“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly273Please respect copyright.PENANAdLvAoD5IQu
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down273Please respect copyright.PENANAuGqR6j8xaw
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My273Please respect copyright.PENANArNe9vVQAJZ
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by273Please respect copyright.PENANASVsZAVfyQG
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in273Please respect copyright.PENANApqKgP9LcIt
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 he273Please respect copyright.PENANAydeq7crPbG
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing273Please respect copyright.PENANArJkynxQ6EW
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d273Please respect copyright.PENANAkykGl6hqZ2
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we273Please respect copyright.PENANAW7y1HklxBZ
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,273Please respect copyright.PENANAeEVbKT5o7f
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains273Please respect copyright.PENANARIUwHvssOd
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence273Please respect copyright.PENANASDKu6T6kjN
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically273Please respect copyright.PENANANEMU5cKrDs
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and273Please respect copyright.PENANA6SWZyv28FX
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before273Please respect copyright.PENANAsyTNScPJPJ
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only273Please respect copyright.PENANA9aZ59OOH86
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign273Please respect copyright.PENANALBjtXO90cu
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never273Please respect copyright.PENANAQLTuYTTHds
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was273Please respect copyright.PENANAKwSaXEIMXP
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the273Please respect copyright.PENANAnYCFq5edIz
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,273Please respect copyright.PENANAtajHn4ODYO
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he273Please respect copyright.PENANAqiUaQEMT49
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment273Please respect copyright.PENANAdwxbCmHdxI
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, Aaron273Please respect copyright.PENANAGhu0H7T8aa
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was273Please respect copyright.PENANAxWFhbSJszU
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the273Please respect copyright.PENANAXz7RA3kFc3
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If273Please respect copyright.PENANARC51B3IpaE
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 understood273Please respect copyright.PENANAbSCoXl1fgq
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he273Please respect copyright.PENANASNFVxy6pRB
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck273Please respect copyright.PENANAMo0NSMdQV2
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell273Please respect copyright.PENANAH5z38Jk60l
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into273Please respect copyright.PENANAC2SpGNt5Ja
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,273Please respect copyright.PENANAjhrin2k6pl
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know273Please respect copyright.PENANAAR1A75Bc53
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At273Please respect copyright.PENANAjJPFBKZOa3
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was273Please respect copyright.PENANAlAcuqWZu2Y
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had273Please respect copyright.PENANA5oGZ3vnSfk
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because273Please respect copyright.PENANAFOjMN69oao
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t273Please respect copyright.PENANAXjmKVZWNgK
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,273Please respect copyright.PENANA2ALURQgqSi
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t273Please respect copyright.PENANA9ddo0VZXpk
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the273Please respect copyright.PENANA80qPK1PzYE
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the273Please respect copyright.PENANAAEKZIDj52w
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or273Please respect copyright.PENANAsMzsGBgBtW
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to273Please respect copyright.PENANADn23R8sZAC
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but273Please respect copyright.PENANAHEm5eSFa1Z
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of273Please respect copyright.PENANAyAzG1yHDkr
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,273Please respect copyright.PENANAui25QN4yYu
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying273Please respect copyright.PENANASeGrYgGmmq
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was273Please respect copyright.PENANAyFTtfU9lQk
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if273Please respect copyright.PENANAsbPXZqn1kr
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the273Please respect copyright.PENANAi3QkZ8ZDsH
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking273Please respect copyright.PENANAmrux3LGXx0
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d273Please respect copyright.PENANAnZqiMqe24j
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He273Please respect copyright.PENANAS094XZyHxW
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while273Please respect copyright.PENANAJYW3WtIQlo
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he273Please respect copyright.PENANApe17u8FTMj
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it273Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1LQlxWdLQ
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 moved273Please respect copyright.PENANA1ax7dI04mN
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,273Please respect copyright.PENANA696DkGUCmb
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the273Please respect copyright.PENANAkNfJMwPmXY
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster273Please respect copyright.PENANA0PQ05Zlw1o
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up273Please respect copyright.PENANAtdAmofJnnL
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with273Please respect copyright.PENANANLR0ROCvgp
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV273Please respect copyright.PENANAunTvvXp675
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and273Please respect copyright.PENANA4lOXl0jrya
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that273Please respect copyright.PENANA1nadNviIJi
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the273Please respect copyright.PENANAfp8Irhjkhb
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures273Please respect copyright.PENANA3L8ZRrG4q3
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and273Please respect copyright.PENANAJG7WrQRJHE
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner273Please respect copyright.PENANAF8d0j0VH6n
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And273Please respect copyright.PENANANJXr0HkeUW
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have273Please respect copyright.PENANAGewDbBRsHd
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things273Please respect copyright.PENANApLfcyRNydo
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls273Please respect copyright.PENANARRUtrblsN9
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed273Please respect copyright.PENANAzEjgHLdDVI
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always273Please respect copyright.PENANAVXIziIpW7i
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear273Please respect copyright.PENANAlTr0EENWQS
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything273Please respect copyright.PENANAzFx8AdLApg
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.273Please respect copyright.PENANAzOfGdxK4Wo
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room273Please respect copyright.PENANAT59KhCEwas
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his273Please respect copyright.PENANAc4rh1eDzxR
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that273Please respect copyright.PENANAF7t1A7LHxQ
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped273Please respect copyright.PENANArSFTaxKmLS
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t273Please respect copyright.PENANAiSiX9E5pXR
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall273Please respect copyright.PENANA3LNmDF1rV3
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb273Please respect copyright.PENANAUxHS6x9JqM
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way273Please respect copyright.PENANAit39xxzgks
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from273Please respect copyright.PENANAZD0aW6GKWk
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate273Please respect copyright.PENANAa89ASjkCU3
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued273Please respect copyright.PENANAfb60wUDaY1
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 and273Please respect copyright.PENANAjxDhJZBFqq
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and273Please respect copyright.PENANAI5Fsya2w3B
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old273Please respect copyright.PENANA53iyclffEY
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the273Please respect copyright.PENANAFXUukYwTXL
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside273Please respect copyright.PENANAnjrVHuQlA8
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was273Please respect copyright.PENANAS1OsOLqBwv
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s273Please respect copyright.PENANA2tPBdWhvwu
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 while273Please respect copyright.PENANAimgzF2huXk
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 the273Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZEdLhYYKy
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,273Please respect copyright.PENANAnxtwRQwQeA
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s273Please respect copyright.PENANAM6t8hGV1Gd
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He273Please respect copyright.PENANAkz5tEWydrJ
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our273Please respect copyright.PENANAHAPROCTuEo
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 continued273Please respect copyright.PENANAnGVxfmeofz
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 corner273Please respect copyright.PENANAgUgWcrQ8hm
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.273Please respect copyright.PENANAxMhVjkhLBb
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the273Please respect copyright.PENANA5phTgpY8Dp
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a273Please respect copyright.PENANAUrEQldWepR
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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