“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly364Please respect copyright.PENANAR0VfjaZwBJ
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down364Please respect copyright.PENANAni7uHLeuQn
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My364Please respect copyright.PENANAuM9CtE1WhL
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by364Please respect copyright.PENANAQtgkqvKnVQ
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in364Please respect copyright.PENANA3YQWg1CZRO
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 he364Please respect copyright.PENANAmP8Gj5EmRJ
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing364Please respect copyright.PENANAIoReuQXDvi
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d364Please respect copyright.PENANAczclJtCikQ
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we364Please respect copyright.PENANAFwKHAHPBPq
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,364Please respect copyright.PENANAvFFvhHfw10
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains364Please respect copyright.PENANAb76Lpws37O
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence364Please respect copyright.PENANAZY1306p3RW
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically364Please respect copyright.PENANAv17ZwXfaDa
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and364Please respect copyright.PENANAX02srywD4F
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before364Please respect copyright.PENANAfYA51ZrbyZ
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only364Please respect copyright.PENANAqYai0ICk7Q
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign364Please respect copyright.PENANA8bmE926kw6
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never364Please respect copyright.PENANAkconpHtS44
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was364Please respect copyright.PENANAnXSSRCdIEX
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the364Please respect copyright.PENANApounTIgC9s
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,364Please respect copyright.PENANAhF9Pff3MyT
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he364Please respect copyright.PENANAqDJ7kn9emN
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment364Please respect copyright.PENANAIHMy6l25mK
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, Aaron364Please respect copyright.PENANAIyUzdx1CN8
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was364Please respect copyright.PENANAuZZ8iYEa1d
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the364Please respect copyright.PENANAowpk9awUxs
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If364Please respect copyright.PENANAY20cuzYZKj
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 understood364Please respect copyright.PENANAplwiUfVpWt
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he364Please respect copyright.PENANA9q0Hews0vD
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck364Please respect copyright.PENANAO8NPLEJXUV
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell364Please respect copyright.PENANARYPLW8gmN1
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into364Please respect copyright.PENANAECmpw66OMN
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,364Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZS7oUGa3U
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know364Please respect copyright.PENANAxrRUGeoEQU
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At364Please respect copyright.PENANAhFFToWZVWa
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was364Please respect copyright.PENANAyhnMPWY9N6
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had364Please respect copyright.PENANAV9J11oCuzN
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because364Please respect copyright.PENANAsfAwbFO2BW
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t364Please respect copyright.PENANAySHNBTmANg
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,364Please respect copyright.PENANAgy0tUwEysN
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t364Please respect copyright.PENANAPs0qPxK20r
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the364Please respect copyright.PENANAJb12ZcodhT
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the364Please respect copyright.PENANAGrBOA01rVh
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or364Please respect copyright.PENANAzjoAAjxm74
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to364Please respect copyright.PENANATKMDyMpv2q
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but364Please respect copyright.PENANAJVaXPBV7pu
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of364Please respect copyright.PENANAFRlcghEZjo
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,364Please respect copyright.PENANAf1gpJC1H57
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying364Please respect copyright.PENANANXf4cS2cfk
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was364Please respect copyright.PENANA4lYfZfnI8Y
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if364Please respect copyright.PENANA9TSPldUpAS
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the364Please respect copyright.PENANAvTyADkXS3L
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking364Please respect copyright.PENANA2QmaZitJPQ
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d364Please respect copyright.PENANABGU0xeWHJC
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He364Please respect copyright.PENANAsxJZ1P4nFk
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while364Please respect copyright.PENANA5JORdEVymN
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he364Please respect copyright.PENANAE72M8hVR8t
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it364Please respect copyright.PENANA7XyXs0g5w4
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 moved364Please respect copyright.PENANAt1oAW8IDcm
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,364Please respect copyright.PENANAsF8X9ooaSa
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the364Please respect copyright.PENANAeSnGXV1nIU
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster364Please respect copyright.PENANAZyrfBMWMbk
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up364Please respect copyright.PENANA6Gjya0kQhW
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with364Please respect copyright.PENANAw4dpPwqX6u
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV364Please respect copyright.PENANAY3SAkkSIq3
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and364Please respect copyright.PENANAP7ZtzOZTbe
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that364Please respect copyright.PENANAwEh1hkMngC
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the364Please respect copyright.PENANAfxHkvv6A6O
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures364Please respect copyright.PENANARZJltMXXmi
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and364Please respect copyright.PENANAC6ITe8XNtq
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner364Please respect copyright.PENANAJvV2RcYrsn
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And364Please respect copyright.PENANATn6uMvqDMf
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have364Please respect copyright.PENANAbAw727g0MU
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things364Please respect copyright.PENANAKjyjxonW54
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls364Please respect copyright.PENANAEGnSWhdgF4
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed364Please respect copyright.PENANAPjtrKpa0Od
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always364Please respect copyright.PENANAdemQNgzQ2Y
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear364Please respect copyright.PENANAEXcLV88b4f
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything364Please respect copyright.PENANA8eTVZT1pDj
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.364Please respect copyright.PENANApvG5wuNKxc
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room364Please respect copyright.PENANAa3C9chxcUr
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his364Please respect copyright.PENANAtAvP33wMgd
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that364Please respect copyright.PENANAiAcdiW9SEO
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped364Please respect copyright.PENANAmZrzLS3gqJ
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t364Please respect copyright.PENANAD4vIUzagl1
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall364Please respect copyright.PENANAJz9e3p9o10
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb364Please respect copyright.PENANANGxXvAihjx
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way364Please respect copyright.PENANAc7w3igpZHA
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from364Please respect copyright.PENANAMpJMC9zBhE
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate364Please respect copyright.PENANAclfiFf8eQr
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued364Please respect copyright.PENANA9QT2Ja5oku
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 and364Please respect copyright.PENANAVfcyQMLL9D
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and364Please respect copyright.PENANAd5ZH8Hdezc
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old364Please respect copyright.PENANAm1bkcgqFtp
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the364Please respect copyright.PENANAWwkmldBjqQ
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside364Please respect copyright.PENANAS5ntjWcDz7
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was364Please respect copyright.PENANAaqXcyYkG2a
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s364Please respect copyright.PENANA1cLbT7zuzG
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 while364Please respect copyright.PENANA7jRMAEj7Af
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 the364Please respect copyright.PENANAepSJBY7FR4
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,364Please respect copyright.PENANAt9zJkMEOux
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s364Please respect copyright.PENANAQwqiDBMn2M
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He364Please respect copyright.PENANAH35ITxzao3
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our364Please respect copyright.PENANAJO14pSMnpy
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 continued364Please respect copyright.PENANAQUTeC3ZbtP
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 corner364Please respect copyright.PENANAU8yzdmHD7j
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.364Please respect copyright.PENANAphyo0bFeyL
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the364Please respect copyright.PENANAdZWuv7qTAg
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a364Please respect copyright.PENANA6C31PrF4ba
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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