“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly277Please respect copyright.PENANAMgr18P8PuZ
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down277Please respect copyright.PENANA52s2HboVhM
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My277Please respect copyright.PENANAQI6v27H7in
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by277Please respect copyright.PENANAqqZuCZrI83
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in277Please respect copyright.PENANACZdHLhmkJ1
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 he277Please respect copyright.PENANA5oNafpV4IF
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing277Please respect copyright.PENANAlV9Vp3qzxO
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d277Please respect copyright.PENANABed8RuLsEa
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we277Please respect copyright.PENANAqTpKeGMvMl
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,277Please respect copyright.PENANAAYj7CRJu8r
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains277Please respect copyright.PENANA9DkeOWMMOO
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence277Please respect copyright.PENANAsLJdBJa0vR
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically277Please respect copyright.PENANAX2Exyb2cxQ
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and277Please respect copyright.PENANA3aCY12ixcV
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before277Please respect copyright.PENANApcMyURltsA
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only277Please respect copyright.PENANALqYYdLm7Hi
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign277Please respect copyright.PENANALJRhQois5P
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never277Please respect copyright.PENANAWHlYwvRorN
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was277Please respect copyright.PENANAgRBy2Nedgf
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the277Please respect copyright.PENANALKTWRt1hDL
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,277Please respect copyright.PENANAoB21GvEL7h
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he277Please respect copyright.PENANAJCGspA0SYe
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment277Please respect copyright.PENANAecWrL3mKIa
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, Aaron277Please respect copyright.PENANAlyE6aTgWOq
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was277Please respect copyright.PENANAjeQQqo1AWy
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the277Please respect copyright.PENANAvVuEMid2kL
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If277Please respect copyright.PENANA6nqhnRYI4H
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 understood277Please respect copyright.PENANAK3nqAwq9Ha
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he277Please respect copyright.PENANAX9mu14bmpx
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck277Please respect copyright.PENANAmWvZVyq69S
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell277Please respect copyright.PENANAMglwEZpDdP
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into277Please respect copyright.PENANAmu0hAD37MU
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,277Please respect copyright.PENANAdHUnVeDeOi
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know277Please respect copyright.PENANAy8BzTeFVtw
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At277Please respect copyright.PENANAp4Tuqdr5R0
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was277Please respect copyright.PENANANhhAjfMRLB
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had277Please respect copyright.PENANAqVxNkTAqrs
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because277Please respect copyright.PENANASuKPzuG3AN
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t277Please respect copyright.PENANATIgseNP7tc
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,277Please respect copyright.PENANAw1yzFVkPxs
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t277Please respect copyright.PENANAvj5vzEp3Sz
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the277Please respect copyright.PENANASBTFnkEqEa
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the277Please respect copyright.PENANAqaOgQjcEq5
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or277Please respect copyright.PENANAUIJYyfTU30
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to277Please respect copyright.PENANAvXCFqKYJXt
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but277Please respect copyright.PENANAhs2bur7eUg
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of277Please respect copyright.PENANANVlDxp6n8i
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,277Please respect copyright.PENANAPqVGaaoAQM
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying277Please respect copyright.PENANAQUSUDfBkuS
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was277Please respect copyright.PENANAGqZq8OTMh5
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if277Please respect copyright.PENANAqCSFHxq4AN
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the277Please respect copyright.PENANApnLYnq4GkF
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking277Please respect copyright.PENANARBqrAzcnvj
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d277Please respect copyright.PENANAWyxZjkv017
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He277Please respect copyright.PENANAagZiWREeEj
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while277Please respect copyright.PENANAmlZVuy46fc
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he277Please respect copyright.PENANAY0soa8esu1
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it277Please respect copyright.PENANA8YtP1bp49B
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 moved277Please respect copyright.PENANAVlZgYORN1Q
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,277Please respect copyright.PENANA1SgjfZZMez
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the277Please respect copyright.PENANAS2sVQZuRzt
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster277Please respect copyright.PENANAj4jSc3DlOw
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up277Please respect copyright.PENANAeRdSUc9BlQ
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with277Please respect copyright.PENANA60WfFSZn7B
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV277Please respect copyright.PENANAZq0EIKyIdz
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and277Please respect copyright.PENANAmq4M0Obv2A
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that277Please respect copyright.PENANAgUbkMXe0DY
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the277Please respect copyright.PENANAFOCMM54Lsz
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures277Please respect copyright.PENANAddXOgIzs0Z
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and277Please respect copyright.PENANAwv8QuP6rY3
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner277Please respect copyright.PENANA97bCYOkOFr
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And277Please respect copyright.PENANAM1g9h7EZbq
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have277Please respect copyright.PENANAwOAN9bJuc3
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things277Please respect copyright.PENANAJVWhwvdQHV
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls277Please respect copyright.PENANAeuaSvLKw0Z
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed277Please respect copyright.PENANAo0ksmF4dOH
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always277Please respect copyright.PENANApk4clBVSId
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear277Please respect copyright.PENANAPbyfmT92rk
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything277Please respect copyright.PENANAedTkTSBNiv
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.277Please respect copyright.PENANAaYLGKwYYLT
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room277Please respect copyright.PENANAOnlSOSdBrq
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his277Please respect copyright.PENANAr1JAy3gCEL
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that277Please respect copyright.PENANAlfeuM4hRRT
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped277Please respect copyright.PENANAEdsA7TulOg
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t277Please respect copyright.PENANAcug0U2AC32
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall277Please respect copyright.PENANAqjCVlGf2qc
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb277Please respect copyright.PENANAZHekEZ3jEj
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way277Please respect copyright.PENANA0Q3ItTDHqk
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from277Please respect copyright.PENANAGTQamB1Zqh
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate277Please respect copyright.PENANAj0q6D8i6Kt
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued277Please respect copyright.PENANAsgqiNOyZCZ
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 and277Please respect copyright.PENANAznrIUOAqjM
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and277Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1boHvlHDf
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old277Please respect copyright.PENANAWOFJJNoOhq
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the277Please respect copyright.PENANApLT5rMKG1r
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside277Please respect copyright.PENANA9obebjTpuQ
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was277Please respect copyright.PENANAgFD71rQ2PS
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s277Please respect copyright.PENANAvkPM0NFOZc
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 while277Please respect copyright.PENANA7RNtLWWOmr
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 the277Please respect copyright.PENANAYp3SPit35V
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,277Please respect copyright.PENANAePjBCphwCK
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s277Please respect copyright.PENANAc70jCB8dCx
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He277Please respect copyright.PENANAJew0p9DkrV
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our277Please respect copyright.PENANADjIO0w74Im
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 continued277Please respect copyright.PENANAU5sw2cfk0r
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 corner277Please respect copyright.PENANAuTeTmVuSmC
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.277Please respect copyright.PENANA04NTAdq4hw
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the277Please respect copyright.PENANAMC1Ar26hNR
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a277Please respect copyright.PENANAezt1ytnFyo
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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