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.539Please respect copyright.PENANAKOuwENM9Qs
"This is so not the right time, Klaus," she says.539Please respect copyright.PENANARfXzNVJDBw
"I need your help," I say, trying to keep the pain out of my voice.539Please respect copyright.PENANAbs2UtVtfWz
"Fine, but this better be important," she replies.539Please respect copyright.PENANAUwIuZG7KS7
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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.539Please respect copyright.PENANAhvhQ9njg5C
"Klaus?" she says.539Please respect copyright.PENANAGhIyRpttGr
"Caroline?" I say, needing to be sure it's her and not Silas.539Please respect copyright.PENANAAFDWUXYQjx
"Who else would it be?" she answers.539Please respect copyright.PENANAoqx7lpqTr4
"Silas," I answer her through the searing pain.539Please respect copyright.PENANAYA44w2D3OU
I look at her and she has a worried face.539Please respect copyright.PENANAriApOX2Kvz
"What's going on?" she asks me.539Please respect copyright.PENANA3MHHxbbyJ5
"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.539Please respect copyright.PENANAhWOumuSIUY
"Oh, my God. Klaus, that could kill you," she says, as if I don't already know that.539Please respect copyright.PENANA7QLdvXGm62
I feel it again and it's so intense, I growl in pain.539Please respect copyright.PENANA4cwr7XegqU
She rushes over to me.539Please respect copyright.PENANAGKtTMDLQA0
"Get it out of me," I say through the pain, with a growl.539Please respect copyright.PENANAZef4wnDCqH
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.539Please respect copyright.PENANAzf4dxTqgO6
"I swear there's noting in there," she tells me.539Please respect copyright.PENANA6t7Bc7EVqc
I growl in pain, as she tries to locate it.539Please respect copyright.PENANADeSiQRtbMw
Suddenly, a few minutes later, the pain is gone just like that.539Please respect copyright.PENANAS4j5UR4sjT
"Caroline," I say.539Please respect copyright.PENANAydBbjV9tKD
She stops and I sit up, looking at her.539Please respect copyright.PENANAkDmZopQXAn
"What?" she asks.539Please respect copyright.PENANAT4xb0fYYUk
Suddenly, realization comes to me.539Please respect copyright.PENANAyrljtJHsxQ
"He got in my head," I say.539Please respect copyright.PENANAFdln9cxziI
She looks at me and says, "If Silas can get in your head, what can he do to the rest of us?" she asks.539Please respect copyright.PENANAWo5DJg78kp
"Anything," I answer her.539Please respect copyright.PENANAknzScM4IdE
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.539Please respect copyright.PENANA5Z3Mcil3Vz
"Hey," I say, when we're on our feet.539Please respect copyright.PENANA4r8iUVcdxy
We look at one another.539Please respect copyright.PENANAM0EYRe3C3t
"Thank you," I say.539Please respect copyright.PENANAg3sxIVzNP3
"You're welcome," she says.539Please respect copyright.PENANApBqbkdGO0u
I watch her start to leave, but then she stops and looks at me over her shoulder.539Please respect copyright.PENANAHaDNLiTEtY
"If you need anything, anything at all, DON'T call me. I have a prom to plan."539Please respect copyright.PENANAM0pGWkWQnW
I watch her leave.539Please respect copyright.PENANAFRBU0IBJ31
I smile, as she leaves.539Please respect copyright.PENANAQDtgpAOl7f