“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly325Please respect copyright.PENANA9cm4m2qZTm
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down325Please respect copyright.PENANAGgbWPsX1h1
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My325Please respect copyright.PENANAd2S7yAl1kK
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by325Please respect copyright.PENANAwNVxNCkWcZ
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in325Please respect copyright.PENANAdYvpZWwuXU
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 he325Please respect copyright.PENANApDO8NIQuTY
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing325Please respect copyright.PENANAMvs3UWGPFD
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d325Please respect copyright.PENANAo0pyqmnhUZ
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we325Please respect copyright.PENANA9vauTZalEX
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,325Please respect copyright.PENANAKZu4ELNmIz
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains325Please respect copyright.PENANAKyL9rXQjAB
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence325Please respect copyright.PENANALmjtJ2iVy2
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically325Please respect copyright.PENANAJzanm2Qbgr
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and325Please respect copyright.PENANAb1dNMy1kQW
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before325Please respect copyright.PENANAlJyzFHnsV3
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only325Please respect copyright.PENANAtH1m2Nwajb
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign325Please respect copyright.PENANAWLYFOdsgGr
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never325Please respect copyright.PENANALTBwAS8UxM
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was325Please respect copyright.PENANA4p5ihki8Ih
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the325Please respect copyright.PENANA23Cj336ix5
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,325Please respect copyright.PENANA4FYXBdI5na
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he325Please respect copyright.PENANAYvq34I7Rfg
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment325Please respect copyright.PENANACt9YF0Jmg6
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, Aaron325Please respect copyright.PENANA6mtMIYtzpW
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was325Please respect copyright.PENANAQqTwkCQXuu
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the325Please respect copyright.PENANASPMe4FXoQQ
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If325Please respect copyright.PENANAxbXFUGsrHi
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 understood325Please respect copyright.PENANAd9KNxVoA83
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he325Please respect copyright.PENANAmI4xtE85Gt
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck325Please respect copyright.PENANAmo0BPYJZas
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell325Please respect copyright.PENANAA15p4ayqTt
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into325Please respect copyright.PENANAklGuQt3UjV
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,325Please respect copyright.PENANA1tth0nomTn
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know325Please respect copyright.PENANAuaeQjpfgFy
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At325Please respect copyright.PENANA6VxuYr1kQA
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was325Please respect copyright.PENANAinBRDJKDSy
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had325Please respect copyright.PENANAu9vfjgEKgI
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because325Please respect copyright.PENANAV2xgwrjwtq
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t325Please respect copyright.PENANAtdAhJEG5aq
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,325Please respect copyright.PENANAXgbqSfk1dm
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t325Please respect copyright.PENANAR5siQp4pbJ
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the325Please respect copyright.PENANAvJKxJ5T87g
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the325Please respect copyright.PENANAX7921XBP5e
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or325Please respect copyright.PENANAPgTpllJBMe
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to325Please respect copyright.PENANAfVQ6TpcxIV
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but325Please respect copyright.PENANAGb7aO2UBXa
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of325Please respect copyright.PENANAYOAepmeOlN
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,325Please respect copyright.PENANAMWPuE9NnSa
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying325Please respect copyright.PENANAOQm4mlm27y
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was325Please respect copyright.PENANAJQ9IXQ4Yq3
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if325Please respect copyright.PENANAOVchda8ULQ
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the325Please respect copyright.PENANAxpkQGkXeN8
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking325Please respect copyright.PENANA6sD4sO81Vg
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d325Please respect copyright.PENANAoDVon2KZnY
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He325Please respect copyright.PENANALtqX9MoBQB
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while325Please respect copyright.PENANAbcZ0HNmPwZ
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he325Please respect copyright.PENANA2p1d5ZXA7M
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it325Please respect copyright.PENANAzZd0i7aKqD
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 moved325Please respect copyright.PENANA5kKduMjAh7
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,325Please respect copyright.PENANA9i1nQa7R9d
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the325Please respect copyright.PENANAIHwwyEOwmS
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster325Please respect copyright.PENANAekAgZkCQtK
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up325Please respect copyright.PENANArRKaq22rMr
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with325Please respect copyright.PENANAPkFbU5MjLn
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV325Please respect copyright.PENANANjzQsHtqgq
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and325Please respect copyright.PENANAHYUcIFUQAG
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that325Please respect copyright.PENANAkRJKylLkyF
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the325Please respect copyright.PENANAScLsXoFpxu
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures325Please respect copyright.PENANAqLAI8SWD5B
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and325Please respect copyright.PENANAMxqGDzbteB
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner325Please respect copyright.PENANAbt4R7JzRfh
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And325Please respect copyright.PENANA0kyaBcW1Am
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have325Please respect copyright.PENANARKCUnz4Sew
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things325Please respect copyright.PENANAXNaBB5B3NO
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls325Please respect copyright.PENANAc5SAVwmgmS
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed325Please respect copyright.PENANAnvvbQX9Lk7
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always325Please respect copyright.PENANA7zCzauywcD
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear325Please respect copyright.PENANAhwlkGPs3Py
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything325Please respect copyright.PENANABy4NXGgn2i
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.325Please respect copyright.PENANA8JFt1ARZGU
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room325Please respect copyright.PENANAOFW5OoMRWI
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his325Please respect copyright.PENANAzj7vTFtVNS
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that325Please respect copyright.PENANA42ei0PO9NZ
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped325Please respect copyright.PENANAaBXsUKiRJK
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t325Please respect copyright.PENANAF0Py6qf3EJ
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall325Please respect copyright.PENANA9fuaskJoPR
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb325Please respect copyright.PENANAwQ8h4XIqcQ
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way325Please respect copyright.PENANAzc1gnElv3p
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from325Please respect copyright.PENANAa6eXZlUhQY
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate325Please respect copyright.PENANAubTYh3xx6v
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued325Please respect copyright.PENANAWP0TED0nqi
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 and325Please respect copyright.PENANAV9jniC25zY
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and325Please respect copyright.PENANASOEBKjwtmZ
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old325Please respect copyright.PENANACWLsbf7JXW
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the325Please respect copyright.PENANAm7oLrxi5OW
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside325Please respect copyright.PENANAioMAtpb9a0
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was325Please respect copyright.PENANAufymb4UBnJ
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s325Please respect copyright.PENANAYMuWXUzDka
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 while325Please respect copyright.PENANAYsFPuQQbac
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 the325Please respect copyright.PENANAm5xZHsRg1R
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,325Please respect copyright.PENANAoeK0Fm0bVD
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s325Please respect copyright.PENANAgRqrbZaahc
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He325Please respect copyright.PENANAdBSJcA9Loz
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our325Please respect copyright.PENANAtRT0Dhves6
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 continued325Please respect copyright.PENANA6VLgjRvsME
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 corner325Please respect copyright.PENANAlE258etpdo
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.325Please respect copyright.PENANAIbqyDwad3T
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the325Please respect copyright.PENANACAuZ6oZp9Z
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a325Please respect copyright.PENANAUifxd0gFb4
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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