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.487Please respect copyright.PENANAG560AWTDII
"This is so not the right time, Klaus," she says.487Please respect copyright.PENANAqlWhzCHN2v
"I need your help," I say, trying to keep the pain out of my voice.487Please respect copyright.PENANAoPK99CptBp
"Fine, but this better be important," she replies.487Please respect copyright.PENANAa0nQFiLe1c
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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.487Please respect copyright.PENANAUL79SJNqpj
"Klaus?" she says.487Please respect copyright.PENANAwnAW8zAu5L
"Caroline?" I say, needing to be sure it's her and not Silas.487Please respect copyright.PENANA4Elwt5laYf
"Who else would it be?" she answers.487Please respect copyright.PENANAVaJtIuCkHs
"Silas," I answer her through the searing pain.487Please respect copyright.PENANA5fKXHhvD9x
I look at her and she has a worried face.487Please respect copyright.PENANAXSVBP2w1IP
"What's going on?" she asks me.487Please respect copyright.PENANAP0BfDtpJGp
"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.487Please respect copyright.PENANAQufVR8T43z
"Oh, my God. Klaus, that could kill you," she says, as if I don't already know that.487Please respect copyright.PENANAZuz8o2zaRK
I feel it again and it's so intense, I growl in pain.487Please respect copyright.PENANAbfaMqmMViB
She rushes over to me.487Please respect copyright.PENANABtCxZZU2zX
"Get it out of me," I say through the pain, with a growl.487Please respect copyright.PENANALKsDOhRPfI
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.487Please respect copyright.PENANAzJ00e4hclu
"I swear there's noting in there," she tells me.487Please respect copyright.PENANAQBQU0zjRfu
I growl in pain, as she tries to locate it.487Please respect copyright.PENANAygARRAetH0
Suddenly, a few minutes later, the pain is gone just like that.487Please respect copyright.PENANA9Sl5gymrIn
"Caroline," I say.487Please respect copyright.PENANAHsN7bobYY6
She stops and I sit up, looking at her.487Please respect copyright.PENANAbdZ8x8GIsD
"What?" she asks.487Please respect copyright.PENANABXvDmux6OJ
Suddenly, realization comes to me.487Please respect copyright.PENANABNrBcpiwDC
"He got in my head," I say.487Please respect copyright.PENANAjqP5ZqFeKr
She looks at me and says, "If Silas can get in your head, what can he do to the rest of us?" she asks.487Please respect copyright.PENANAVYY2eSWsmb
"Anything," I answer her.487Please respect copyright.PENANA93DzEE0BCE
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.487Please respect copyright.PENANAGETRIrjxYk
"Hey," I say, when we're on our feet.487Please respect copyright.PENANAC3KZfmzCnQ
We look at one another.487Please respect copyright.PENANAeMDlBeh0Lx
"Thank you," I say.487Please respect copyright.PENANAIiwboycfm1
"You're welcome," she says.487Please respect copyright.PENANAqhp2fMT3TN
I watch her start to leave, but then she stops and looks at me over her shoulder.487Please respect copyright.PENANAbhbbGGdoro
"If you need anything, anything at all, DON'T call me. I have a prom to plan."487Please respect copyright.PENANAphzJ6ZfByd
I watch her leave.487Please respect copyright.PENANAunvhkcP3XD
I smile, as she leaves.487Please respect copyright.PENANACkNyEw0M5f