sure it's her and not Silas.526Please respect copyright.PENANAcQ5Z8DD8xq
"Who else would it be?" she answers.526Please respect copyright.PENANAjaI4KWsncL
"Silas," I answer her through the searing pain.526Please respect copyright.PENANALR8Honw95a
I look at her and she has a worried face.526Please respect copyright.PENANAc9fvgf6lqs
"What's going on?" she asks me.526Please respect copyright.PENANAVlCnGbCuc8
"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.526Please respect copyright.PENANAW6g0Uuf8As
"Oh, my God. Klaus, that could kill you," she says, as if I don't already know that.526Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2yRJB4xJs
I feel it again and it's so intense, I growl in pain.526Please respect copyright.PENANAMxo5qNhypW
She rushes over to me.526Please respect copyright.PENANALnivLjvjjU
"Get it out of me," I say through the pain, with a growl.526Please respect copyright.PENANACRUzajU4mD
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.526Please respect copyright.PENANACyPfiYgepo
"I swear there's noting in there," she tells me.526Please respect copyright.PENANA19cJBiJRb1
I growl in pain, as she tries to locate it.526Please respect copyright.PENANA9p7qyOwy3I
Suddenly, a few minutes later, the pain is gone just like that.526Please respect copyright.PENANAXQrbBqLRtp
"Caroline," I say.526Please respect copyright.PENANAwLy8X3qGuo
She stops and I sit up, looking at her.526Please respect copyright.PENANADEQoA13taC
"What?" she asks.526Please respect copyright.PENANAJYPj7UVe12
Suddenly, realization comes to me.526Please respect copyright.PENANAXYQndtdc6I
"He got in my head," I say.526Please respect copyright.PENANAPw4Du9tPT1
She looks at me and says, "If Silas can get in your head, what can he do to the rest of us?" she asks.526Please respect copyright.PENANA0GrmsAPqLR
"Anything," I answer her.526Please respect copyright.PENANA4Pi2DDHP5P
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.526Please respect copyright.PENANAOIdiy3wocU
"Hey," I say, when we're on our feet.526Please respect copyright.PENANANjOKoHxTUl
We look at one another.526Please respect copyright.PENANAxUX6B6daKx
"Thank you," I say.526Please respect copyright.PENANAtzIQRe2qVj
"You're welcome," she says.526Please respect copyright.PENANAEXJKraNV1T
I watch her start to leave, but then she stops and looks at me over her shoulder.526Please respect copyright.PENANAC5x5UTEEO9
"If you need anything, anything at all, DON'T call me. I have a prom to plan."526Please respect copyright.PENANAU5FHOPyKEh
I watch her leave.526Please respect copyright.PENANAhqwS9vn1qH
I smile, as she leaves.526Please respect copyright.PENANAhL8DGnxpjM