“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly351Please respect copyright.PENANAhaq3uPLy91
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down351Please respect copyright.PENANAo2TFxTYzlA
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My351Please respect copyright.PENANAhYFIzpBIHT
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by351Please respect copyright.PENANAzMqGC0erb9
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in351Please respect copyright.PENANAGxZ0sLckt4
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 he351Please respect copyright.PENANAi11foM2vt8
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing351Please respect copyright.PENANAmNEkwj3Cmk
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d351Please respect copyright.PENANAgJPrqpPHy7
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we351Please respect copyright.PENANAWoCmeM7suO
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,351Please respect copyright.PENANAhnwDVT0YBd
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains351Please respect copyright.PENANArHLQxD5cGk
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence351Please respect copyright.PENANAj8TRIVkifl
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically351Please respect copyright.PENANAPzVsq3TRZx
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and351Please respect copyright.PENANA1nxUV17wLA
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before351Please respect copyright.PENANAsYp343bIxS
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only351Please respect copyright.PENANA737hFaOX8O
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign351Please respect copyright.PENANAKujTBOOoTQ
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never351Please respect copyright.PENANAZuROaCEDii
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was351Please respect copyright.PENANA649sNRmrLv
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the351Please respect copyright.PENANAgEQFKa1jqf
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,351Please respect copyright.PENANA3relElGSNp
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he351Please respect copyright.PENANAQmV8JX628I
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment351Please respect copyright.PENANA8B8HOuLwmE
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, Aaron351Please respect copyright.PENANAFu7yLoU2J2
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was351Please respect copyright.PENANAIiS2h2wpjr
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the351Please respect copyright.PENANAbl5N9H0VoP
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If351Please respect copyright.PENANA3g3CzJyYAX
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 understood351Please respect copyright.PENANAneK3TynzQJ
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he351Please respect copyright.PENANAmw2UKNCdLQ
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck351Please respect copyright.PENANASiF7aG8kA6
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell351Please respect copyright.PENANAWtxFJsH0Nf
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into351Please respect copyright.PENANA0MvvqI6oOc
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,351Please respect copyright.PENANAAW462m5sWb
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know351Please respect copyright.PENANAzhDQ9tO6Ri
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At351Please respect copyright.PENANAi6ULhVJUkK
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was351Please respect copyright.PENANAs7ek5CyEsX
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had351Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ltz5eRepF
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because351Please respect copyright.PENANAHFuvNR39WD
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t351Please respect copyright.PENANAtdO3E9pMFO
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,351Please respect copyright.PENANA9oWuUqBCWq
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t351Please respect copyright.PENANAJKDMbjd619
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the351Please respect copyright.PENANAEfe0p8wGj2
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the351Please respect copyright.PENANAEl0MQHhLB0
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or351Please respect copyright.PENANADiMYUM7fH9
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to351Please respect copyright.PENANA4nnc7EAKX1
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but351Please respect copyright.PENANANNCYMRTgZY
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of351Please respect copyright.PENANAmBJ7ESf0Wo
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,351Please respect copyright.PENANAWCY5yhEKoY
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying351Please respect copyright.PENANAWs6dC7hriE
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was351Please respect copyright.PENANAg0iTKukgQH
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if351Please respect copyright.PENANAu4Qm8lX2wZ
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the351Please respect copyright.PENANAM9IwOnB9jP
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking351Please respect copyright.PENANAqDv9I7Rxko
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d351Please respect copyright.PENANA6Zz0D39R3W
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He351Please respect copyright.PENANAaCJIEMeGzA
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while351Please respect copyright.PENANAuFC81QWtjb
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he351Please respect copyright.PENANAqAsjAvSmFy
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it351Please respect copyright.PENANAD93F7Hcn3D
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 moved351Please respect copyright.PENANAYeMlvnTGEj
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,351Please respect copyright.PENANAKDuYSWgAkl
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the351Please respect copyright.PENANAhzFXpz1qwI
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster351Please respect copyright.PENANAitc5CvIpT3
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up351Please respect copyright.PENANARbyGJfcv8P
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with351Please respect copyright.PENANAJdSo6ZQ87l
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV351Please respect copyright.PENANA7HfOewPs3F
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and351Please respect copyright.PENANAOawtvbVk0U
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that351Please respect copyright.PENANASbLC1HwI6N
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the351Please respect copyright.PENANAeTkSoUMC77
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures351Please respect copyright.PENANAIV1a5sRMrc
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and351Please respect copyright.PENANAJ55zPeJ3th
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner351Please respect copyright.PENANA7Zx3anv8H4
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And351Please respect copyright.PENANART0v4SH7NW
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have351Please respect copyright.PENANAWxHfGg6p1s
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things351Please respect copyright.PENANAw2PDukzNRM
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls351Please respect copyright.PENANAbXW1OV3Y5K
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed351Please respect copyright.PENANAb4vn94oWNm
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always351Please respect copyright.PENANAwDulObepHU
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear351Please respect copyright.PENANAwrxvZQuVat
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything351Please respect copyright.PENANAc2WsUi3U1J
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.351Please respect copyright.PENANAm227gJTKlS
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room351Please respect copyright.PENANAsxlPt9uFPy
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his351Please respect copyright.PENANA1RbsCS1N0H
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that351Please respect copyright.PENANA856uqfR1BK
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped351Please respect copyright.PENANAyjR8UdKKvB
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t351Please respect copyright.PENANAtmzfbfV3oY
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall351Please respect copyright.PENANA8AZ6oTI99k
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb351Please respect copyright.PENANAb6muGON3AY
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way351Please respect copyright.PENANAcGQIWofT4l
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from351Please respect copyright.PENANAKx2FRS3V1w
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate351Please respect copyright.PENANAE2cHu9k7kA
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued351Please respect copyright.PENANAs3dN3JRFWC
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 and351Please respect copyright.PENANAkNJndAkyhb
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and351Please respect copyright.PENANAsyUM57iMQR
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old351Please respect copyright.PENANA0EQHCh2GO6
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the351Please respect copyright.PENANAaLs5H4ooP8
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside351Please respect copyright.PENANA6JiFJ8IYXn
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was351Please respect copyright.PENANA97erjZz5Ki
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s351Please respect copyright.PENANATyPrWBkRyi
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 while351Please respect copyright.PENANAVqoSMjbK2b
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 the351Please respect copyright.PENANAGcCEWwcONq
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,351Please respect copyright.PENANA492r5S8igc
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s351Please respect copyright.PENANAga9qCRCDtd
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He351Please respect copyright.PENANAuMqDUy3ApU
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our351Please respect copyright.PENANACrRKk7iGF3
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 continued351Please respect copyright.PENANAWyWPvLzMuS
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 corner351Please respect copyright.PENANASV1owuvIj6
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.351Please respect copyright.PENANAl6mYPieu8k
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the351Please respect copyright.PENANACQAKWgrb4R
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a351Please respect copyright.PENANAGVjjgPmpJr
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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