“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly319Please respect copyright.PENANAU0KP8SGW28
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down319Please respect copyright.PENANAnJc7ZaCRIl
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My319Please respect copyright.PENANA2makrqGca1
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by319Please respect copyright.PENANAlJTWAEN3xJ
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in319Please respect copyright.PENANA5d0mSq7ztQ
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 he319Please respect copyright.PENANAneOrYXeNgh
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing319Please respect copyright.PENANA36sRRAQhrX
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d319Please respect copyright.PENANAmexAnhc6yj
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we319Please respect copyright.PENANAAI9WVgjF3O
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,319Please respect copyright.PENANAak63WArX06
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains319Please respect copyright.PENANAmRuB1yJpFw
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence319Please respect copyright.PENANAhB8p7YUGlX
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically319Please respect copyright.PENANAbeq4D8Aw1p
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and319Please respect copyright.PENANAUykL0s5pQd
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before319Please respect copyright.PENANAoEd8aLtOtd
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only319Please respect copyright.PENANAx7KjPu20iM
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign319Please respect copyright.PENANAOE2BdOTouY
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never319Please respect copyright.PENANAHOGGZSrWDb
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was319Please respect copyright.PENANAyfkAt2bZ1n
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the319Please respect copyright.PENANAefQpUbCRuj
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,319Please respect copyright.PENANAsRaKq8QFd0
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he319Please respect copyright.PENANAP7OSwvcUxQ
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment319Please respect copyright.PENANAV7w55ZHZPT
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, Aaron319Please respect copyright.PENANAj7vstZiMqb
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was319Please respect copyright.PENANAJ31TjcTyMc
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the319Please respect copyright.PENANAX9Ut6ACzQr
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If319Please respect copyright.PENANAiEnDHQxPKY
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 understood319Please respect copyright.PENANAzyfuwoCTot
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he319Please respect copyright.PENANAkH9i6E9YtV
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck319Please respect copyright.PENANAHnZInQ2gIK
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell319Please respect copyright.PENANAFFoPR23jRM
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into319Please respect copyright.PENANAaVFRjDtcY0
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,319Please respect copyright.PENANApgYwVqy4s6
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know319Please respect copyright.PENANAsF4vb4sqdV
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At319Please respect copyright.PENANAjhlAfB7Rsu
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was319Please respect copyright.PENANA1rDFQYCVQr
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had319Please respect copyright.PENANAqgZ5aJnqpi
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because319Please respect copyright.PENANA5RHq3M2WHf
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t319Please respect copyright.PENANAv9Luf54KXN
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,319Please respect copyright.PENANABNN2EJgaiu
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t319Please respect copyright.PENANAeNaisWO2fw
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the319Please respect copyright.PENANAOkj4KoSmYF
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the319Please respect copyright.PENANA5m1FfSrJsh
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or319Please respect copyright.PENANAkIrBV73bAq
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to319Please respect copyright.PENANAHdOaQwWTgn
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but319Please respect copyright.PENANAPNSecNTLji
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of319Please respect copyright.PENANA2Ugwj9aPjw
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,319Please respect copyright.PENANAayFrXTKpOR
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying319Please respect copyright.PENANAEPFVRsPV6t
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was319Please respect copyright.PENANAXB9zwWPxOX
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if319Please respect copyright.PENANAg4M0bp7l4t
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the319Please respect copyright.PENANAm0sxcuM1X3
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking319Please respect copyright.PENANA7IdeZRnV5u
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d319Please respect copyright.PENANANKxkGR0R5V
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He319Please respect copyright.PENANAzydyaD05Kr
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while319Please respect copyright.PENANAa40kraeHh3
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he319Please respect copyright.PENANAJNEnQBRXX9
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it319Please respect copyright.PENANA14ynSawPJg
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 moved319Please respect copyright.PENANAcFGBIhVXBE
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,319Please respect copyright.PENANAdGPJ3BLH48
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the319Please respect copyright.PENANAbBUjVF896Q
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster319Please respect copyright.PENANAzpMhb3dcPB
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up319Please respect copyright.PENANAfyd3W30EMY
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with319Please respect copyright.PENANAAcpet77ttt
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV319Please respect copyright.PENANA7AfPSEoqk6
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and319Please respect copyright.PENANAoXLOfOOa9D
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that319Please respect copyright.PENANAuezoX8Ys8y
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the319Please respect copyright.PENANAGdlHUx1tHj
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures319Please respect copyright.PENANA3SmtlYon2K
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and319Please respect copyright.PENANA24ODfOtRlL
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner319Please respect copyright.PENANAkWaxOZ8QNU
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And319Please respect copyright.PENANANBkaeTV5GH
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have319Please respect copyright.PENANAX2Sdl2YwX0
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things319Please respect copyright.PENANA7xPMMdcDAq
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls319Please respect copyright.PENANAryHQ2hW98F
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed319Please respect copyright.PENANAiaUr83pNiI
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always319Please respect copyright.PENANArf6SUUyUNM
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear319Please respect copyright.PENANAyrbpu8Pa2u
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything319Please respect copyright.PENANAXLvAKqPYUD
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.319Please respect copyright.PENANAjFuslr1TWw
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room319Please respect copyright.PENANAW4WQpOtaxn
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his319Please respect copyright.PENANA7TLqnTl8tr
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that319Please respect copyright.PENANAgwBV7Rekiy
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped319Please respect copyright.PENANAnyGBE2Ox79
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t319Please respect copyright.PENANAe9TxNDJagW
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall319Please respect copyright.PENANA9Vysx9LVJi
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb319Please respect copyright.PENANAOpPIh0P39h
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way319Please respect copyright.PENANAcG5nbcCo44
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from319Please respect copyright.PENANA4s1cDGM5gj
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate319Please respect copyright.PENANAUm6jYrHqoF
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued319Please respect copyright.PENANAr70GKu6ABS
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 and319Please respect copyright.PENANAMRh13FWDmF
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and319Please respect copyright.PENANAmnbYpGnKZA
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old319Please respect copyright.PENANAg2XJCu07Ja
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the319Please respect copyright.PENANAqUrcT87R0D
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside319Please respect copyright.PENANAzMdunuMczt
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was319Please respect copyright.PENANA403ylTMmCo
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s319Please respect copyright.PENANARTtxnrR1PT
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 while319Please respect copyright.PENANAYcSSm9Hjkh
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 the319Please respect copyright.PENANAORHOdxac3J
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,319Please respect copyright.PENANAhJRBbZ5qcn
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s319Please respect copyright.PENANA8Hb4yOWcbT
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He319Please respect copyright.PENANADEWeU4N0WO
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our319Please respect copyright.PENANAanNyP0q4tu
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 continued319Please respect copyright.PENANAkEVLMXgm6Z
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 corner319Please respect copyright.PENANARmaJxkW1Tp
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.319Please respect copyright.PENANAe1SFS7mRoy
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the319Please respect copyright.PENANAAF8VzaqWB4
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a319Please respect copyright.PENANAbJpyo0BY0m
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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