“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly274Please respect copyright.PENANATif4DGgnzJ
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down274Please respect copyright.PENANAjX6oXygwYc
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My274Please respect copyright.PENANAIzYMNUAoZK
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by274Please respect copyright.PENANACzRZPze2ER
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in274Please respect copyright.PENANAWm4pTm3IKm
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 he274Please respect copyright.PENANAdrRvqWShk9
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing274Please respect copyright.PENANALRSNzsvbmd
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d274Please respect copyright.PENANAvq2dFpg7P1
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we274Please respect copyright.PENANAsBisImD3iF
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,274Please respect copyright.PENANAYXgVcBNBpg
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains274Please respect copyright.PENANAFmzkKPSSOl
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence274Please respect copyright.PENANAPZf6wD8E8A
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically274Please respect copyright.PENANAvVdQg91pGK
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and274Please respect copyright.PENANA30y7Dm9ypO
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before274Please respect copyright.PENANAPfB0VdD5fo
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only274Please respect copyright.PENANAghgff3ThDy
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign274Please respect copyright.PENANACjKkTFXJqw
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never274Please respect copyright.PENANAzQZ9cMR788
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was274Please respect copyright.PENANAbDDT8dg94P
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the274Please respect copyright.PENANAY1LwJZtpLI
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,274Please respect copyright.PENANA4HHTZMyQT3
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he274Please respect copyright.PENANA9BW46W0Bei
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment274Please respect copyright.PENANAEzGNJzYI4z
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, Aaron274Please respect copyright.PENANAG0RdoWdssE
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was274Please respect copyright.PENANASld7oIPGKI
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the274Please respect copyright.PENANAq33HsT6kwD
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If274Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4FHS9RpmN
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 understood274Please respect copyright.PENANAk9WmMDPsL1
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he274Please respect copyright.PENANAea9cxVvDCO
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck274Please respect copyright.PENANA1VjxtciAcP
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell274Please respect copyright.PENANA8l88i4FxV5
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into274Please respect copyright.PENANANZemkq3kqx
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,274Please respect copyright.PENANAnNQMwKXHCi
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know274Please respect copyright.PENANAtugcoeTNp6
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At274Please respect copyright.PENANADKwAbO1NcQ
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was274Please respect copyright.PENANAvCFGUYprYm
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had274Please respect copyright.PENANAJfkTMsOrhe
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because274Please respect copyright.PENANACAnrSPmTqT
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t274Please respect copyright.PENANAfMIsMFHK8N
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,274Please respect copyright.PENANAt7KX8NXwDk
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t274Please respect copyright.PENANALQMAcEpZM3
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the274Please respect copyright.PENANAxF4lJKMveS
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the274Please respect copyright.PENANAskwVwoEL5n
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or274Please respect copyright.PENANAgnRBPbq1dg
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to274Please respect copyright.PENANA3909CvzPVU
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but274Please respect copyright.PENANA0Stdms3zAv
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of274Please respect copyright.PENANA8IuzLS2Oe4
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,274Please respect copyright.PENANA3Z9Zvw49nl
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying274Please respect copyright.PENANAncrNLHGiRt
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was274Please respect copyright.PENANAUo6XEieVsI
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if274Please respect copyright.PENANA2FR4iUtCs6
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the274Please respect copyright.PENANAlxzSka0Pzi
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking274Please respect copyright.PENANAYyuaqNGVo8
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d274Please respect copyright.PENANA6Bwnj8IFVc
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He274Please respect copyright.PENANAv5ybcGiEJ5
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while274Please respect copyright.PENANAOFM2OR3rAN
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he274Please respect copyright.PENANAaEY85QGlzW
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it274Please respect copyright.PENANAm1eqSPln0q
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 moved274Please respect copyright.PENANAvPHLriVxCr
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,274Please respect copyright.PENANA5L4q7IlOUE
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the274Please respect copyright.PENANAZq2Lqbf8xa
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster274Please respect copyright.PENANAY7dJeVU7PG
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up274Please respect copyright.PENANAC7NPsYw5mF
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with274Please respect copyright.PENANAZMMnqwYW5W
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV274Please respect copyright.PENANAiJXR2bQy4L
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and274Please respect copyright.PENANAEkB12tMKAQ
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that274Please respect copyright.PENANA232UNS6YON
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the274Please respect copyright.PENANAP3kOBmBiC2
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures274Please respect copyright.PENANAhAPL0nXpfJ
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and274Please respect copyright.PENANA2lbIngRI9r
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner274Please respect copyright.PENANAcY66lruVeJ
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And274Please respect copyright.PENANA74Q8CtLBmk
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have274Please respect copyright.PENANAwL8RbxRyKJ
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things274Please respect copyright.PENANAgE5EoTQ64p
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls274Please respect copyright.PENANAG7yWX6urK8
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed274Please respect copyright.PENANAy16oPJ83bc
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always274Please respect copyright.PENANAC56IQqzqyL
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear274Please respect copyright.PENANAd461RmNThI
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything274Please respect copyright.PENANAruIqPgyONU
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.274Please respect copyright.PENANAcvIfXmrXo2
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room274Please respect copyright.PENANA1oCp4tndni
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his274Please respect copyright.PENANAanAMCBEdyd
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that274Please respect copyright.PENANABIsoXjwflf
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped274Please respect copyright.PENANAzmZKB3Cdx3
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t274Please respect copyright.PENANAC0S4wZNMVI
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall274Please respect copyright.PENANAs9FVw5ZtDN
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb274Please respect copyright.PENANAkOYiQdDvao
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way274Please respect copyright.PENANAQOr7IN63LT
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from274Please respect copyright.PENANAB27WIfZVIL
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate274Please respect copyright.PENANAioO0Lg6ZKP
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued274Please respect copyright.PENANAunVScGlSjj
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 and274Please respect copyright.PENANAlxOsPOJX2y
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and274Please respect copyright.PENANAqu07QT3vpb
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old274Please respect copyright.PENANAGitPBb08n0
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the274Please respect copyright.PENANADo5YlWwKax
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside274Please respect copyright.PENANA28PTbSu8yI
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was274Please respect copyright.PENANARUo54dTUAh
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s274Please respect copyright.PENANAKUaXE3gJQD
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 while274Please respect copyright.PENANAITISsoHGm7
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 the274Please respect copyright.PENANA7xnCDhAi2n
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,274Please respect copyright.PENANAmiFp6vdx97
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s274Please respect copyright.PENANAtVIYL7asKt
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He274Please respect copyright.PENANAhhnhapn9AO
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our274Please respect copyright.PENANA4Z6fqnzYhO
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 continued274Please respect copyright.PENANAP3nS5orzhU
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 corner274Please respect copyright.PENANAtK5VfQGiWj
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.274Please respect copyright.PENANANRVROIG15W
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the274Please respect copyright.PENANAB1BHeedHqM
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a274Please respect copyright.PENANAU5fmL5Y76A
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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