“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly314Please respect copyright.PENANAzRefYX8948
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down314Please respect copyright.PENANAF5jpinMykL
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My314Please respect copyright.PENANAfndNL6K3iX
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by314Please respect copyright.PENANAgyUOq94OGL
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in314Please respect copyright.PENANAqJgf26z2up
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 he314Please respect copyright.PENANAwerSXHEN48
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing314Please respect copyright.PENANA4vmRXSvEfI
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d314Please respect copyright.PENANAzj1feFgGCq
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we314Please respect copyright.PENANAxL715igo1h
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,314Please respect copyright.PENANAgwxYdxAp2X
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains314Please respect copyright.PENANAuAZohOsBxq
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence314Please respect copyright.PENANAZl4XnXystA
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically314Please respect copyright.PENANALFfMTBIsJ5
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and314Please respect copyright.PENANAlRAfKBAllh
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before314Please respect copyright.PENANA91UOF45V9R
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only314Please respect copyright.PENANAChC7h12Bmb
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign314Please respect copyright.PENANAZxyS87u6cr
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never314Please respect copyright.PENANAm9M7cwVpkr
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was314Please respect copyright.PENANANUpXyFZwDq
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the314Please respect copyright.PENANA1366HJUEM2
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,314Please respect copyright.PENANAzIYvJ9IZSc
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he314Please respect copyright.PENANAGzHM1C2q7G
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment314Please respect copyright.PENANAgXG7l76k0N
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, Aaron314Please respect copyright.PENANAYCUtkJlb5s
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was314Please respect copyright.PENANA4maKWK4uwD
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the314Please respect copyright.PENANAXbggeHzlDQ
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If314Please respect copyright.PENANAI09c3IorqS
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 understood314Please respect copyright.PENANALBWB5WhyHa
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he314Please respect copyright.PENANAjfYeEzPWMz
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck314Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3P7nYEEW8
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell314Please respect copyright.PENANAqDSEnVrlnJ
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into314Please respect copyright.PENANAV9FhhOsnBH
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,314Please respect copyright.PENANA6zJS9GPsxc
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know314Please respect copyright.PENANAH5xA7WvW0V
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At314Please respect copyright.PENANAWF7pBOXgfJ
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was314Please respect copyright.PENANAzWyoxlFI3S
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had314Please respect copyright.PENANAj0phVEEZw2
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because314Please respect copyright.PENANAy40h02s3V2
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t314Please respect copyright.PENANAL4Sx5GZUBH
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,314Please respect copyright.PENANAcqAcJfvO54
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t314Please respect copyright.PENANAmLs9kv8Sla
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the314Please respect copyright.PENANAJR4udaS9sD
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the314Please respect copyright.PENANAYF4pbPGNlg
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or314Please respect copyright.PENANADJubLhhJKp
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to314Please respect copyright.PENANAFNrB0IoXYs
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but314Please respect copyright.PENANAZlCB07mBLA
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of314Please respect copyright.PENANAP7x1iW7kXI
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,314Please respect copyright.PENANAFktQisXNRH
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying314Please respect copyright.PENANAufof4F4Btt
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was314Please respect copyright.PENANAWxQR7TiqiU
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if314Please respect copyright.PENANA4dfQgFBdBy
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the314Please respect copyright.PENANAIkcIyNKDNu
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking314Please respect copyright.PENANAgJYVJQxuLD
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d314Please respect copyright.PENANAXU37uS0LUn
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He314Please respect copyright.PENANAfIQQDQ6Frh
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while314Please respect copyright.PENANAf5THrHifWt
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he314Please respect copyright.PENANABb2XlG6a43
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it314Please respect copyright.PENANAtg3WYfqXq3
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 moved314Please respect copyright.PENANAXzd7Rwvogg
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,314Please respect copyright.PENANAB4LAjf3P8n
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the314Please respect copyright.PENANAID4K42c1yc
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster314Please respect copyright.PENANAtrwGhDsRXD
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up314Please respect copyright.PENANAtqgD7sgDhG
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with314Please respect copyright.PENANAidXA74E09a
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV314Please respect copyright.PENANA0GaqW8GiMj
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and314Please respect copyright.PENANAjPnT2C2Pck
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that314Please respect copyright.PENANAHEbcrz8Cv6
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the314Please respect copyright.PENANAQQ5xM982OQ
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures314Please respect copyright.PENANA6VE7ITjH3T
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and314Please respect copyright.PENANAH65siFJi3s
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner314Please respect copyright.PENANARggN4BPOAU
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And314Please respect copyright.PENANAqF1tdJkVA6
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have314Please respect copyright.PENANAK4k85AxASJ
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things314Please respect copyright.PENANAWkMx6cgXpM
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls314Please respect copyright.PENANAdZp1IThEaA
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed314Please respect copyright.PENANAzukE7VB8od
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always314Please respect copyright.PENANAyQ2ybRI8du
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear314Please respect copyright.PENANABXffCBa4WZ
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything314Please respect copyright.PENANAcvmvYbQHH4
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.314Please respect copyright.PENANAJNWDqVO7yp
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room314Please respect copyright.PENANAR6uwZLAcbh
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his314Please respect copyright.PENANAsCTgNpZFWW
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that314Please respect copyright.PENANA0VWyFpteZK
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped314Please respect copyright.PENANAt1MleyrAGP
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t314Please respect copyright.PENANAFMPZGSSqYW
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall314Please respect copyright.PENANAkmIdftt1E8
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb314Please respect copyright.PENANAVDN06sJIbw
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way314Please respect copyright.PENANAkBCWsoakaY
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from314Please respect copyright.PENANAFSDuT64ZFe
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate314Please respect copyright.PENANA47A4oXoJnT
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued314Please respect copyright.PENANAHEJTbx77iE
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 and314Please respect copyright.PENANASyjESfYp4P
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and314Please respect copyright.PENANAkKa5Q6hTHj
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old314Please respect copyright.PENANArynrYRClVJ
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the314Please respect copyright.PENANAghjXwMtEvZ
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside314Please respect copyright.PENANArcYl3sPK8u
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was314Please respect copyright.PENANArp6gljsHwL
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s314Please respect copyright.PENANAjhKThWkSug
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 while314Please respect copyright.PENANAaxxgPjriow
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 the314Please respect copyright.PENANAX6nN3S2UZp
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,314Please respect copyright.PENANAIUZlsHD8t1
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s314Please respect copyright.PENANApEbUCi10aN
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He314Please respect copyright.PENANAneKgRFta3Y
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our314Please respect copyright.PENANAJs9ithPeVi
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 continued314Please respect copyright.PENANAWjSNY29jbg
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 corner314Please respect copyright.PENANAYPAUK1eK9M
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.314Please respect copyright.PENANAXsnjOeLHZq
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the314Please respect copyright.PENANA9xBTtjsJFb
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a314Please respect copyright.PENANAC0iB7B4rNJ
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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