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.534Please respect copyright.PENANAJYqfxiVxuT
"This is so not the right time, Klaus," she says.534Please respect copyright.PENANA8E2qyRwKd5
"I need your help," I say, trying to keep the pain out of my voice.534Please respect copyright.PENANApuHXU697oT
"Fine, but this better be important," she replies.534Please respect copyright.PENANAmGDWO7JNGJ
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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.534Please respect copyright.PENANAraSCBjZz5v
"Klaus?" she says.534Please respect copyright.PENANAd1QdGvQ6H9
"Caroline?" I say, needing to be sure it's her and not Silas.534Please respect copyright.PENANAgL40mYjRM4
"Who else would it be?" she answers.534Please respect copyright.PENANAX2yiv7YZdU
"Silas," I answer her through the searing pain.534Please respect copyright.PENANAHtgNCdoipP
I look at her and she has a worried face.534Please respect copyright.PENANAYVB3F2xZHl
"What's going on?" she asks me.534Please respect copyright.PENANAsNIYQZqsv4
"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.534Please respect copyright.PENANAdhP5XUYXRj
"Oh, my God. Klaus, that could kill you," she says, as if I don't already know that.534Please respect copyright.PENANAbkQOijWRJl
I feel it again and it's so intense, I growl in pain.534Please respect copyright.PENANAnnvMek6ZQC
She rushes over to me.534Please respect copyright.PENANAqTfTvNAB9H
"Get it out of me," I say through the pain, with a growl.534Please respect copyright.PENANAuXurhl1J1a
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.534Please respect copyright.PENANAqsaCVXBOD5
"I swear there's noting in there," she tells me.534Please respect copyright.PENANATeBu3F0MtB
I growl in pain, as she tries to locate it.534Please respect copyright.PENANAyWCgKR0nrI
Suddenly, a few minutes later, the pain is gone just like that.534Please respect copyright.PENANAeujSUh7WU2
"Caroline," I say.534Please respect copyright.PENANAr14TWwIk4o
She stops and I sit up, looking at her.534Please respect copyright.PENANAiXov2Mwc8K
"What?" she asks.534Please respect copyright.PENANA5Cp00pBzlu
Suddenly, realization comes to me.534Please respect copyright.PENANA0x9S62rSn8
"He got in my head," I say.534Please respect copyright.PENANAvwRSYq3ApV
She looks at me and says, "If Silas can get in your head, what can he do to the rest of us?" she asks.534Please respect copyright.PENANADC4O5Uf1ss
"Anything," I answer her.534Please respect copyright.PENANAdVp0TbzmGL
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.534Please respect copyright.PENANAZLQDMaqtur
"Hey," I say, when we're on our feet.534Please respect copyright.PENANAKu4uCYrHNz
We look at one another.534Please respect copyright.PENANAnGUyI9TTMO
"Thank you," I say.534Please respect copyright.PENANA4LEt3iW0OP
"You're welcome," she says.534Please respect copyright.PENANA5weDdyMbAG
I watch her start to leave, but then she stops and looks at me over her shoulder.534Please respect copyright.PENANA8aK8otnaiw
"If you need anything, anything at all, DON'T call me. I have a prom to plan."534Please respect copyright.PENANAVBxC75QjK2
I watch her leave.534Please respect copyright.PENANAKW0ef9LMG5
I smile, as she leaves.534Please respect copyright.PENANAXX4fKCKgJN