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.538Please respect copyright.PENANAln1QPMbOEW
"This is so not the right time, Klaus," she says.538Please respect copyright.PENANAIW1ySGH8Z2
"I need your help," I say, trying to keep the pain out of my voice.538Please respect copyright.PENANAotKJYRTt3x
"Fine, but this better be important," she replies.538Please respect copyright.PENANA98NmPxzd0M
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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.538Please respect copyright.PENANAWkzMX6EpVw
"Klaus?" she says.538Please respect copyright.PENANAGPGS7IhjGI
"Caroline?" I say, needing to be sure it's her and not Silas.538Please respect copyright.PENANA48qNtFIWr5
"Who else would it be?" she answers.538Please respect copyright.PENANA1hC8huYPWk
"Silas," I answer her through the searing pain.538Please respect copyright.PENANAjtJEqIde97
I look at her and she has a worried face.538Please respect copyright.PENANAl7tfaa280H
"What's going on?" she asks me.538Please respect copyright.PENANA6DCW2CRHVt
"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.538Please respect copyright.PENANAg7HUhWjnHe
"Oh, my God. Klaus, that could kill you," she says, as if I don't already know that.538Please respect copyright.PENANACdQYRNXFHD
I feel it again and it's so intense, I growl in pain.538Please respect copyright.PENANAe9qnldwsMm
She rushes over to me.538Please respect copyright.PENANAWPn2lmzBQn
"Get it out of me," I say through the pain, with a growl.538Please respect copyright.PENANA1bfYGmHst0
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.538Please respect copyright.PENANAYJzlFtWLcU
"I swear there's noting in there," she tells me.538Please respect copyright.PENANAGdXhWydZNN
I growl in pain, as she tries to locate it.538Please respect copyright.PENANADUoBTON41B
Suddenly, a few minutes later, the pain is gone just like that.538Please respect copyright.PENANA7ctGDpm0T0
"Caroline," I say.538Please respect copyright.PENANAQR7UrVsUJx
She stops and I sit up, looking at her.538Please respect copyright.PENANAQWr0KgUddE
"What?" she asks.538Please respect copyright.PENANAV6Q4wXCfiC
Suddenly, realization comes to me.538Please respect copyright.PENANAciFxLx1OCR
"He got in my head," I say.538Please respect copyright.PENANATZgDn41VVI
She looks at me and says, "If Silas can get in your head, what can he do to the rest of us?" she asks.538Please respect copyright.PENANAMgRSLxyhgK
"Anything," I answer her.538Please respect copyright.PENANAnL5IKHnmgo
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.538Please respect copyright.PENANAPbKLnvxx6N
"Hey," I say, when we're on our feet.538Please respect copyright.PENANAUxEdvmrC3Q
We look at one another.538Please respect copyright.PENANAvlwilfHHBr
"Thank you," I say.538Please respect copyright.PENANAtGJlAdHKbb
"You're welcome," she says.538Please respect copyright.PENANAvzLgCVFKAE
I watch her start to leave, but then she stops and looks at me over her shoulder.538Please respect copyright.PENANAJ88rwu0h0b
"If you need anything, anything at all, DON'T call me. I have a prom to plan."538Please respect copyright.PENANAwYIayZxtTr
I watch her leave.538Please respect copyright.PENANAjt0Ij52JdU
I smile, as she leaves.538Please respect copyright.PENANA3Siu34PXUu