“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly271Please respect copyright.PENANAWuwSuhyV1G
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down271Please respect copyright.PENANAMNi0agS1Qv
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My271Please respect copyright.PENANAEBt3srCkRg
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by271Please respect copyright.PENANAhyL3feVobg
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in271Please respect copyright.PENANAozqq1rAzCi
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 he271Please respect copyright.PENANAfq0XL1V23T
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing271Please respect copyright.PENANALHahz7VXcw
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d271Please respect copyright.PENANAxWhEM7Axxs
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we271Please respect copyright.PENANAzrIzNGakw8
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,271Please respect copyright.PENANALhU34rKExh
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains271Please respect copyright.PENANAaFAxHFqFXH
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence271Please respect copyright.PENANAVbLW3PkKaL
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically271Please respect copyright.PENANAgi2HZfsiU6
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and271Please respect copyright.PENANAMvBbb2MYIw
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before271Please respect copyright.PENANAr1rYlnuhdQ
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only271Please respect copyright.PENANABhwkFkAN5P
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign271Please respect copyright.PENANAhDYZmfBfIo
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never271Please respect copyright.PENANASya9X6SLz9
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was271Please respect copyright.PENANAsVQGszciPh
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the271Please respect copyright.PENANApHbaAk3Nc0
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,271Please respect copyright.PENANAE4LgXCBgS8
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he271Please respect copyright.PENANA3rKwnnTOVv
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment271Please respect copyright.PENANAcc0xvB7K4J
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, Aaron271Please respect copyright.PENANAqJtT1k85ZR
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was271Please respect copyright.PENANAAa8BM4Sivv
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the271Please respect copyright.PENANALkDpoEaDOS
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If271Please respect copyright.PENANAPr67zF7Kb2
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 understood271Please respect copyright.PENANArwjgf2e56S
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he271Please respect copyright.PENANArRBcZaoTON
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck271Please respect copyright.PENANAwoZi0vwkqY
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell271Please respect copyright.PENANAYgU8KYd3iF
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into271Please respect copyright.PENANAlPRLrfkMdS
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,271Please respect copyright.PENANAqQ9RuMfZzi
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know271Please respect copyright.PENANAI0Uk7boZuJ
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At271Please respect copyright.PENANAui9g09gRNi
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was271Please respect copyright.PENANAxlzuMPfriH
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had271Please respect copyright.PENANA2NskcqcwQ8
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because271Please respect copyright.PENANAeeY4Nkl6WN
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t271Please respect copyright.PENANAkVc7qBfiB0
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,271Please respect copyright.PENANAJZgiQDA34i
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t271Please respect copyright.PENANAhiP5haHFeI
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the271Please respect copyright.PENANALhbohF3AXu
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the271Please respect copyright.PENANA4SnwZwIVpW
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or271Please respect copyright.PENANAHLmIAT4eHE
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to271Please respect copyright.PENANACl6ln99hdO
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but271Please respect copyright.PENANA7g0L0pUMTH
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of271Please respect copyright.PENANAYu8uzwavzU
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,271Please respect copyright.PENANAfPL4zDAX3d
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying271Please respect copyright.PENANAEE2Npe0F4w
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was271Please respect copyright.PENANAv1pwyDBDv1
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if271Please respect copyright.PENANA2EEgMZNHNG
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the271Please respect copyright.PENANAm2hNEgLVov
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking271Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2S6SLEgAA
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d271Please respect copyright.PENANAimRZTE4URx
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He271Please respect copyright.PENANAU4heqQjpi1
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while271Please respect copyright.PENANAwYvYyKEypq
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he271Please respect copyright.PENANA9drs5nRmDj
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it271Please respect copyright.PENANADzuVlMmRZK
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 moved271Please respect copyright.PENANArIr3XMP2CR
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,271Please respect copyright.PENANAuiZhacKM4b
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the271Please respect copyright.PENANA5aVYFnEGZC
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster271Please respect copyright.PENANAQig8seXDNt
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up271Please respect copyright.PENANAaYCrDghXVM
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with271Please respect copyright.PENANAdihYfPPPb9
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV271Please respect copyright.PENANAYbU2GnDKyd
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and271Please respect copyright.PENANAd9sT13ZI0j
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that271Please respect copyright.PENANAl1OAwN0BTi
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the271Please respect copyright.PENANAgwkgDNPl10
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures271Please respect copyright.PENANAQm9mzmt45X
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and271Please respect copyright.PENANAEGYEo3GPpN
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner271Please respect copyright.PENANAzfRpTxdIUo
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And271Please respect copyright.PENANAL9TdIeQJQU
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have271Please respect copyright.PENANA0iqrBnCJd9
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things271Please respect copyright.PENANA06DboLnesX
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls271Please respect copyright.PENANA6KAO5Tp0An
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed271Please respect copyright.PENANASYKc7cvBpF
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always271Please respect copyright.PENANAOvrzfW6pdB
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear271Please respect copyright.PENANAXxoXOpxPsh
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything271Please respect copyright.PENANAojL2yEyL7a
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.271Please respect copyright.PENANADBhnxPx7fV
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room271Please respect copyright.PENANADNslKP2Hdy
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his271Please respect copyright.PENANAwx8XN5WqbQ
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that271Please respect copyright.PENANA51EjHfpzRI
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped271Please respect copyright.PENANApih2mnfzMG
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t271Please respect copyright.PENANAfxwJgRnD0y
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall271Please respect copyright.PENANAyANyXcrpSy
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb271Please respect copyright.PENANAhHQvwyHqjH
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way271Please respect copyright.PENANANyUMCIVJV9
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from271Please respect copyright.PENANAeYHhTUfb0b
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate271Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2NLWzI2ZM
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued271Please respect copyright.PENANA9FGeY3Bk1Q
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 and271Please respect copyright.PENANAFuZDD71RRV
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and271Please respect copyright.PENANAHs5edFD3OQ
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old271Please respect copyright.PENANAhzztqrnE7v
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the271Please respect copyright.PENANA24HWmQ7PJC
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside271Please respect copyright.PENANACBOqI83Yqh
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was271Please respect copyright.PENANAQbU9NSbf2D
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s271Please respect copyright.PENANAtV20JeDpJe
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 while271Please respect copyright.PENANA71pWDfNWNw
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 the271Please respect copyright.PENANAUwTScpImbz
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,271Please respect copyright.PENANAdfCxmvnm3y
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s271Please respect copyright.PENANAlYlvllkgHX
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He271Please respect copyright.PENANAc5C39Sv7i9
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our271Please respect copyright.PENANAzOPcMKuMrN
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 continued271Please respect copyright.PENANAr7BDD7PDC5
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 corner271Please respect copyright.PENANAS1NL3jeIDa
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.271Please respect copyright.PENANAHOeIMhQM63
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the271Please respect copyright.PENANAspJDnIXiru
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a271Please respect copyright.PENANA0fVvRdhRmS
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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