“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly107Please respect copyright.PENANAA9bp5wEkIP
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down107Please respect copyright.PENANAj9QyyM6wpT
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My107Please respect copyright.PENANAayA2kQRwsj
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by107Please respect copyright.PENANAg5i0qHlsCB
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in107Please respect copyright.PENANAn67BLLxdDl
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 he107Please respect copyright.PENANA1i0d0ztLA8
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing107Please respect copyright.PENANAIrYGNmitDl
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d107Please respect copyright.PENANApgYe0ZqWNL
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we107Please respect copyright.PENANAXQzyFgCkxS
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,107Please respect copyright.PENANAM0aB9gJ2NE
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains107Please respect copyright.PENANAGBcMmnZ82M
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence107Please respect copyright.PENANA70Pm5VqCuK
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically107Please respect copyright.PENANAhrwe1pInnN
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and107Please respect copyright.PENANAVWY070rEfN
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before107Please respect copyright.PENANA94HuCKFHRk
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only107Please respect copyright.PENANAFkijXTyAie
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign107Please respect copyright.PENANAiBuiNWG7yp
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never107Please respect copyright.PENANAGttelGXcmd
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was107Please respect copyright.PENANAc5cnUmS9MM
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the107Please respect copyright.PENANAW5XygcOmTI
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,107Please respect copyright.PENANAPyPCoo0ZXK
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he107Please respect copyright.PENANAi4lXjBMN59
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment107Please respect copyright.PENANA2CKYfiIAwt
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, Aaron107Please respect copyright.PENANABPZiYYl1A5
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was107Please respect copyright.PENANA5yKDjpQ3Mt
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the107Please respect copyright.PENANAMRXKT2DmiX
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If107Please respect copyright.PENANA7Fw00exuha
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 understood107Please respect copyright.PENANAYaUC8wT9KA
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he107Please respect copyright.PENANAeOq7iXHfzn
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck107Please respect copyright.PENANAGfiFYSt7ka
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell107Please respect copyright.PENANAHPRV0GYTWn
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into107Please respect copyright.PENANA0vJTlKXZ7l
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,107Please respect copyright.PENANA8tNPzpZHPo
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know107Please respect copyright.PENANAEPO6HPkFuh
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At107Please respect copyright.PENANAeiyUW5GzlE
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was107Please respect copyright.PENANA88RjIZaAbf
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had107Please respect copyright.PENANAa2VjEZso9d
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because107Please respect copyright.PENANAOd2Bq3f3cF
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t107Please respect copyright.PENANA4pFgf3sAza
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,107Please respect copyright.PENANAEwE7ss2AlD
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t107Please respect copyright.PENANAOMwfKvVMlV
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the107Please respect copyright.PENANAaMkUtVvpRP
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the107Please respect copyright.PENANAuggB6FN1Iu
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or107Please respect copyright.PENANArea9SxLibD
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to107Please respect copyright.PENANAZFniajjLF8
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but107Please respect copyright.PENANAO5UhPd0zsM
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of107Please respect copyright.PENANA0ye5ge2nmm
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,107Please respect copyright.PENANABYrq4JeuHh
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying107Please respect copyright.PENANAU16iGNQlLm
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was107Please respect copyright.PENANAPblz1XtQM4
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if107Please respect copyright.PENANAu4Iw9NBYx7
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the107Please respect copyright.PENANAFiWmBu4e0R
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking107Please respect copyright.PENANAoLthmPsngy
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d107Please respect copyright.PENANAXdh74UabIE
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He107Please respect copyright.PENANAAFmZvmE5Bf
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while107Please respect copyright.PENANAfvXOMDZQhv
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he107Please respect copyright.PENANATmrUKpFurf
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it107Please respect copyright.PENANACZcepzNPtz
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 moved107Please respect copyright.PENANAPJo7tfsO8v
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,107Please respect copyright.PENANAzMledqxrO5
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the107Please respect copyright.PENANAoR6J0VM1oq
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster107Please respect copyright.PENANA9lNqOij1ym
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up107Please respect copyright.PENANAq6IUe8gvbe
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with107Please respect copyright.PENANA72qlo6TZdb
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV107Please respect copyright.PENANAQaa4xTVo3M
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and107Please respect copyright.PENANAQGDT56yTBx
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that107Please respect copyright.PENANAm4tqOIH3tR
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the107Please respect copyright.PENANAuRzM9aoYem
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures107Please respect copyright.PENANAqigTUXbISE
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and107Please respect copyright.PENANA3CtskMeCNx
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner107Please respect copyright.PENANA1vRjzY5QJS
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And107Please respect copyright.PENANA2ldBoNAXKh
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have107Please respect copyright.PENANAysvWNXbqac
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things107Please respect copyright.PENANAxx0SVdT5NT
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls107Please respect copyright.PENANAWjKO0Jo9vK
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed107Please respect copyright.PENANAJkIQDBnFgC
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always107Please respect copyright.PENANA96lrF21c4s
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear107Please respect copyright.PENANAjjuT4W2sNz
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything107Please respect copyright.PENANA4Izvi9dbl0
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.107Please respect copyright.PENANAzGT2EqkU4R
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room107Please respect copyright.PENANAYtBru3tUMJ
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his107Please respect copyright.PENANAHWqGInxJnU
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that107Please respect copyright.PENANAD0v2OH2jkr
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped107Please respect copyright.PENANAXW8q5exoxw
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t107Please respect copyright.PENANAoy7A137yRJ
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall107Please respect copyright.PENANAXa1m1kfvBi
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb107Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ct54We73u
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way107Please respect copyright.PENANAeAts4B0M9C
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from107Please respect copyright.PENANAl5yz4KM7LT
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate107Please respect copyright.PENANAF2zTPYg7kj
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued107Please respect copyright.PENANAnRQU86Jk6H
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 and107Please respect copyright.PENANAH7CKTXC1Gt
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and107Please respect copyright.PENANAuacY4LPvZn
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old107Please respect copyright.PENANA0oPU0UqxSC
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the107Please respect copyright.PENANA2ffC6r3WzK
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside107Please respect copyright.PENANAZuaT2lHI58
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was107Please respect copyright.PENANARYgMs6PC8W
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s107Please respect copyright.PENANAXRLEURRYhW
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 while107Please respect copyright.PENANApr0YYQlksD
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 the107Please respect copyright.PENANAPnmWjpUBcY
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,107Please respect copyright.PENANAqUnO5uglay
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s107Please respect copyright.PENANAJBIoNp8Jg7
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He107Please respect copyright.PENANAtt9TrJxXAP
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our107Please respect copyright.PENANAE8z5Ffsj6o
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 continued107Please respect copyright.PENANAxv4wOyc7h3
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 corner107Please respect copyright.PENANAC8kSYiaKSv
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.107Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ppdu1Qj47
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the107Please respect copyright.PENANAoBIC0Rhy5r
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a107Please respect copyright.PENANAp4snWHyLiM
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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