“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly193Please respect copyright.PENANAvKhEc79DO7
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down193Please respect copyright.PENANAromBFrwQNj
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My193Please respect copyright.PENANAwPjXazmrgu
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by193Please respect copyright.PENANAjKKnbejYza
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in193Please respect copyright.PENANAxYQkeyeYW1
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 he193Please respect copyright.PENANAjDew1L8stp
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing193Please respect copyright.PENANAwdZowv2aXx
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d193Please respect copyright.PENANACeTB0XqSCr
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we193Please respect copyright.PENANAxjedtap1qv
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,193Please respect copyright.PENANA2YyPyY3ySC
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains193Please respect copyright.PENANAJfcu5S8fue
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence193Please respect copyright.PENANAjoaOZjQgiH
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically193Please respect copyright.PENANAC8Nj505c3Y
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and193Please respect copyright.PENANAQpoPc3tq6T
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before193Please respect copyright.PENANABQKNm1IDeo
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only193Please respect copyright.PENANA01fCadyFnJ
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign193Please respect copyright.PENANAEusVgwQkcg
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never193Please respect copyright.PENANApihbfJ3LAg
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was193Please respect copyright.PENANAHItoVzkY86
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the193Please respect copyright.PENANA88I6U5NiQJ
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,193Please respect copyright.PENANA1L7NARuHMo
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he193Please respect copyright.PENANAPAURRP3cLe
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment193Please respect copyright.PENANAjId2oWyQsh
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, Aaron193Please respect copyright.PENANAYsh99J9TsQ
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was193Please respect copyright.PENANA5blY8zvMOE
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the193Please respect copyright.PENANAGswJKy6YN4
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If193Please respect copyright.PENANA5AR5f2kkDO
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 understood193Please respect copyright.PENANALo3PRG81kE
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he193Please respect copyright.PENANAAWKWWPUvcs
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck193Please respect copyright.PENANAIO3Nvo2SRw
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell193Please respect copyright.PENANAHKDReAmgQl
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into193Please respect copyright.PENANAgDvzwWnsJf
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,193Please respect copyright.PENANA0ptUAlVNh6
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know193Please respect copyright.PENANAYJ3dWOveEx
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At193Please respect copyright.PENANAMJRK5YIuPQ
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was193Please respect copyright.PENANAvY3TRoHUfA
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had193Please respect copyright.PENANAFtJUI2NJCG
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because193Please respect copyright.PENANA81xjz4cPbQ
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t193Please respect copyright.PENANApITn7YhxZ1
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,193Please respect copyright.PENANATkF4MNNAFx
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t193Please respect copyright.PENANAQifOz7w8pq
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the193Please respect copyright.PENANAbyr2KWIyGT
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the193Please respect copyright.PENANAmbAjiAo0EA
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or193Please respect copyright.PENANAl9uqKYRhYE
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to193Please respect copyright.PENANAV5nRaLX3Fo
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but193Please respect copyright.PENANA0HnpeCT3OE
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of193Please respect copyright.PENANAqVCAV8udVX
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,193Please respect copyright.PENANAZnsLLw6HTK
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying193Please respect copyright.PENANAC73KhhE9Wa
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was193Please respect copyright.PENANA1ESesajean
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if193Please respect copyright.PENANARdo37PSOM1
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the193Please respect copyright.PENANAFM7jJN55Gx
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking193Please respect copyright.PENANA45Kj6iPlGR
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d193Please respect copyright.PENANASjK9EA10ph
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He193Please respect copyright.PENANAepkA4IIOU3
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while193Please respect copyright.PENANAYhSyEvhbh1
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he193Please respect copyright.PENANAxiKhOMF4rm
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it193Please respect copyright.PENANA4pVGcl0YY5
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 moved193Please respect copyright.PENANAzgtkzQY5TH
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,193Please respect copyright.PENANAW1d26Lp6jj
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the193Please respect copyright.PENANAZR5HeYMFto
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster193Please respect copyright.PENANAEqJN5eCinU
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up193Please respect copyright.PENANA3h5I6YtmUe
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with193Please respect copyright.PENANAcHNNwW438o
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV193Please respect copyright.PENANAdiTSqIHl3e
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and193Please respect copyright.PENANAGZhoUo4j3Z
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that193Please respect copyright.PENANAagMwJHuhyt
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the193Please respect copyright.PENANAfJUnDSaPe7
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures193Please respect copyright.PENANAryHF2fJYoN
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and193Please respect copyright.PENANApRMzCjTwWD
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner193Please respect copyright.PENANAtiVP0veQRw
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And193Please respect copyright.PENANApDt3CCdDvD
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have193Please respect copyright.PENANAtj6PR6aMEC
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things193Please respect copyright.PENANA57Kia2fQz2
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls193Please respect copyright.PENANAkacNPD9G3j
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed193Please respect copyright.PENANAxccwnksooa
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always193Please respect copyright.PENANAplPvYrGeTL
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear193Please respect copyright.PENANAXPLRA00jP3
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything193Please respect copyright.PENANAdhHtqhmhYX
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.193Please respect copyright.PENANAexbpTa0K3L
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room193Please respect copyright.PENANAuHe9AnzhlM
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his193Please respect copyright.PENANASIhAkrLsnh
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that193Please respect copyright.PENANANDBE5ZH8UO
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped193Please respect copyright.PENANAUr1lTLgf5W
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t193Please respect copyright.PENANAUTdb5xoHhp
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall193Please respect copyright.PENANAfJXN9kCm9D
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb193Please respect copyright.PENANA8Zz11rKAyD
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way193Please respect copyright.PENANAgsBmZDVSIC
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from193Please respect copyright.PENANA7Xqf5aNvwT
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate193Please respect copyright.PENANATzWgNE8zyi
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued193Please respect copyright.PENANAnkuHj09eUe
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 and193Please respect copyright.PENANA6CABDPg5Pq
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and193Please respect copyright.PENANA5hoU6uJPDr
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old193Please respect copyright.PENANAIjp3ZLFzhb
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the193Please respect copyright.PENANAnNmamvMRK1
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside193Please respect copyright.PENANAmsgSInIOMK
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was193Please respect copyright.PENANAfn23m1Lpww
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s193Please respect copyright.PENANAIIoHeZgtYT
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 while193Please respect copyright.PENANAXHa9dRKctp
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 the193Please respect copyright.PENANAoQq9pj16aW
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,193Please respect copyright.PENANAmvi63dOptu
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s193Please respect copyright.PENANAFF4vulTwDk
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He193Please respect copyright.PENANAyg7I7kyfjE
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our193Please respect copyright.PENANAUEk07Ptlgs
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 continued193Please respect copyright.PENANAhGuVlLvMn9
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 corner193Please respect copyright.PENANA8dVpFBzan3
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.193Please respect copyright.PENANAplePLyvMOO
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the193Please respect copyright.PENANAeXECEtRLby
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a193Please respect copyright.PENANAqo5WaLVh1u
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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