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.463Please respect copyright.PENANAZLMMhyBUrD
"This is so not the right time, Klaus," she says.463Please respect copyright.PENANAM8nSLZdscZ
"I need your help," I say, trying to keep the pain out of my voice.463Please respect copyright.PENANAttjjzW4Kx4
"Fine, but this better be important," she replies.463Please respect copyright.PENANArA2OTNXswD
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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.463Please respect copyright.PENANANGiK5YS1mw
"Klaus?" she says.463Please respect copyright.PENANA5c0eO9KuvL
"Caroline?" I say, needing to be sure it's her and not Silas.463Please respect copyright.PENANADbVzommwTY
"Who else would it be?" she answers.463Please respect copyright.PENANATvGs9rwoj9
"Silas," I answer her through the searing pain.463Please respect copyright.PENANAMi7lMW7Iq7
I look at her and she has a worried face.463Please respect copyright.PENANAgbldCGQ894
"What's going on?" she asks me.463Please respect copyright.PENANAxpSZ4OYRgm
"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.463Please respect copyright.PENANA9jI9iTaTAC
"Oh, my God. Klaus, that could kill you," she says, as if I don't already know that.463Please respect copyright.PENANAAdtcDxvong
I feel it again and it's so intense, I growl in pain.463Please respect copyright.PENANABIN16o4kre
She rushes over to me.463Please respect copyright.PENANAMcZsuSOr28
"Get it out of me," I say through the pain, with a growl.463Please respect copyright.PENANAM4PZ6zsp5g
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.463Please respect copyright.PENANA0Zmk9Fe2k3
"I swear there's noting in there," she tells me.463Please respect copyright.PENANAGxKBjsOv7Y
I growl in pain, as she tries to locate it.463Please respect copyright.PENANAWLCnfuGYiM
Suddenly, a few minutes later, the pain is gone just like that.463Please respect copyright.PENANAnbitix3BI4
"Caroline," I say.463Please respect copyright.PENANArcYiduXvD1
She stops and I sit up, looking at her.463Please respect copyright.PENANAvFZviz7UIP
"What?" she asks.463Please respect copyright.PENANA1khCDMfFoM
Suddenly, realization comes to me.463Please respect copyright.PENANAogrZmV6dJB
"He got in my head," I say.463Please respect copyright.PENANAcMEwIDwEmW
She looks at me and says, "If Silas can get in your head, what can he do to the rest of us?" she asks.463Please respect copyright.PENANAPVMRq3XfT6
"Anything," I answer her.463Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8NZpYBzOM
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.463Please respect copyright.PENANAvNApEFBuvz
"Hey," I say, when we're on our feet.463Please respect copyright.PENANAU4qFCTCJxa
We look at one another.463Please respect copyright.PENANAf2KeqGcuwE
"Thank you," I say.463Please respect copyright.PENANAlX2iO8QFrx
"You're welcome," she says.463Please respect copyright.PENANAcfTMiF0uC3
I watch her start to leave, but then she stops and looks at me over her shoulder.463Please respect copyright.PENANAX2fBnPfmhT
"If you need anything, anything at all, DON'T call me. I have a prom to plan."463Please respect copyright.PENANAiESo4bPC0M
I watch her leave.463Please respect copyright.PENANAefcbjluAb3
I smile, as she leaves.463Please respect copyright.PENANAGidUKPBqIR