“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly450Please respect copyright.PENANAsjOHXHHzBb
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down450Please respect copyright.PENANAgO0BQs9Vav
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My450Please respect copyright.PENANA8Pl0kRraPf
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by450Please respect copyright.PENANAwQXjj2cG3L
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in450Please respect copyright.PENANAyqtfFH5arV
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 he450Please respect copyright.PENANAgRWtVvJ6Rr
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing450Please respect copyright.PENANAMdkkd8vBrp
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d450Please respect copyright.PENANAZDQn57b1gO
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we450Please respect copyright.PENANA7sJkc35ZFQ
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,450Please respect copyright.PENANAmFS9PRQd5D
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains450Please respect copyright.PENANARRdw0vU4L3
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence450Please respect copyright.PENANAQbOSjgdaBz
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically450Please respect copyright.PENANAjtMlLJbvvJ
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and450Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6zHqNuEKq
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before450Please respect copyright.PENANAy8kxqxAQir
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only450Please respect copyright.PENANASzcirybG2a
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign450Please respect copyright.PENANA7edgtwqJVb
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never450Please respect copyright.PENANA17mmF5h5ID
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was450Please respect copyright.PENANAriHkw7TEzm
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the450Please respect copyright.PENANAeqbFID8w8r
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,450Please respect copyright.PENANAd5ZSC4zOnO
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he450Please respect copyright.PENANAeIlYEthPtF
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment450Please respect copyright.PENANA2bnje6Wdc0
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, Aaron450Please respect copyright.PENANAMILD8B1h2q
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was450Please respect copyright.PENANAL9vgxnKSvZ
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the450Please respect copyright.PENANA1zVVPTFAb2
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If450Please respect copyright.PENANAyoYqXS1qvv
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 understood450Please respect copyright.PENANASVhNkcG2pC
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he450Please respect copyright.PENANAN0keZEeKBS
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck450Please respect copyright.PENANA9uOLatl5ap
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell450Please respect copyright.PENANAo7Om0XRd8p
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into450Please respect copyright.PENANAS5gjxhXuHD
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,450Please respect copyright.PENANAL899iTsLXb
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know450Please respect copyright.PENANAG4yyZPoR0A
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At450Please respect copyright.PENANA1yZ9NnCIdw
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was450Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8pxlKAt1v
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had450Please respect copyright.PENANAdnLDdkCNDx
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because450Please respect copyright.PENANAPCCWVsVIcM
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t450Please respect copyright.PENANAiswfh954HT
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,450Please respect copyright.PENANAYWuaTDdv9f
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t450Please respect copyright.PENANAUdICSmDHG7
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the450Please respect copyright.PENANAk2nN6o1BRH
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the450Please respect copyright.PENANA4y8nkgPvMi
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or450Please respect copyright.PENANAfim6pM8Psf
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to450Please respect copyright.PENANAXl7CZolYOT
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but450Please respect copyright.PENANAg6DqoZgyHs
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of450Please respect copyright.PENANAD5ft5kWzmN
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,450Please respect copyright.PENANA268nAr7hV1
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying450Please respect copyright.PENANACov9OT1Lwp
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was450Please respect copyright.PENANAO3sdIVcjd2
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if450Please respect copyright.PENANARSnfCHbb1o
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the450Please respect copyright.PENANA8EdyYxoNCT
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking450Please respect copyright.PENANABe5yPP0toH
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d450Please respect copyright.PENANAlVthb0k8nQ
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He450Please respect copyright.PENANAGh0uM8ayyS
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while450Please respect copyright.PENANArm1TAzNKWh
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he450Please respect copyright.PENANAz01uXHwzlz
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it450Please respect copyright.PENANAmmB1gO3LPD
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 moved450Please respect copyright.PENANABhvF3HtHL4
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,450Please respect copyright.PENANAndFzT2HRnb
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the450Please respect copyright.PENANAvtkLwOdbyY
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster450Please respect copyright.PENANAaVoMkYm7g1
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up450Please respect copyright.PENANA4htuihf2BH
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with450Please respect copyright.PENANAb8kZRxs6rH
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV450Please respect copyright.PENANA1byGLsA79J
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and450Please respect copyright.PENANACCg2rfEErj
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that450Please respect copyright.PENANAlnUF4qsRtx
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the450Please respect copyright.PENANA5BXzzDMwWC
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures450Please respect copyright.PENANAEkb1j0FxBu
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and450Please respect copyright.PENANAhxCUyknTOt
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner450Please respect copyright.PENANA7XRAXOFiit
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And450Please respect copyright.PENANAgLpuv2hT6N
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have450Please respect copyright.PENANAqAkLFaUnps
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things450Please respect copyright.PENANANr752z1Lk9
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls450Please respect copyright.PENANAO5Izehg8lS
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed450Please respect copyright.PENANA0twzantIvz
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always450Please respect copyright.PENANAicdXC2F9Qp
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear450Please respect copyright.PENANArd6WX4HSWy
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything450Please respect copyright.PENANAc24IsqBikg
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.450Please respect copyright.PENANARC7NtyKDsO
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room450Please respect copyright.PENANAXkdUoQe7FJ
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his450Please respect copyright.PENANA8UkJeo1lTl
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that450Please respect copyright.PENANAxC4JGP7Ivh
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped450Please respect copyright.PENANAULkBlNFJ7A
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t450Please respect copyright.PENANA2UvvEami0m
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall450Please respect copyright.PENANAfN3PcnIgI3
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb450Please respect copyright.PENANAS9QmrGNMPb
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way450Please respect copyright.PENANAeCYJOZIoKz
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from450Please respect copyright.PENANAVQdSky9Ccj
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate450Please respect copyright.PENANA4h1526z71s
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued450Please respect copyright.PENANAcUiws7EmBz
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 and450Please respect copyright.PENANAgwXSWCKpWp
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and450Please respect copyright.PENANAFjatn4pKlp
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old450Please respect copyright.PENANAU29pxHc7qK
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the450Please respect copyright.PENANAVC5foq5Nxl
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside450Please respect copyright.PENANA5E3XNqHiXV
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was450Please respect copyright.PENANAY32Zyrlwse
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s450Please respect copyright.PENANAHrDF5Tz2Jo
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 while450Please respect copyright.PENANA8o8zotORV9
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 the450Please respect copyright.PENANAVKenepPZCU
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,450Please respect copyright.PENANAk0Q3B4puSP
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s450Please respect copyright.PENANARZH29fRvnk
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He450Please respect copyright.PENANASkEhxpJu1Z
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our450Please respect copyright.PENANAtvmpaEh5L0
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 continued450Please respect copyright.PENANASJFa7i78ud
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 corner450Please respect copyright.PENANATGrwUgH5Ge
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.450Please respect copyright.PENANA2LX81vz8O4
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the450Please respect copyright.PENANAxnJt7bGEuA
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a450Please respect copyright.PENANAxBnY3XWCTd
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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