“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly114Please respect copyright.PENANAs3lL1hEJzf
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down114Please respect copyright.PENANAlOmvJxamHw
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My114Please respect copyright.PENANAdp3expZVrs
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by114Please respect copyright.PENANAydPS7UtV0X
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in114Please respect copyright.PENANAPt807EVYLA
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 he114Please respect copyright.PENANALNn6mBIGiz
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing114Please respect copyright.PENANAN8gQ3qk6It
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d114Please respect copyright.PENANA4ijV0cNsOx
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we114Please respect copyright.PENANANfKZduImfe
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,114Please respect copyright.PENANAXRE6quPVwQ
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains114Please respect copyright.PENANAzDMRMDPZFa
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence114Please respect copyright.PENANAMDpaJqRQ9Y
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically114Please respect copyright.PENANASdXpKhHf7p
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and114Please respect copyright.PENANAeia7batMzS
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before114Please respect copyright.PENANA0x1liBTS0U
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only114Please respect copyright.PENANAx0HUmW7wt1
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign114Please respect copyright.PENANAvOWBbo1VQE
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never114Please respect copyright.PENANAqkwjK8GYTA
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was114Please respect copyright.PENANAqxMIJ1VTaS
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the114Please respect copyright.PENANAPyiULltqH3
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,114Please respect copyright.PENANAl2IHPgXlsF
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he114Please respect copyright.PENANAEBmYse2v7o
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment114Please respect copyright.PENANASDEs9PRvMc
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, Aaron114Please respect copyright.PENANABAYDJsZk60
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was114Please respect copyright.PENANAtrXmgYzTTD
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the114Please respect copyright.PENANAFlTZDB45je
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If114Please respect copyright.PENANAW237tPIywy
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 understood114Please respect copyright.PENANARFGhbGouTa
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he114Please respect copyright.PENANAi6AMDJSJU2
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck114Please respect copyright.PENANAAlmdCgKZJW
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell114Please respect copyright.PENANA3S0iAzscCN
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into114Please respect copyright.PENANAiMg00MQz2Q
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,114Please respect copyright.PENANAWnD5SjTvJx
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know114Please respect copyright.PENANAXp6gSusHnK
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At114Please respect copyright.PENANA3SLKa9VOK4
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was114Please respect copyright.PENANAH7z69iHSEt
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had114Please respect copyright.PENANA4c0W6FAaac
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because114Please respect copyright.PENANAsxs3hOyGjZ
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t114Please respect copyright.PENANAZvFOEBi6Bv
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,114Please respect copyright.PENANAgSu2j5ZVvE
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t114Please respect copyright.PENANAgvuP6zksAZ
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the114Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1xB4MonlM
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the114Please respect copyright.PENANAbuJ2XLgKPa
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or114Please respect copyright.PENANA2rNwcKIfuc
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to114Please respect copyright.PENANAxGjwhKLBjs
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but114Please respect copyright.PENANAzeWtRQd91f
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of114Please respect copyright.PENANAT6aCsNb7IM
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,114Please respect copyright.PENANAxC5Ky5RAy1
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying114Please respect copyright.PENANAqiL9PYnK4G
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was114Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1KoTioesW
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if114Please respect copyright.PENANAQRhNjJsJBm
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the114Please respect copyright.PENANAGVq2cBvh82
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking114Please respect copyright.PENANAkwYFaOOzyL
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d114Please respect copyright.PENANAFC4Q5qQFHp
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He114Please respect copyright.PENANAsJjA71JIPl
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while114Please respect copyright.PENANAdVBqGkA0YW
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he114Please respect copyright.PENANA0H5slxItnw
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it114Please respect copyright.PENANACgPIJyo4n2
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 moved114Please respect copyright.PENANArpGQXdJj5N
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,114Please respect copyright.PENANAaqIRWjefOA
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the114Please respect copyright.PENANA2LN35MeLcP
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster114Please respect copyright.PENANAor3L6b35C2
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up114Please respect copyright.PENANAKgDnkbeVsl
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with114Please respect copyright.PENANA9yCC6jzGbF
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV114Please respect copyright.PENANAMAUp3igBzv
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and114Please respect copyright.PENANAYVz3BsDhxo
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that114Please respect copyright.PENANAXhcmuoO2Jw
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the114Please respect copyright.PENANA4Avjbhre4A
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures114Please respect copyright.PENANAkMPSLXAVI8
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and114Please respect copyright.PENANA6Qy2cpAAwV
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner114Please respect copyright.PENANAiqPEcfwGrU
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And114Please respect copyright.PENANAgfd4oHIDvg
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have114Please respect copyright.PENANAZEaHwYYJa7
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things114Please respect copyright.PENANAvc9tlN3zY2
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls114Please respect copyright.PENANAFEFw0FYF7y
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed114Please respect copyright.PENANAdWR6LejYko
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always114Please respect copyright.PENANAdyZLERgymr
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear114Please respect copyright.PENANADh7b44jggo
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything114Please respect copyright.PENANADas9C2vRwL
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.114Please respect copyright.PENANAVhTKhpHtFn
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room114Please respect copyright.PENANAG17TxXXCzx
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his114Please respect copyright.PENANAwIW9KmvPA0
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that114Please respect copyright.PENANAdvLh6nvuqW
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped114Please respect copyright.PENANAHCjTC5kTx5
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t114Please respect copyright.PENANAohBwSEsgyf
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall114Please respect copyright.PENANA4BTFKaE8Wt
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb114Please respect copyright.PENANABChvgUzgVo
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way114Please respect copyright.PENANAqZppeqdwC1
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from114Please respect copyright.PENANA8p7JhmqpeL
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate114Please respect copyright.PENANAlBSSXPmLjc
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued114Please respect copyright.PENANAvHx19BvGI4
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 and114Please respect copyright.PENANAOdt2UIRGne
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and114Please respect copyright.PENANAjYGaTLLfbi
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old114Please respect copyright.PENANAlzetXZS4uh
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the114Please respect copyright.PENANAe6WXaGKJAA
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside114Please respect copyright.PENANAsW2m1UQyqX
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was114Please respect copyright.PENANAgezY3nUu5r
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s114Please respect copyright.PENANA7B5psx8JN6
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 while114Please respect copyright.PENANAnkKMgK7z83
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 the114Please respect copyright.PENANA4YGcVeEpzc
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,114Please respect copyright.PENANAebZQDQbenZ
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s114Please respect copyright.PENANA4DEgtvDdGT
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He114Please respect copyright.PENANATK56EPV3tG
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our114Please respect copyright.PENANAW3kq3mhmqO
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 continued114Please respect copyright.PENANA2mu4VlDAQC
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 corner114Please respect copyright.PENANAXr504yauC5
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.114Please respect copyright.PENANA6OD09PrCc3
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the114Please respect copyright.PENANArqoLvPKW7B
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a114Please respect copyright.PENANALEQViLg5An
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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