“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly444Please respect copyright.PENANA9d8BORlYyv
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down444Please respect copyright.PENANAgcNrgwnsBJ
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My444Please respect copyright.PENANAUzKr3tFHfE
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by444Please respect copyright.PENANArKndGgAdeO
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in444Please respect copyright.PENANA9AhGzqfDbP
last night and here you are sleeping by the front door.”
Aaron didn’t think it’d be wise to bring up the fact that he444Please respect copyright.PENANAc0QROEHOT4
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing444Please respect copyright.PENANA1VFyjNgfQ3
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d444Please respect copyright.PENANAfPOaV0dRg6
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we444Please respect copyright.PENANAN9ieOfUfNx
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,444Please respect copyright.PENANAFik6Ee7LhO
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains444Please respect copyright.PENANAUJeFClcBXu
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence444Please respect copyright.PENANAyJcr1Pl93s
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically444Please respect copyright.PENANAoNXjO9Ks99
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and444Please respect copyright.PENANAbn6MKy1DP7
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before444Please respect copyright.PENANAnc8AWJNdec
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only444Please respect copyright.PENANAq1d8pnU8L0
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign444Please respect copyright.PENANAbiR00SGRph
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never444Please respect copyright.PENANAekKK58uNRc
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was444Please respect copyright.PENANAdmxHZYLIWs
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the444Please respect copyright.PENANAp29LUv9LiQ
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,444Please respect copyright.PENANA89stkXG3vF
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he444Please respect copyright.PENANAPLMGDV8uIp
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment444Please respect copyright.PENANAASzkHfQs9Q
if his ghost wasn’t haunting Aaron’s bedroom.
In other words, Caleb was dead, and no one knew it.
Remembering all the horror films he had ever watched, Aaron444Please respect copyright.PENANAcjxbCEPdlr
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was444Please respect copyright.PENANAvhAXmqUe5a
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the444Please respect copyright.PENANAZKBEX1TVvy
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If444Please respect copyright.PENANAiji5IaLzJy
he was in the walls, then he’d most likely be in the walls of his bedroom…
Aaron shivered.
When he moved in with a group of virtual strangers, he understood444Please respect copyright.PENANA5JW1yCyLNH
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he444Please respect copyright.PENANAHYPbtPmPND
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck444Please respect copyright.PENANAwkL3g5nyvJ
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell444Please respect copyright.PENANAiAOeMZRDug
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into444Please respect copyright.PENANACrK2SFxj7I
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,444Please respect copyright.PENANAo3arp63syj
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know444Please respect copyright.PENANApSB6aTazqd
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At444Please respect copyright.PENANAgi3OWvQIon
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was444Please respect copyright.PENANAO4mVIco0rV
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had444Please respect copyright.PENANAc0P2Ey17m2
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because444Please respect copyright.PENANAgYAoTJKjOQ
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t444Please respect copyright.PENANAR04XRfQKxc
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,444Please respect copyright.PENANAhDH0wz8dO5
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t444Please respect copyright.PENANAcwHK2l6Yx1
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the444Please respect copyright.PENANATOqKnkt5QW
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the444Please respect copyright.PENANAmeOcWHCycS
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or444Please respect copyright.PENANASgRNbBqNq8
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to444Please respect copyright.PENANAp6N6MlirC3
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but444Please respect copyright.PENANAqaEsoEgDcL
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of444Please respect copyright.PENANARQs4XtjYEK
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,444Please respect copyright.PENANAUGhGskBDOj
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying444Please respect copyright.PENANAKV5O8UIVpJ
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was444Please respect copyright.PENANAgOTV1p890J
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if444Please respect copyright.PENANAISTTvip6nw
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the444Please respect copyright.PENANA696tfevfwm
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking444Please respect copyright.PENANALbnRFFa5Ew
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d444Please respect copyright.PENANA77DuXDCR1y
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He444Please respect copyright.PENANA3B0DFAZjBG
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while444Please respect copyright.PENANAS37ENU8ozm
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he444Please respect copyright.PENANAivEcBZlY9l
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it444Please respect copyright.PENANA6AtN6D7mft
and grabbed a Pop-tart instead. Then he turned to find the toaster which was…. Missing?
No wait, it’s over by the fridge now. Who the heck moved444Please respect copyright.PENANAbPs53km2x3
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,444Please respect copyright.PENANAtTOR8WvYJW
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the444Please respect copyright.PENANAZKoUwiOwxw
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster444Please respect copyright.PENANAihSpKENoAL
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up444Please respect copyright.PENANAUUUBIdOtzE
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with444Please respect copyright.PENANAG2bFuxwJwf
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV444Please respect copyright.PENANA2Wt6vDRJsQ
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and444Please respect copyright.PENANAfit9ctoFcQ
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that444Please respect copyright.PENANAu0d0mxqWH9
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the444Please respect copyright.PENANAoPwuWjz04d
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures444Please respect copyright.PENANAiytcJ8fsGO
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and444Please respect copyright.PENANA4Jcgy3G41x
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner444Please respect copyright.PENANAVQcPh40Thx
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And444Please respect copyright.PENANAIvGJ58FlgX
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have444Please respect copyright.PENANAMqmFG9X0hm
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things444Please respect copyright.PENANA4iz3GJQgdX
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls444Please respect copyright.PENANAoxsG22J7Aa
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed444Please respect copyright.PENANA8WRVm3MIsV
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always444Please respect copyright.PENANAhrjgt02eBo
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear444Please respect copyright.PENANALBHxQuZqY6
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything444Please respect copyright.PENANABRWc3HTS3h
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.444Please respect copyright.PENANAkn2aOGvtwA
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room444Please respect copyright.PENANAKK9sc7RA1k
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his444Please respect copyright.PENANAdvmQzSSpv4
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that444Please respect copyright.PENANAg0idenmmun
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped444Please respect copyright.PENANAKSq263qY80
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t444Please respect copyright.PENANAM9A487LKnm
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall444Please respect copyright.PENANAxCaBKjk0cQ
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb444Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6cezj0Mfa
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way444Please respect copyright.PENANAuRE1AqAhBo
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from444Please respect copyright.PENANAprnjmeB1ri
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate444Please respect copyright.PENANAw7pivN5N9Z
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued444Please respect copyright.PENANAxD9sPXbnVD
to bang harder and harder, practically shaking the whole door off its hinges.
“Who’s there?” Aaron called.
No response.
“I’m calling the cops!” He shouted, his voice trembling and444Please respect copyright.PENANACynXtnZEtR
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and444Please respect copyright.PENANA8xxQeLoJMi
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old444Please respect copyright.PENANAjkc03dxZXQ
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the444Please respect copyright.PENANA91cnEPdzKI
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside444Please respect copyright.PENANAIWxYGgbeKi
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was444Please respect copyright.PENANAN14CQFOj54
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s444Please respect copyright.PENANAdcFiK5MrbJ
going on?” He recognized that as Todd’s voice.
“Aaron’s banging on the front door!” Doug replied.
“No I wasn’t!” Aaron defended himself. “Someone else was!”
“It’s true.” Trevor agreed. “I was standing behind him while444Please respect copyright.PENANA2rl34ClrnM
it was happening. It wasn’t Aaron.”
“Are you saying it’s the same crazy bastard from before?”
“Maybe.”
“What the fuck? Why are they knocking on our door?”
Aaron started to check all the windows, wondering where the444Please respect copyright.PENANAsormBTp6XP
sun had gone. “Hey guys what time is it?”
“1:00 AM” Doug answered.
“That cant be. It was light out a second ago.” Aaron mumbled,444Please respect copyright.PENANAW7pd6JnUw4
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s444Please respect copyright.PENANAvDUxKmVnGK
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He444Please respect copyright.PENANAcE4ljODF3F
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our444Please respect copyright.PENANAhtYVM9Gj0O
door doesn’t cut it out, I’m getting his ass on video and call the cops on him.”
The rest of the guys agreed and started to disperse. Aaron continued444Please respect copyright.PENANAvwKFRD3Mvr
to stare at the door in disbelief, then rubbed his eyes.
Had he been sleepwalking?
Returning to his room, he shut the door eyeing the corner444Please respect copyright.PENANA9gjaPOpHJV
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.444Please respect copyright.PENANA6cM68KNkle
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the444Please respect copyright.PENANAnzlNjanu6N
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a444Please respect copyright.PENANAzQJ9QKJ0X3
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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