“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly401Please respect copyright.PENANAISoqTofZNK
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down401Please respect copyright.PENANAak5RR9BWBJ
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My401Please respect copyright.PENANAgCtHPiBZIz
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by401Please respect copyright.PENANAMppQ8poWXu
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in401Please respect copyright.PENANAcBMuX4xWsM
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 he401Please respect copyright.PENANAZWmAcFo17c
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing401Please respect copyright.PENANAHmHVgyleTU
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d401Please respect copyright.PENANAPQKqf5I1l2
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we401Please respect copyright.PENANAg31gf5Msky
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,401Please respect copyright.PENANAuVYQ5Yk9H4
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains401Please respect copyright.PENANAF8ZSEfvXSy
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence401Please respect copyright.PENANAMNd05veD8w
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically401Please respect copyright.PENANAwnCELr80V0
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and401Please respect copyright.PENANAjnszMfVZgH
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before401Please respect copyright.PENANA3o91cqFYE5
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only401Please respect copyright.PENANAqeVaoUsK2m
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign401Please respect copyright.PENANAnxwOmnFnBX
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never401Please respect copyright.PENANAyiBxKyXFfP
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was401Please respect copyright.PENANA8Akc9902fI
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the401Please respect copyright.PENANAqwpUCWmFE5
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,401Please respect copyright.PENANABIWVldQQwX
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he401Please respect copyright.PENANAfpmEfpjygU
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment401Please respect copyright.PENANAj6dJxCK4Ox
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, Aaron401Please respect copyright.PENANAQgcQnCt2LS
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was401Please respect copyright.PENANArPWiQnbqgY
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the401Please respect copyright.PENANAZLv4LjlwlA
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If401Please respect copyright.PENANAihpgHQpKxR
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 understood401Please respect copyright.PENANAwcjzsp71tp
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he401Please respect copyright.PENANAZnBp9CPBZD
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck401Please respect copyright.PENANAyn3qpDdTjQ
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell401Please respect copyright.PENANADHeNSm24g4
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into401Please respect copyright.PENANAgQXNgvmSIk
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,401Please respect copyright.PENANAhCW1BZXxMG
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know401Please respect copyright.PENANAgTmwI20y9O
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At401Please respect copyright.PENANAbtvusZoMUp
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was401Please respect copyright.PENANAviVlpUEw0Q
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had401Please respect copyright.PENANAF8kqRE7Cqt
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because401Please respect copyright.PENANANVLTcB3fdJ
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t401Please respect copyright.PENANA6q9ftA1vxD
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,401Please respect copyright.PENANAVy9Sz5m05F
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t401Please respect copyright.PENANA25l2VVVgA0
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the401Please respect copyright.PENANA3jhwvekwJi
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the401Please respect copyright.PENANApp5SLo3ObE
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or401Please respect copyright.PENANAjQFxp7yCCD
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to401Please respect copyright.PENANA9KhKpJGmG5
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but401Please respect copyright.PENANAwtmE9mjr0L
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of401Please respect copyright.PENANAiSoi9DKLPv
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,401Please respect copyright.PENANAqHn5ln8TrF
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying401Please respect copyright.PENANAALyfE2i0vN
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was401Please respect copyright.PENANAB2LxXo9bLN
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if401Please respect copyright.PENANARQyU78tOiy
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the401Please respect copyright.PENANAuxuvwSMPQQ
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking401Please respect copyright.PENANAYXSrejRsQh
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d401Please respect copyright.PENANA2avDZtSIJd
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He401Please respect copyright.PENANA55b4fOvYVl
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while401Please respect copyright.PENANAFHGxv998E9
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he401Please respect copyright.PENANATeYorKsIaJ
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it401Please respect copyright.PENANAifBZIp9FVM
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 moved401Please respect copyright.PENANAejbpj2Y7Qo
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,401Please respect copyright.PENANAMNV1c05HDq
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the401Please respect copyright.PENANAVxr5jUa3Zd
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster401Please respect copyright.PENANAHrCtuvcuva
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up401Please respect copyright.PENANApKcnaWYPeR
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with401Please respect copyright.PENANAlHoR1DPJUd
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV401Please respect copyright.PENANA3fUhtwJjsx
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and401Please respect copyright.PENANAZZOSXMdOT6
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that401Please respect copyright.PENANAA5WQFjwWLE
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the401Please respect copyright.PENANAFedsSVK9tb
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures401Please respect copyright.PENANAYoO1NIzVMd
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and401Please respect copyright.PENANALuxrjZ9j5n
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner401Please respect copyright.PENANA5sEXM2ulms
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And401Please respect copyright.PENANAIrMCWGaLBJ
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have401Please respect copyright.PENANAKTf65vMumf
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things401Please respect copyright.PENANAfQsLkCXgM1
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls401Please respect copyright.PENANA0Lq3X40fN6
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed401Please respect copyright.PENANAwzrGgBrNpX
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always401Please respect copyright.PENANAZDD808h0S0
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear401Please respect copyright.PENANAevf2X9lJEc
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything401Please respect copyright.PENANAw8VNOHk2sW
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.401Please respect copyright.PENANAlpH1mbfUml
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room401Please respect copyright.PENANA79ilNBzEXr
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his401Please respect copyright.PENANAOvSuLvZhPD
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that401Please respect copyright.PENANAMuHbsYRfGl
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped401Please respect copyright.PENANAzupSPoaO2F
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t401Please respect copyright.PENANAbwy2swMMX5
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall401Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0YHA3JBoE
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb401Please respect copyright.PENANAtK39wIPupT
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way401Please respect copyright.PENANAh8Qiuvj9D6
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from401Please respect copyright.PENANAYcAxHZ5ce6
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate401Please respect copyright.PENANAYxsx1DucQ5
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued401Please respect copyright.PENANA0IxYFzFXAs
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 and401Please respect copyright.PENANA9HKZp3o2Lf
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and401Please respect copyright.PENANAxOL2StXRI8
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old401Please respect copyright.PENANAYu5wyGx7qw
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the401Please respect copyright.PENANAqYkK1drKGf
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside401Please respect copyright.PENANAFCbMLRXc9s
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was401Please respect copyright.PENANAXW88uVkPuM
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s401Please respect copyright.PENANAq4e8UAyyQE
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 while401Please respect copyright.PENANAJY0WhzgmVu
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 the401Please respect copyright.PENANABJHySOj4Sn
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,401Please respect copyright.PENANAg0EDwoc3I4
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s401Please respect copyright.PENANAslWyIWBY3C
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He401Please respect copyright.PENANA71hO8M8VlL
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our401Please respect copyright.PENANAPtWJrSWo8P
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 continued401Please respect copyright.PENANACDWXiGK7Qi
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 corner401Please respect copyright.PENANAH54F4cd0KR
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.401Please respect copyright.PENANA1wLuE7NKJY
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the401Please respect copyright.PENANARBSzFlf2lG
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a401Please respect copyright.PENANABDtZFFEQk6
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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