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A/N: Holy Crap. I haven't updated this in sooooooo long! And I am not going to bore you with excuses to why this was late... but it's here right... right? (nervous laugh)

Anywhooooo! Here's another NEW chapter to Expect the Unexpected! And I hope you fall in love with it! (or hate it... whatever's cool with you)

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Enjoy!


2020...

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

His leg moved up and down furiously in worry and confusion, the sound of the constant foot tapping against the cold wooden floor becoming an unbreakable habit for him; as his eyes darted continuously at his phone and at the clock that seemed to simply tick and tock ever so slowly.

He sat at the softly dark sofa that slightly comforted his tense form. Everything around him isn't taken into thought as his dead heartbeat races.

Damon.

Katherine and Stefan looked at Damon in worry, they tried being strong for him but even they were having their doubts on Caroline and the children.

Where were they?

Stefan was the first one to hesitantly break the tension-filled silence, "I'm sure the kids and Caroline are alri-"

Damon's head shot towards Stefan's direction, his voice shook as he started his sentence, interrupting Stefan, "Alright? Stefan it's been 5 hours!"

Dinner was done, as all simply waited for Caroline's arrival at the living room for 5 hours, the night sky darkening by the second. The only reason Damon hadn't left to go check up on them was because of Stefan and Katherine were insisting he wait. Plus, he knew they were just as scared as he was, but they didn't want him to worry more by showing it. And he understood that. He really did.

"Damon-" Katherine tried her voice quivering slightly, her words interrupted at the feeling of slightly cold wind, and a sound of a door banging loudly; all causing her to shiver slightly.

Whosh.

Stefan and Katherine's gazes instantly went towards the dark couch that sat opposite from them. Finding an empty couch, Katherine sighed, "Well he's gone…"

Glancing up at Stefan, she watched as Stefan's eyes narrowed slightly, the questioning expression clear in his dull orbs, smiling worriedly; Katherine nodded, as if to answer his questioning eyes. Sighing she felt another cold wind at her side, and a slightly softer bang at the front door. Looking to her now empty side, she sighed, "Go get 'em."

Holding the sides to the chair that she sat on, Katherine's brows furrowed slightly as she thought about her best friend.

Where are you Care…?


Meanwhile, in the past...

A staring contest. That's what it felt like anyway...

Damon stood there, leaning against the door frame that led to the kitchen, staring back at the expressionless eyes of the two twins that sat on the two chairs in the kitchen a few feet away from him. The future Caroline and Stefan had left to see if they could find anything from the place where Caroline and the kids had crashed. Maybe they'd find the car, or any hint to give us all a clue to how someone from the future could time-travel unknowingly to the past. And, here Damon was, stuck in the boarding house with two brats from the future that may or may not be part Tyler.

The staring continuing between the three, Damon's eyes narrowed at the glances the two gave each others way, as if they were trying hard in not saying anything, "What's up with the googly-eyes?"

The kids shot their heads towards Damon's direction, as they gulped. Emma looked at Sam who said nothing, simply staring at their 'soon-to-be' father. Emma sighed, looking back at Damon who continued to remain curious and confused, "Well, it's not every day two 7 year old twins get stuck in the past..."

Damon's eyes widened at the unexpected tone coming from the tiny blonde. He huffed in a breath, as a slight scowl appeared upon his face, "Well, it's not every day two kids from the future, who may, or may not be Lockwood's, come around knocking at my doorstep."

Emma and Sam nodded, Sam speaking up for the first time in so long, "Point taken."

Damon simply continued to watch the two, who seemed to be simply staring back. He groaned internally at the fact that Stefan should have been the one to be baby-sitting the two Blondie's kids from the future. Since when did he ever spend any quality time with infants?! Okay, they weren't infants… but they were pretty tiny… But their personalities were something that you wouldn't expect from a normal 5 year old. But yet again, they weren't exactly normal. They were vampires, no, they weren't-, yes… Damon groaned internally once again. He didn't understand anything that was going on, Blondie- well future Blondie comes with two very human kids, that are apparently are her kids that are from the future as well! That's too much to process in one morning, a Monday morning to be exact, who's able to think on a fucking Monday morning! But how was Blondie able to have children in the first place? How is that even possible? God, my life should be one of the sequels to the Twilight Saga, seriously…

Emma and Sam watched their past father as he seemed to get lost in his thoughts, looking towards each other, their brows furrowed tightly above their tiny eyes. Although they were twins, their eyes were completely different from each other as Emma's eyes shone with a more piercing blue, compared to Sam, who's eyes were blue, but a more dull, as a slight shade grey spread around his pupil. Their eyes were one of the things that both loved the most about themselves because they had always thought that their eyes were similar to their parents in a way… this allowed them to have a part of their parents with them all the time…

"What do you think he's thinking about?" Emma asked, whispering at Sam who simply shrugged, not really interested in his past father's behaviour, "I don't know… he's probably just annoying himself about this whole situation…"

Damon was instantly snapped out his thoughts as he heard soft whispers before him. He watched as they exchanged words in soft whispers. Cocking his head to the side, he analyzed them, making his eyes search their tiny forms; every detail and every complication. He eyed the little girls features, her piercing blue eyes much like Caroline's, along with the similar blonde hair that stayed in two loose pig tails. No would ask twice when asked if that was Caroline's daughter. His eyes then trailed towards the little boy who looked pretty much similar to his sister, but his outer exterior seemed more care-free, compared to the little girl who seemed to be more put together… His hair and eyes is what caught Damon's eyes as Damon's eyes narrowed slightly. Damon looked towards the raven coloured hair that sat on top of the boys head, and his slightly dull grey eyes…

He looks so familiar… he looks like… like…

Damon's eyes practically popped out of his head, as his eyes widened, Like me.


Stefan and Caroline (future Caroline, that is…) had been wandering around the famous Mystic Fall woods where Caroline had found herself stumble out from earlier. They hadn't found a single thing that would help Caroline with understanding how she could have ended up in the past. Caroline's eyes simply wandering for the car, There had to be some sort of clue!

A few more moments pasted with nothing found, that was until Stefan noticed a black slump of a huge object farther in the distance. His eyes narrowed as he yelled for Caroline's attention, "I think I found something!"

Caroline rushed towards Stefan who stood motionless looking at something in the far distance. Following his gaze, Caroline's eyes caught with what Stefan had been straining his eyes to look at. It was the car. The car. The crashed car. She knew it.

Stefan eyed the other side of the woods in curiosity. It looked different… something about this side of the woods looked off…

Unknowingly, Caroline practically ran towards the car, only to be stopped mid run by a sudden force in front of her. Along with her, Stefan's eyes widened, as confusion took over both of them. "What the hell?"

Caroline hit the imaginary shield-like wall that stood before her, not allowing her step further, "What is happening? W-What is this…?" She hit the invisible force, her anger and confusion pouring out as she simply broke down, the warm tears escaping from her slightly tired eyes. She simply hit the unknown wall harder, and harder. Stefan's eyes softened at the crying Caroline before him, he stepped closer into Caroline wrapping her into a tight hug as tried his best in soothing her.

His eyes however never left the force that surrounded the other half of the forest. His eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the crashed car. His eyes wandering, he looked around the car, analyzing its surroundings. Something wasn't right.

Before Stefan could go more into it, he suddenly spotted a figure that slowly approached the crashed car. The slow figure seemed to analyze the car, which only caused Stefan's brows to furrow, and his confusion to grow. As the figure continued to walk near the car, Stefan's eyes widened at the person he saw at the other side.

"Damon?"

Caroline's brows furrowed, as she looked up at Stefan confused, she eyed Stefan's confused and shocked form, as she followed his gaze that lay at the other side of the forest. Eye's widening, Caroline walked away from Stefan's embrace, as she walked closer towards the imaginary wall, placing both her shaking hands onto the wall as she looked at the moving form on the other side.

"What is Damon doing here?" Stefan asked, insanely confused and slightly curious to how Damon could be at the other side of the forest when Caroline and him couldn't get past this imaginary wall-like blockage.

Caroline nodded her head slowly, her eyes slightly wide, "That's not your Damon… that's my Damon…"

Caroline watched Damon eye the car completely frightened, she could practically see the pain on his face, as he searched the forest. He was searching for them.

Stefan's eyes came to a sudden understanding as he also walked towards the wall, eyeing the Damon (the future Damon) that roamed the other side of the woods.

"This wall… it separates the past with the future… doesn't it…" Stefan stated, his confusion dimming, as he started to comprehend everything that was happening around him.

Stefan didn't look at Caroline, but he could feel her nodding slowly, more tears forming in her eyes, as she clearly tried to fight them.

They watched as the pained Damon searched for his wife and kids. Caroline jumped slightly when she heard him scream her name from the other side, "Caroline!"

That's all it took. That's all it took for the fresh tears to fall, "Damon…?"

Stefan looked down at Caroline who stood at his side, totally breaking as she watched a pained Damon continuously scream on the top of his lungs, "Sam! Emma!"

Stefan's doubts were cleared as in the future, Damon was Caroline's, Caroline was Damon's, and Sam and Emma were theirs.

He watched the broken couple, hurting himself. He watched as his brother (from the future) searched for his wife and kids, worried and scared. He watched as Caroline (from the future) stood next to him, clearly on the wrong side of the 'wall', banged on the wall constantly, wanting to get Damon's attention.

"Damon!" Caroline screamed on the top of her lungs, over and over again. But nothing worked. Her Damon didn't hear her struggle, didn't hear her banging, and he didn't hear her call his name. Nothing. This confused Caroline, "Why can't he see or hear me?"

Stefan's jaw clenched, "I don't know Caroline, but I think it might be the fact that we can see and hear him… but he can't see or hear us…"

Caroline nodded her head in disagreement, "No. No. This can't be happening! No!"

Stefan struggled in taking hold of Caroline's form, as tears continued to escape her eyes, "It's going to be okay Caroline…" Stefan whispered to a crying Caroline at his chest, "It's going to be okay…"


2020…

"Sammy!" Damon yelled his voice quivering as he shouted once again, "Emma!"

Damon searched and searched. He searched around trees, around bushes, around every part of the woods. Tears flowed down his cheeks, as he could feel his dead heart aching in sharp pain, "Caroline…"

Hands balling into fists, Damon screamed on the top of his lungs, "CAROLINE!"

Falling onto his knees, Damon broke down as more tears escaped his red-shot eyes. His voice cracked slightly as he whispered to himself, questioning no one in particular…

"W-Where are you guys…?"

What Damon didn't know was that an expressionless Stefan and a heartbroken Caroline watched his broken from the other side of imaginary wall, which was still not found by the broken Damon…

And although there may not be any clues on Caroline's side of the wall (the past)… there was a clue on Damon's side of the wall…

The future


So? How'd you like it?

Are you guys confused? Please don't tell me your confused…

But it you guys are, the 'wall' is basically like a window for Caroline (who is stuck in the past) who is able to see the other end of the woods (but the future end)… This 'wall' isn't found by future Damon yet, which is why future Damon can't hear nor see his Caroline (who is stuck in the past)…

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