“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly403Please respect copyright.PENANARXZ15PRLbo
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down403Please respect copyright.PENANAq45wdxrJmD
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My403Please respect copyright.PENANAVW61mwWenO
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by403Please respect copyright.PENANAcihN6wep7J
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in403Please respect copyright.PENANA3tX71ztDma
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 he403Please respect copyright.PENANATK3lFaEhjb
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing403Please respect copyright.PENANAS7QYLHYcxW
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d403Please respect copyright.PENANA8SJkP8pAz2
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we403Please respect copyright.PENANA0LTHAFzayo
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,403Please respect copyright.PENANArRL36Y4BY5
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains403Please respect copyright.PENANAWs2ebx3xqD
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence403Please respect copyright.PENANAiCSi3Yp7Pn
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically403Please respect copyright.PENANATgs4SmLoxy
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and403Please respect copyright.PENANADouS1zgsq9
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before403Please respect copyright.PENANAymRoSMLOv2
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only403Please respect copyright.PENANA8abiLWJoZ5
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign403Please respect copyright.PENANAh3zuJyV8fx
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never403Please respect copyright.PENANAmylGB4uxP1
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was403Please respect copyright.PENANA1a0hGkifv0
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the403Please respect copyright.PENANABD9lIdmHmG
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,403Please respect copyright.PENANA9LnQ1e4yF5
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he403Please respect copyright.PENANAdB5uJtsA1b
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment403Please respect copyright.PENANAqB8naJwoqA
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, Aaron403Please respect copyright.PENANASm3Wc61UqM
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was403Please respect copyright.PENANAJLNdzsZSup
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the403Please respect copyright.PENANAJYWujeYyb4
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If403Please respect copyright.PENANA7f6s8WgHqF
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 understood403Please respect copyright.PENANADNcKwZtKqB
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he403Please respect copyright.PENANAdVsVlaDuNY
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck403Please respect copyright.PENANAajxaJIVXAy
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell403Please respect copyright.PENANAvJzOjejgD1
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into403Please respect copyright.PENANArrm3HKi9Db
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,403Please respect copyright.PENANA89KWPNfS20
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know403Please respect copyright.PENANAHOhMsWHlQU
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At403Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0SVqB6w9B
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was403Please respect copyright.PENANA0P6Ka7YmH0
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had403Please respect copyright.PENANANpPYagfXIF
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because403Please respect copyright.PENANA2DHbKqcrzh
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t403Please respect copyright.PENANAdYwlXY7foA
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,403Please respect copyright.PENANAo0ZvCucwi7
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t403Please respect copyright.PENANAnZypq3Vtls
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the403Please respect copyright.PENANAYF8ZdcSx3t
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the403Please respect copyright.PENANADTDnNyIJya
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or403Please respect copyright.PENANAR8nNDH5SaW
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to403Please respect copyright.PENANAiz0GbnMHMj
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but403Please respect copyright.PENANAHrl4cEVGLl
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of403Please respect copyright.PENANAUVVjqweb34
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,403Please respect copyright.PENANAPnaP44Ymdp
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying403Please respect copyright.PENANA3ezfir12IJ
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was403Please respect copyright.PENANAn1gPyd1ILI
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if403Please respect copyright.PENANAzrpLiLjwyE
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the403Please respect copyright.PENANAS5wjYmnQwJ
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking403Please respect copyright.PENANAIYHjCpWnrO
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d403Please respect copyright.PENANAP3bF6jEfMF
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He403Please respect copyright.PENANANqwDYrv3iB
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while403Please respect copyright.PENANA1UIaAPOqmg
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he403Please respect copyright.PENANAwwriPWEW9U
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it403Please respect copyright.PENANAZqEXcaI1o8
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 moved403Please respect copyright.PENANA3reNPZSjob
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,403Please respect copyright.PENANAMHWEmgQuPJ
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the403Please respect copyright.PENANAekr3wsiNX7
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster403Please respect copyright.PENANA8vwsVp2u8J
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up403Please respect copyright.PENANADknb9Ixi5e
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with403Please respect copyright.PENANA7wSL0VYkBJ
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV403Please respect copyright.PENANApksWb8gHpl
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and403Please respect copyright.PENANAO5KL582Wk6
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that403Please respect copyright.PENANAeuBHOLkTlW
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the403Please respect copyright.PENANA0sUeg9ryQ6
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures403Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0iAbpf9Pj
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and403Please respect copyright.PENANA9eniWR7IEU
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner403Please respect copyright.PENANA67ZPI6M6g3
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And403Please respect copyright.PENANA8QNcZ0bN1W
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have403Please respect copyright.PENANAeDvS1PCPjc
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things403Please respect copyright.PENANAWt5aqmGFzS
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls403Please respect copyright.PENANABBp8ChyxWD
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed403Please respect copyright.PENANAnA0Hp5CD87
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always403Please respect copyright.PENANAcYabBxQI6w
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear403Please respect copyright.PENANArE7Dd10NWp
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything403Please respect copyright.PENANAh6iHTh7qLp
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.403Please respect copyright.PENANABNVxespBst
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room403Please respect copyright.PENANAB8YMM8ehK6
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his403Please respect copyright.PENANAflGCdMitaO
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that403Please respect copyright.PENANAzRRbtfhJog
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped403Please respect copyright.PENANAS5FsLBMbwA
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t403Please respect copyright.PENANAkXbQ3J6I8d
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall403Please respect copyright.PENANAv4UQhPhlNw
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb403Please respect copyright.PENANA8RpfnGfFyW
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way403Please respect copyright.PENANA8mBEY7UMxs
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from403Please respect copyright.PENANAw403brJF6m
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate403Please respect copyright.PENANASivNFy4bZa
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued403Please respect copyright.PENANAdME7OXqsnC
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 and403Please respect copyright.PENANAMlxTP6b8Yj
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and403Please respect copyright.PENANAImBnsBIdTP
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old403Please respect copyright.PENANAHtofASdRHs
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the403Please respect copyright.PENANA8d9x3GaaOI
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside403Please respect copyright.PENANA4S8la5RPTF
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was403Please respect copyright.PENANAHUl6He2SUf
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s403Please respect copyright.PENANAAJ0uTHVCtM
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 while403Please respect copyright.PENANAKQacKMHxUS
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 the403Please respect copyright.PENANAMTCUT4miwA
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,403Please respect copyright.PENANAAdZtYSLn65
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s403Please respect copyright.PENANA4UKO7cS2Ll
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He403Please respect copyright.PENANAPdlc1GmVGG
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our403Please respect copyright.PENANAROnzkBjTha
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 continued403Please respect copyright.PENANAMAyjonpFV4
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 corner403Please respect copyright.PENANAupmXr35wQZ
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.403Please respect copyright.PENANAY9OBV4NvhU
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the403Please respect copyright.PENANAigkdeq4PD4
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a403Please respect copyright.PENANAkgsZXIAS3S
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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