“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly272Please respect copyright.PENANA29qVPraEte
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down272Please respect copyright.PENANAtvAUaitZfq
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My272Please respect copyright.PENANA53B1G3bsj2
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by272Please respect copyright.PENANAYa6YFp8or6
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in272Please respect copyright.PENANA6oC4L8NadB
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 he272Please respect copyright.PENANAGdKWJEDrJf
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing272Please respect copyright.PENANAb7VSNQ5V0S
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d272Please respect copyright.PENANAIfmFdeRGzi
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we272Please respect copyright.PENANAj7KfioBwSd
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,272Please respect copyright.PENANA5fPJpOaZLR
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains272Please respect copyright.PENANAzVupMZnMQq
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence272Please respect copyright.PENANAs0SXfOYdRB
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically272Please respect copyright.PENANAGNK6kczthy
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and272Please respect copyright.PENANAQTGM6hrUBc
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before272Please respect copyright.PENANAF928IehrWc
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only272Please respect copyright.PENANAEgsp5RxG4K
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign272Please respect copyright.PENANAusCEOh0pG2
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never272Please respect copyright.PENANAaHUfO8nWTf
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was272Please respect copyright.PENANAHlrtY8hTvD
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the272Please respect copyright.PENANA23NrODURQZ
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,272Please respect copyright.PENANAg34Rvd6Vtt
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he272Please respect copyright.PENANALiL97MIZuo
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment272Please respect copyright.PENANAs4vT5L7gtK
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, Aaron272Please respect copyright.PENANAQZStVphaq7
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was272Please respect copyright.PENANAycJKuMAfqj
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the272Please respect copyright.PENANAsdxjfuYAZo
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If272Please respect copyright.PENANAjzooyvhx54
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 understood272Please respect copyright.PENANAn4mPVrl5xA
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he272Please respect copyright.PENANAcUlfoWQmEe
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck272Please respect copyright.PENANAT2w2GoL91D
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell272Please respect copyright.PENANAfSZI3dGeos
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into272Please respect copyright.PENANA4mlu59tDkF
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,272Please respect copyright.PENANA4bWDKCs5Yg
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know272Please respect copyright.PENANAn3J8i4x21w
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At272Please respect copyright.PENANAzxLh32aoQ2
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was272Please respect copyright.PENANALMOInKf5M4
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had272Please respect copyright.PENANA85hmkWdKDR
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because272Please respect copyright.PENANAn7iTglo4Yd
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t272Please respect copyright.PENANAqaXcWKdXvK
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,272Please respect copyright.PENANAVXi6QLpWQl
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t272Please respect copyright.PENANAm3SjZVM4X8
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the272Please respect copyright.PENANAOsJR9gmte4
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the272Please respect copyright.PENANAElNmntMaIF
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or272Please respect copyright.PENANAsFR66UMraC
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to272Please respect copyright.PENANAOyxzRP26ZR
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but272Please respect copyright.PENANAnN0isArrei
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of272Please respect copyright.PENANAoO6L6ylRRd
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,272Please respect copyright.PENANAppfHfheTVy
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying272Please respect copyright.PENANARvDOlSWGNL
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was272Please respect copyright.PENANAuiK97ETW4n
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if272Please respect copyright.PENANAu8BYUii7Ze
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the272Please respect copyright.PENANA8aQJwVzZRV
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking272Please respect copyright.PENANAQRKFP1G9K5
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d272Please respect copyright.PENANAm7WmdWjnn8
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He272Please respect copyright.PENANAnWnvxVTmqV
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while272Please respect copyright.PENANACToCIMuVvl
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he272Please respect copyright.PENANAR8XkyN3Sep
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it272Please respect copyright.PENANAkQdogVSgM5
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 moved272Please respect copyright.PENANAtcYvgzkur7
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,272Please respect copyright.PENANAabQnsSPpDX
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the272Please respect copyright.PENANA5tHQGymm7Z
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster272Please respect copyright.PENANAzyoeB6cAux
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up272Please respect copyright.PENANAy06oconWof
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with272Please respect copyright.PENANAcivTqemGPL
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV272Please respect copyright.PENANApL4B9axKEI
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and272Please respect copyright.PENANAAP8Uws7IPC
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that272Please respect copyright.PENANAJp12B3Vbzb
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the272Please respect copyright.PENANA6C6IB9OOik
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures272Please respect copyright.PENANABR1KE7jYQ0
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and272Please respect copyright.PENANA2l0n07KEUJ
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner272Please respect copyright.PENANAy1EdoKFbyM
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And272Please respect copyright.PENANAkbrv3mtHke
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have272Please respect copyright.PENANAY5g7tKkhiC
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things272Please respect copyright.PENANAQPotcIJCl0
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls272Please respect copyright.PENANA6tK0GJq0np
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed272Please respect copyright.PENANA9w3S6I8fB2
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always272Please respect copyright.PENANANJI4C8MoTF
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear272Please respect copyright.PENANAADSNFGRybX
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything272Please respect copyright.PENANAAfwgcTJPVs
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.272Please respect copyright.PENANARUzD3aDJo8
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room272Please respect copyright.PENANAIGcmELA2Et
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his272Please respect copyright.PENANAk4yIMu0kTh
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that272Please respect copyright.PENANAc4pJLmXFz8
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped272Please respect copyright.PENANA7Swfp03QXu
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t272Please respect copyright.PENANAJqLc1tQc6n
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall272Please respect copyright.PENANAtpPGSWz98O
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb272Please respect copyright.PENANA7c79Rbdg6g
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way272Please respect copyright.PENANAUdcN6B1pSP
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from272Please respect copyright.PENANAU03EoWnMnM
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate272Please respect copyright.PENANAFr8YslG2Ka
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued272Please respect copyright.PENANAVKmK9iwXRB
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 and272Please respect copyright.PENANAPL2VIh5O1z
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and272Please respect copyright.PENANALEaLKlg1TS
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old272Please respect copyright.PENANAEBox32CwQH
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the272Please respect copyright.PENANAwiT2By6JNB
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside272Please respect copyright.PENANAIhI2QUkX90
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was272Please respect copyright.PENANAzJJNpAsTti
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s272Please respect copyright.PENANAg1cwNTxwvU
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 while272Please respect copyright.PENANA8gEjkYdFqG
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 the272Please respect copyright.PENANAUKm3E3MwdO
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,272Please respect copyright.PENANAwHlxJAaJz4
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s272Please respect copyright.PENANAK6t1JC52gU
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He272Please respect copyright.PENANAcwqbTF78Ns
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our272Please respect copyright.PENANAl1CUffWCT5
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 continued272Please respect copyright.PENANAxZSKxjvcaM
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 corner272Please respect copyright.PENANAOvnsTmzJcx
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.272Please respect copyright.PENANAuxhpMcJ5gK
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the272Please respect copyright.PENANAWcWtMXQzoo
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a272Please respect copyright.PENANA1Lq9PlLojy
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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