“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly275Please respect copyright.PENANAcNjcNI3LWk
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down275Please respect copyright.PENANAAn0KqUKA9l
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My275Please respect copyright.PENANAAF01qtWVlS
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by275Please respect copyright.PENANATyhhnKyOMM
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in275Please respect copyright.PENANAv9wjrQWELf
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 he275Please respect copyright.PENANAQV1OEhjf3S
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing275Please respect copyright.PENANALxzEM1K5S8
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d275Please respect copyright.PENANAMYWnZmp8kb
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we275Please respect copyright.PENANAaKTpgPzJ6I
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,275Please respect copyright.PENANAtAEWyA94XO
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains275Please respect copyright.PENANAbxOxTnURpi
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence275Please respect copyright.PENANA8J8EEFuwyg
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically275Please respect copyright.PENANAFrYQ6wYo3a
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and275Please respect copyright.PENANA1MKVWe5yUj
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before275Please respect copyright.PENANAuXQlSwWAtK
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only275Please respect copyright.PENANAMvUwWdcoh3
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign275Please respect copyright.PENANAp914TuoIbm
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never275Please respect copyright.PENANAjF8AzW0N5n
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was275Please respect copyright.PENANAUTwNS5nRAs
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the275Please respect copyright.PENANANOSOgwAUB7
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,275Please respect copyright.PENANAlfRcgPJOyH
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he275Please respect copyright.PENANAOfyuvYnL7T
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment275Please respect copyright.PENANARe7zlaotku
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, Aaron275Please respect copyright.PENANAKtUZN74vt9
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was275Please respect copyright.PENANACk75pNX29X
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the275Please respect copyright.PENANA4KBKAmcVsX
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If275Please respect copyright.PENANAAq2qDD9kPe
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 understood275Please respect copyright.PENANA4hclgqFW3Z
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he275Please respect copyright.PENANAQcWaCWPNTY
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck275Please respect copyright.PENANAW5tLXv6nBj
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell275Please respect copyright.PENANAcc07XL7yn7
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into275Please respect copyright.PENANAXjrVkpHZyJ
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,275Please respect copyright.PENANAFDr1G9Hbyb
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know275Please respect copyright.PENANA69mUcRtSSq
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At275Please respect copyright.PENANAHVqh0CpN3W
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was275Please respect copyright.PENANAz3Rzcvr8yR
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had275Please respect copyright.PENANAepN5DFs79E
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because275Please respect copyright.PENANAEtPGtahX6r
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t275Please respect copyright.PENANAyMyBbSdvqR
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,275Please respect copyright.PENANABSHwRUgueD
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t275Please respect copyright.PENANAzSb38qizAE
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the275Please respect copyright.PENANAnLWLLkd3UE
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the275Please respect copyright.PENANAM3WqrlLWZ8
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or275Please respect copyright.PENANAWumsSAO2ma
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to275Please respect copyright.PENANAdP6Q8Su3op
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but275Please respect copyright.PENANAwrS55UK09L
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of275Please respect copyright.PENANAkBP3dxbUhy
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,275Please respect copyright.PENANALzZ8gTt5cP
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying275Please respect copyright.PENANAcou53OyumW
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was275Please respect copyright.PENANAbexZm2hgzp
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if275Please respect copyright.PENANArT8n08WGtg
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the275Please respect copyright.PENANAkFLNBYlR2p
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking275Please respect copyright.PENANAr9ifECe4cN
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d275Please respect copyright.PENANA8iAY3XnL1U
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He275Please respect copyright.PENANAYj9gGx2YsY
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while275Please respect copyright.PENANASQjv8AO2xX
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he275Please respect copyright.PENANAyQJsKYuzxl
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it275Please respect copyright.PENANAX6gEn2BboG
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 moved275Please respect copyright.PENANA006RnFgASX
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,275Please respect copyright.PENANABTFjWOQqoc
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the275Please respect copyright.PENANAe9t64OlcYR
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster275Please respect copyright.PENANANWKh8MHrC3
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up275Please respect copyright.PENANAxfHZeykM3A
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with275Please respect copyright.PENANAkHXmPm9sAZ
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV275Please respect copyright.PENANAICWuAwah00
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and275Please respect copyright.PENANAB2gCtkKLFr
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that275Please respect copyright.PENANAf7M0zaVoct
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the275Please respect copyright.PENANAFZvfnkd0hT
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures275Please respect copyright.PENANASDL9zEst0F
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and275Please respect copyright.PENANAcS4zVmE2Sp
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner275Please respect copyright.PENANArtEQc0QaM8
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And275Please respect copyright.PENANACln4cJnz2n
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have275Please respect copyright.PENANAkwEuItOgVg
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things275Please respect copyright.PENANA6IJB8gnPis
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls275Please respect copyright.PENANAxYZbcL76ha
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed275Please respect copyright.PENANAbu9gZ1L36F
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always275Please respect copyright.PENANAW3b6xT4jun
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear275Please respect copyright.PENANAHUQ2pVcPlI
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything275Please respect copyright.PENANAbLDWkRXc3l
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.275Please respect copyright.PENANADWv4ysYWYt
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room275Please respect copyright.PENANACdujjlOcd0
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his275Please respect copyright.PENANAyK0L4q9wmy
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that275Please respect copyright.PENANAHYA4rHVmv9
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped275Please respect copyright.PENANAeHYXUqoZlf
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t275Please respect copyright.PENANAe5LfP19nOV
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall275Please respect copyright.PENANAeQeZfxwsJY
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb275Please respect copyright.PENANAD4mFuIBz4K
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way275Please respect copyright.PENANAA23zJxTjUm
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from275Please respect copyright.PENANAIGm3FX8bqX
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate275Please respect copyright.PENANAkjs2Tp7pu5
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued275Please respect copyright.PENANAm0tRuLhM5B
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 and275Please respect copyright.PENANAZWlvo5nLKr
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and275Please respect copyright.PENANAqET7BYgGij
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old275Please respect copyright.PENANA4Ok3TbfEG5
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the275Please respect copyright.PENANAof3nfolNDS
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside275Please respect copyright.PENANAXR2bgeaPbB
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was275Please respect copyright.PENANAXfcIC2l1ux
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s275Please respect copyright.PENANAXjApskHirI
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 while275Please respect copyright.PENANAl68I5um5EJ
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 the275Please respect copyright.PENANAGbsZEPr8iu
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,275Please respect copyright.PENANAsvyYnJK2sT
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s275Please respect copyright.PENANA3PbeHmP26y
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He275Please respect copyright.PENANAhp8GtSwJd6
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our275Please respect copyright.PENANALmAdZkdi0a
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 continued275Please respect copyright.PENANAXisdwDjxOl
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 corner275Please respect copyright.PENANAB0XRGd3SgJ
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.275Please respect copyright.PENANAeDI0MR7NIf
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the275Please respect copyright.PENANAK5AvP6Xa4P
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a275Please respect copyright.PENANA2U30jZ5Sft
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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