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.502Please respect copyright.PENANAHFvEZUuvZ5
"This is so not the right time, Klaus," she says.502Please respect copyright.PENANA0s1vzdFfJU
"I need your help," I say, trying to keep the pain out of my voice.502Please respect copyright.PENANABa96GKi6Jl
"Fine, but this better be important," she replies.502Please respect copyright.PENANARBmpq0dvVW
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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.502Please respect copyright.PENANAM5i8zGnQc7
"Klaus?" she says.502Please respect copyright.PENANAoIBvBwtih8
"Caroline?" I say, needing to be sure it's her and not Silas.502Please respect copyright.PENANAwi1pUvCAxh
"Who else would it be?" she answers.502Please respect copyright.PENANAd5C110mcOe
"Silas," I answer her through the searing pain.502Please respect copyright.PENANANYlynRJo7a
I look at her and she has a worried face.502Please respect copyright.PENANARnomFte4gd
"What's going on?" she asks me.502Please respect copyright.PENANAoKA3d3d6cY
"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.502Please respect copyright.PENANAoe6b6zjaGr
"Oh, my God. Klaus, that could kill you," she says, as if I don't already know that.502Please respect copyright.PENANAqGSXE9wTDw
I feel it again and it's so intense, I growl in pain.502Please respect copyright.PENANA2JfEqzSe3H
She rushes over to me.502Please respect copyright.PENANAL9pA3Wzooq
"Get it out of me," I say through the pain, with a growl.502Please respect copyright.PENANAkfRvWTpjSy
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.502Please respect copyright.PENANAuZ6jn8aVTM
"I swear there's noting in there," she tells me.502Please respect copyright.PENANAU0Boj3L8PN
I growl in pain, as she tries to locate it.502Please respect copyright.PENANAq9yvTumDgU
Suddenly, a few minutes later, the pain is gone just like that.502Please respect copyright.PENANAChoraYY6jD
"Caroline," I say.502Please respect copyright.PENANAOlwEI0BrZI
She stops and I sit up, looking at her.502Please respect copyright.PENANAt9QRtbqIxG
"What?" she asks.502Please respect copyright.PENANANQVlCnNJSk
Suddenly, realization comes to me.502Please respect copyright.PENANAY8MPaCVCs3
"He got in my head," I say.502Please respect copyright.PENANAjjneSl8OXS
She looks at me and says, "If Silas can get in your head, what can he do to the rest of us?" she asks.502Please respect copyright.PENANAxx1hty8G6g
"Anything," I answer her.502Please respect copyright.PENANAw8cr3eFBMD
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.502Please respect copyright.PENANATm0C3a80eN
"Hey," I say, when we're on our feet.502Please respect copyright.PENANATeQhmwH3dR
We look at one another.502Please respect copyright.PENANAGYYUwxtr00
"Thank you," I say.502Please respect copyright.PENANAnz96Hxt9dB
"You're welcome," she says.502Please respect copyright.PENANAgzyPMVj0I6
I watch her start to leave, but then she stops and looks at me over her shoulder.502Please respect copyright.PENANA2drxDjQ2tu
"If you need anything, anything at all, DON'T call me. I have a prom to plan."502Please respect copyright.PENANAFeyxIKCVKd
I watch her leave.502Please respect copyright.PENANAuu68bVRgJj
I smile, as she leaves.502Please respect copyright.PENANAkjsm7yk7NR