“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly117Please respect copyright.PENANAc1LwPinvOF
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down117Please respect copyright.PENANAKnpcoglr7D
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My117Please respect copyright.PENANA09BS9r8aAg
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by117Please respect copyright.PENANALNdnAtTaeV
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in117Please respect copyright.PENANAbRsdBds9v8
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 he117Please respect copyright.PENANATWed4fJCOM
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing117Please respect copyright.PENANAvGoqk2WRyd
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d117Please respect copyright.PENANAw5ym2qmm7x
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we117Please respect copyright.PENANALD5CPl9oTt
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,117Please respect copyright.PENANAuhOvQVENfC
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains117Please respect copyright.PENANA5v1Tr3h0Ef
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence117Please respect copyright.PENANASFy3bq3POn
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically117Please respect copyright.PENANAPZfjYIFyfy
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and117Please respect copyright.PENANAAo2AMTodyG
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before117Please respect copyright.PENANAkdwGeNeqcT
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only117Please respect copyright.PENANAGqmQKyshbx
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign117Please respect copyright.PENANA0E0tQhoFPA
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never117Please respect copyright.PENANAZSEJIrvZK8
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was117Please respect copyright.PENANAGdqprv9rNJ
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the117Please respect copyright.PENANAjwD9j5hbSN
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,117Please respect copyright.PENANAbq8o1t3SPV
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he117Please respect copyright.PENANAtgvf6UJUcl
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment117Please respect copyright.PENANAYn92vJttzz
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, Aaron117Please respect copyright.PENANAfTuLea84A0
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was117Please respect copyright.PENANAO6nRSm9xmF
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the117Please respect copyright.PENANAvXZMdItV74
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If117Please respect copyright.PENANA7W9FM3ZaLq
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 understood117Please respect copyright.PENANAaRjiehbPNQ
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he117Please respect copyright.PENANAwrPuB4asPC
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck117Please respect copyright.PENANAeUPKotCD9n
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell117Please respect copyright.PENANAHmUsd6DtNK
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into117Please respect copyright.PENANANbqS1VRu22
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,117Please respect copyright.PENANAXE95nk2WKk
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know117Please respect copyright.PENANAavlneC5508
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At117Please respect copyright.PENANAOFbwkQofdy
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was117Please respect copyright.PENANAUp9JXxlHMO
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had117Please respect copyright.PENANAWAzu6UGAwn
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because117Please respect copyright.PENANAA0c7wdf1qr
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t117Please respect copyright.PENANAzdkg2eOgKc
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,117Please respect copyright.PENANAk9J7pbd7UK
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t117Please respect copyright.PENANAuVJXfkA5K7
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the117Please respect copyright.PENANAkdJcaDSr5r
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the117Please respect copyright.PENANAev4KxmGX9M
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or117Please respect copyright.PENANA5qR9XxOPlN
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to117Please respect copyright.PENANAQfIVWb6Od8
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but117Please respect copyright.PENANAkveaDoTIYC
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of117Please respect copyright.PENANAGcPOu39max
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,117Please respect copyright.PENANAm0UUhtYxRX
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying117Please respect copyright.PENANAIqxnerUeyl
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was117Please respect copyright.PENANATuirglLmr7
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if117Please respect copyright.PENANAEDhpqdxlAr
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the117Please respect copyright.PENANALiDiUKFjNE
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking117Please respect copyright.PENANAvMinzqxDz7
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d117Please respect copyright.PENANAXTlzOP1Bp0
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He117Please respect copyright.PENANALC1sfZTGld
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while117Please respect copyright.PENANABbDc0P6OLm
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he117Please respect copyright.PENANAZGUKVlXZha
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it117Please respect copyright.PENANApdWXThYFxH
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 moved117Please respect copyright.PENANAjxKTQ7od44
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,117Please respect copyright.PENANAlMuG6hS2ad
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the117Please respect copyright.PENANAjUUX3CFb5F
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster117Please respect copyright.PENANAkDlkGGB9Bg
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up117Please respect copyright.PENANAPfifen7lhJ
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with117Please respect copyright.PENANAwQJDXzuQJm
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV117Please respect copyright.PENANAg4pc59U5YS
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and117Please respect copyright.PENANAV5SYrYaQrD
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that117Please respect copyright.PENANAkCIP3W9PIU
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the117Please respect copyright.PENANAC5m1PUYmUh
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures117Please respect copyright.PENANAH6zSCDsALV
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and117Please respect copyright.PENANAd6sUxsT5Pg
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner117Please respect copyright.PENANAzCv6VB6dTX
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And117Please respect copyright.PENANAQJDzJPSmj3
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have117Please respect copyright.PENANA74Wq3Qwphl
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things117Please respect copyright.PENANAoFNpPaippW
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls117Please respect copyright.PENANA61DTWrLCOP
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed117Please respect copyright.PENANAb9kfxwA5IW
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always117Please respect copyright.PENANAGTNSao5VZg
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear117Please respect copyright.PENANA3kQR26XLGZ
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything117Please respect copyright.PENANANJ8Iqnx5oR
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.117Please respect copyright.PENANAADBznpbt2m
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room117Please respect copyright.PENANAii3My4qUbJ
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his117Please respect copyright.PENANAlmnKEtrhXM
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that117Please respect copyright.PENANAjtcWJRDo22
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped117Please respect copyright.PENANAqjTvIVI43O
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t117Please respect copyright.PENANA6hzRCZ35fK
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall117Please respect copyright.PENANA0PhzmnM0fq
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb117Please respect copyright.PENANAiWnSjE7e5W
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way117Please respect copyright.PENANA4jmD20jUwO
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from117Please respect copyright.PENANAQMeKTPAztV
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate117Please respect copyright.PENANAWpMSWCj1db
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued117Please respect copyright.PENANAVoonJaU8WI
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 and117Please respect copyright.PENANAZb90RD4ULx
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and117Please respect copyright.PENANAT3ZDHj3t9i
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old117Please respect copyright.PENANArj3Wz2RZ0B
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the117Please respect copyright.PENANADfutcJSStX
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside117Please respect copyright.PENANAfexdRaiBD7
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was117Please respect copyright.PENANAMuNlt9yv1o
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s117Please respect copyright.PENANAUaiuw5Gh2Q
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 while117Please respect copyright.PENANACgXRVYQGMy
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 the117Please respect copyright.PENANAO0mMSyAm0h
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,117Please respect copyright.PENANAG1nMrCsxSX
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s117Please respect copyright.PENANAYXej0xBLUO
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He117Please respect copyright.PENANAQDJQrOtqos
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our117Please respect copyright.PENANAtdmkaJd7CA
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 continued117Please respect copyright.PENANAG6QJdEh5kb
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 corner117Please respect copyright.PENANAI0LPE4VJcs
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.117Please respect copyright.PENANAAhVtoa8eHU
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the117Please respect copyright.PENANAuEmAB4Tj87
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a117Please respect copyright.PENANAJBabupQaZZ
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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