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.434Please respect copyright.PENANA6Sa1lsSj3k
"This is so not the right time, Klaus," she says.434Please respect copyright.PENANAwb5MNKhqDM
"I need your help," I say, trying to keep the pain out of my voice.434Please respect copyright.PENANAOSCKczrbHO
"Fine, but this better be important," she replies.434Please respect copyright.PENANApppTXtkpex
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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.434Please respect copyright.PENANA9K8ZHjgOx4
"Klaus?" she says.434Please respect copyright.PENANAukj4juU12K
"Caroline?" I say, needing to be sure it's her and not Silas.434Please respect copyright.PENANAKG892u3ejH
"Who else would it be?" she answers.434Please respect copyright.PENANAhus41mTSr3
"Silas," I answer her through the searing pain.434Please respect copyright.PENANAHxioI99btM
I look at her and she has a worried face.434Please respect copyright.PENANAAOOZaZpOlT
"What's going on?" she asks me.434Please respect copyright.PENANAdg6XPTFjvh
"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.434Please respect copyright.PENANAFp6SOQ8O0j
"Oh, my God. Klaus, that could kill you," she says, as if I don't already know that.434Please respect copyright.PENANABlwCusilMk
I feel it again and it's so intense, I growl in pain.434Please respect copyright.PENANAZtVmzzuola
She rushes over to me.434Please respect copyright.PENANAMPKvr5NBx9
"Get it out of me," I say through the pain, with a growl.434Please respect copyright.PENANADeLELnpVGr
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.434Please respect copyright.PENANAVl0Q9WBVz2
"I swear there's noting in there," she tells me.434Please respect copyright.PENANAgJBV3B3zwk
I growl in pain, as she tries to locate it.434Please respect copyright.PENANAqIBxnFeGui
Suddenly, a few minutes later, the pain is gone just like that.434Please respect copyright.PENANA8iIzuv3DBZ
"Caroline," I say.434Please respect copyright.PENANAjibpwOgGn2
She stops and I sit up, looking at her.434Please respect copyright.PENANAHLfeOCrdle
"What?" she asks.434Please respect copyright.PENANAfGyUEp26dr
Suddenly, realization comes to me.434Please respect copyright.PENANA4Rd4g0LgBm
"He got in my head," I say.434Please respect copyright.PENANAgUPj8qIYRR
She looks at me and says, "If Silas can get in your head, what can he do to the rest of us?" she asks.434Please respect copyright.PENANAeWs8rFEiFk
"Anything," I answer her.434Please respect copyright.PENANAnQRy7jie9s
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.434Please respect copyright.PENANA8GHMtd8eQO
"Hey," I say, when we're on our feet.434Please respect copyright.PENANAfGSQXeco4V
We look at one another.434Please respect copyright.PENANAnMrLIWSsS0
"Thank you," I say.434Please respect copyright.PENANAkTddQEB7DG
"You're welcome," she says.434Please respect copyright.PENANAqaVVN8ZzlE
I watch her start to leave, but then she stops and looks at me over her shoulder.434Please respect copyright.PENANAtN4lTWhUFO
"If you need anything, anything at all, DON'T call me. I have a prom to plan."434Please respect copyright.PENANAgkAMRyn0Qj
I watch her leave.434Please respect copyright.PENANAqMkBYlYM53
I smile, as she leaves.434Please respect copyright.PENANAx6hKD8alON