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.435Please respect copyright.PENANAlD3aoAOlMG
"This is so not the right time, Klaus," she says.435Please respect copyright.PENANATCQDH5aCvs
"I need your help," I say, trying to keep the pain out of my voice.435Please respect copyright.PENANAozkw76SwUP
"Fine, but this better be important," she replies.435Please respect copyright.PENANAROgihOjvgp
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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.435Please respect copyright.PENANAE4uhn1KMIa
"Klaus?" she says.435Please respect copyright.PENANAlwzlqeQkHy
"Caroline?" I say, needing to be sure it's her and not Silas.435Please respect copyright.PENANALgD8GtqFoR
"Who else would it be?" she answers.435Please respect copyright.PENANAGaZfcPEaoT
"Silas," I answer her through the searing pain.435Please respect copyright.PENANAJnD4DjxL57
I look at her and she has a worried face.435Please respect copyright.PENANAyMVKqO8ATY
"What's going on?" she asks me.435Please respect copyright.PENANA4AaK5kET9F
"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.435Please respect copyright.PENANANbot6yMkpu
"Oh, my God. Klaus, that could kill you," she says, as if I don't already know that.435Please respect copyright.PENANAgMuBFIxOEJ
I feel it again and it's so intense, I growl in pain.435Please respect copyright.PENANAaYGJincqxb
She rushes over to me.435Please respect copyright.PENANAmja5vJqjKl
"Get it out of me," I say through the pain, with a growl.435Please respect copyright.PENANAekPAIxy8qI
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.435Please respect copyright.PENANAPMgId6lCB8
"I swear there's noting in there," she tells me.435Please respect copyright.PENANASsD6Be64RI
I growl in pain, as she tries to locate it.435Please respect copyright.PENANA1eyaLlCYOg
Suddenly, a few minutes later, the pain is gone just like that.435Please respect copyright.PENANAhLbPCj38Ia
"Caroline," I say.435Please respect copyright.PENANAA0AuKq1oij
She stops and I sit up, looking at her.435Please respect copyright.PENANAWlIxWIvsH9
"What?" she asks.435Please respect copyright.PENANACe7Qe42bMe
Suddenly, realization comes to me.435Please respect copyright.PENANAFTu4UFC90r
"He got in my head," I say.435Please respect copyright.PENANAPpg8PudW2j
She looks at me and says, "If Silas can get in your head, what can he do to the rest of us?" she asks.435Please respect copyright.PENANADWBl2QS71h
"Anything," I answer her.435Please respect copyright.PENANAlnuyPN4djR
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.435Please respect copyright.PENANAQnZQjLtaeC
"Hey," I say, when we're on our feet.435Please respect copyright.PENANARGkdISHxVk
We look at one another.435Please respect copyright.PENANAjnRTQH9qiW
"Thank you," I say.435Please respect copyright.PENANAV864CaZvs6
"You're welcome," she says.435Please respect copyright.PENANAkEw3RwIPyZ
I watch her start to leave, but then she stops and looks at me over her shoulder.435Please respect copyright.PENANALlFszEPRjy
"If you need anything, anything at all, DON'T call me. I have a prom to plan."435Please respect copyright.PENANAJM7vmjIhbS
I watch her leave.435Please respect copyright.PENANAK7QTv1cCL2
I smile, as she leaves.435Please respect copyright.PENANAhzXviBlMZv