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.521Please respect copyright.PENANA4msicfK7dn
"This is so not the right time, Klaus," she says.521Please respect copyright.PENANAN6irbme9mQ
"I need your help," I say, trying to keep the pain out of my voice.521Please respect copyright.PENANAKFihKsr6LT
"Fine, but this better be important," she replies.521Please respect copyright.PENANAzyEZIMwfi4
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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.521Please respect copyright.PENANAWe50iuvxNj
"Klaus?" she says.521Please respect copyright.PENANA0cpWW3QewI
"Caroline?" I say, needing to be sure it's her and not Silas.521Please respect copyright.PENANAhuQQDFuJXX
"Who else would it be?" she answers.521Please respect copyright.PENANAvUuTf67Htn
"Silas," I answer her through the searing pain.521Please respect copyright.PENANA1GZNT7lHKT
I look at her and she has a worried face.521Please respect copyright.PENANABivv4BjQwc
"What's going on?" she asks me.521Please respect copyright.PENANAJPXo7rJxDy
"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.521Please respect copyright.PENANATJzxjyUZkD
"Oh, my God. Klaus, that could kill you," she says, as if I don't already know that.521Please respect copyright.PENANAiYBiLNTcF1
I feel it again and it's so intense, I growl in pain.521Please respect copyright.PENANAeABVV2yiJ2
She rushes over to me.521Please respect copyright.PENANAfKNco4Trqv
"Get it out of me," I say through the pain, with a growl.521Please respect copyright.PENANAug54obz82h
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.521Please respect copyright.PENANAykCCqeFnt1
"I swear there's noting in there," she tells me.521Please respect copyright.PENANAFSo7PbsCyz
I growl in pain, as she tries to locate it.521Please respect copyright.PENANAGS1uyxgRWw
Suddenly, a few minutes later, the pain is gone just like that.521Please respect copyright.PENANAHXy2naDfVN
"Caroline," I say.521Please respect copyright.PENANA3rx1MZSZ4T
She stops and I sit up, looking at her.521Please respect copyright.PENANAL0QyHZzOaH
"What?" she asks.521Please respect copyright.PENANAQZ9JXJbHKd
Suddenly, realization comes to me.521Please respect copyright.PENANA6NwjzsSSft
"He got in my head," I say.521Please respect copyright.PENANAwR4zZdJDOJ
She looks at me and says, "If Silas can get in your head, what can he do to the rest of us?" she asks.521Please respect copyright.PENANASKZfQck90G
"Anything," I answer her.521Please respect copyright.PENANATm7TCdzcMT
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.521Please respect copyright.PENANAq9Dgv0i9S9
"Hey," I say, when we're on our feet.521Please respect copyright.PENANAiV210BQgcQ
We look at one another.521Please respect copyright.PENANAp5Up4X7PLx
"Thank you," I say.521Please respect copyright.PENANAN3CyedmrWn
"You're welcome," she says.521Please respect copyright.PENANAbIXHT1EVU8
I watch her start to leave, but then she stops and looks at me over her shoulder.521Please respect copyright.PENANA9V727GnmoU
"If you need anything, anything at all, DON'T call me. I have a prom to plan."521Please respect copyright.PENANAcIkoIEv1aE
I watch her leave.521Please respect copyright.PENANAagtjF90Nt1
I smile, as she leaves.521Please respect copyright.PENANALKhDzS4jaY