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.362Please respect copyright.PENANA6m6ZxQTEbS
"This is so not the right time, Klaus," she says.362Please respect copyright.PENANA8HYiB12h8U
"I need your help," I say, trying to keep the pain out of my voice.362Please respect copyright.PENANACz3mCXX7U4
"Fine, but this better be important," she replies.362Please respect copyright.PENANAik788ZSzls
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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.362Please respect copyright.PENANAjCAtNnxEvd
"Klaus?" she says.362Please respect copyright.PENANAZxkOzRMh0k
"Caroline?" I say, needing to be sure it's her and not Silas.362Please respect copyright.PENANA8b3107ZbgT
"Who else would it be?" she answers.362Please respect copyright.PENANAiz8ioqdyh6
"Silas," I answer her through the searing pain.362Please respect copyright.PENANA4HgHzmSsXf
I look at her and she has a worried face.362Please respect copyright.PENANApnlqxpSm8z
"What's going on?" she asks me.362Please respect copyright.PENANAfyi33Kk6Gr
"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.362Please respect copyright.PENANAFjS8VepQGb
"Oh, my God. Klaus, that could kill you," she says, as if I don't already know that.362Please respect copyright.PENANAHtLe5tui6s
I feel it again and it's so intense, I growl in pain.362Please respect copyright.PENANAPlHCIzRCCw
She rushes over to me.362Please respect copyright.PENANA3V7Fk2zf2a
"Get it out of me," I say through the pain, with a growl.362Please respect copyright.PENANAsDmFUURWEQ
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.362Please respect copyright.PENANAVzA1un0DYn
"I swear there's noting in there," she tells me.362Please respect copyright.PENANAJiwbq68N6S
I growl in pain, as she tries to locate it.362Please respect copyright.PENANAUFal3xGP7p
Suddenly, a few minutes later, the pain is gone just like that.362Please respect copyright.PENANAJ01TPqikYG
"Caroline," I say.362Please respect copyright.PENANAKtSxkQDMWT
She stops and I sit up, looking at her.362Please respect copyright.PENANAEMb7pxMj40
"What?" she asks.362Please respect copyright.PENANA21BOYNtU7G
Suddenly, realization comes to me.362Please respect copyright.PENANAUvrLeIH6ce
"He got in my head," I say.362Please respect copyright.PENANAVWdwSkALrf
She looks at me and says, "If Silas can get in your head, what can he do to the rest of us?" she asks.362Please respect copyright.PENANAmEP98z0CoS
"Anything," I answer her.362Please respect copyright.PENANAAK4NeuWfKd
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.362Please respect copyright.PENANAYLmBoIMKdK
"Hey," I say, when we're on our feet.362Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7opDgybZX
We look at one another.362Please respect copyright.PENANAJAt1FV0nIa
"Thank you," I say.362Please respect copyright.PENANAq2A43u0xtR
"You're welcome," she says.362Please respect copyright.PENANAORLH8lDsSH
I watch her start to leave, but then she stops and looks at me over her shoulder.362Please respect copyright.PENANABT5lERMVYV
"If you need anything, anything at all, DON'T call me. I have a prom to plan."362Please respect copyright.PENANAO0O5d9P6n9
I watch her leave.362Please respect copyright.PENANAX2jzHfFjt2
I smile, as she leaves.362Please respect copyright.PENANArSry9axhM3