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.522Please respect copyright.PENANAMB8okYELVC
"This is so not the right time, Klaus," she says.522Please respect copyright.PENANAtmDo84LBas
"I need your help," I say, trying to keep the pain out of my voice.522Please respect copyright.PENANAVGIyUv58gV
"Fine, but this better be important," she replies.522Please respect copyright.PENANAppYeqo2EmD
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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.522Please respect copyright.PENANAq2H0MLFtan
"Klaus?" she says.522Please respect copyright.PENANAfegHEUO1Kg
"Caroline?" I say, needing to be sure it's her and not Silas.522Please respect copyright.PENANASkxIlY4UQC
"Who else would it be?" she answers.522Please respect copyright.PENANAZFBzVkFkXp
"Silas," I answer her through the searing pain.522Please respect copyright.PENANA87oR8n0YUl
I look at her and she has a worried face.522Please respect copyright.PENANADA3smtIGkR
"What's going on?" she asks me.522Please respect copyright.PENANA6UFcn2FAdO
"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.522Please respect copyright.PENANAk318Jl9a1U
"Oh, my God. Klaus, that could kill you," she says, as if I don't already know that.522Please respect copyright.PENANAIS82opge55
I feel it again and it's so intense, I growl in pain.522Please respect copyright.PENANAlADf0iyP05
She rushes over to me.522Please respect copyright.PENANA3DPlGcYp13
"Get it out of me," I say through the pain, with a growl.522Please respect copyright.PENANAVJpJJ9X4cS
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.522Please respect copyright.PENANAhxaPqWbRfy
"I swear there's noting in there," she tells me.522Please respect copyright.PENANAIfjBuUSc48
I growl in pain, as she tries to locate it.522Please respect copyright.PENANACgB3iuAe28
Suddenly, a few minutes later, the pain is gone just like that.522Please respect copyright.PENANA77Xdb2weAd
"Caroline," I say.522Please respect copyright.PENANAxcYBS0VN4D
She stops and I sit up, looking at her.522Please respect copyright.PENANANkuP5XlA1n
"What?" she asks.522Please respect copyright.PENANARxJEnglevT
Suddenly, realization comes to me.522Please respect copyright.PENANAjnVYc223Rs
"He got in my head," I say.522Please respect copyright.PENANAtnbm7Xtjbt
She looks at me and says, "If Silas can get in your head, what can he do to the rest of us?" she asks.522Please respect copyright.PENANALyvommCIX6
"Anything," I answer her.522Please respect copyright.PENANAuGxf1nKTRn
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.522Please respect copyright.PENANAL1tJSdIbd1
"Hey," I say, when we're on our feet.522Please respect copyright.PENANANRhTLvnPTp
We look at one another.522Please respect copyright.PENANA0tMbMVPEqB
"Thank you," I say.522Please respect copyright.PENANAlcUX2rzoOf
"You're welcome," she says.522Please respect copyright.PENANAt4Ib49HxD3
I watch her start to leave, but then she stops and looks at me over her shoulder.522Please respect copyright.PENANAaOg9gZl4w7
"If you need anything, anything at all, DON'T call me. I have a prom to plan."522Please respect copyright.PENANAEEmuvo17d5
I watch her leave.522Please respect copyright.PENANA7EffNjbwcW
I smile, as she leaves.522Please respect copyright.PENANASbq6gMVQjh