“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly322Please respect copyright.PENANAbY3f4CpCRS
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down322Please respect copyright.PENANAAqUy1gh62F
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My322Please respect copyright.PENANAyjn92X0qG8
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by322Please respect copyright.PENANASBZD59lsPg
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in322Please respect copyright.PENANArG1YEncHMH
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 he322Please respect copyright.PENANA4BQNWb2Y6B
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing322Please respect copyright.PENANAufuiWae3Vo
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d322Please respect copyright.PENANAUnP73200Ro
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we322Please respect copyright.PENANA6sRrur9G0U
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,322Please respect copyright.PENANAUD6T8Objm6
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains322Please respect copyright.PENANAPBWh1sSEga
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence322Please respect copyright.PENANAJJUhiidK0c
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically322Please respect copyright.PENANAeJP9oOMXjP
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and322Please respect copyright.PENANA7mu9IK3zsp
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before322Please respect copyright.PENANATRu1qJ4Zty
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only322Please respect copyright.PENANAIFzkcvtdl9
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign322Please respect copyright.PENANAqg64JUAgeG
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never322Please respect copyright.PENANAr1AWkJRwOm
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was322Please respect copyright.PENANA5xi8mX1FKU
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the322Please respect copyright.PENANAi1MNv31HIm
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,322Please respect copyright.PENANAYGHwA7MUKt
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he322Please respect copyright.PENANAbGAeHLYvHa
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment322Please respect copyright.PENANAqyp8ErFOEO
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, Aaron322Please respect copyright.PENANAVJNssBwkYN
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was322Please respect copyright.PENANAAUueXrowpJ
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the322Please respect copyright.PENANAgnbnDttoL9
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If322Please respect copyright.PENANAa2EZHTTgnr
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 understood322Please respect copyright.PENANADmy9LTI34n
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he322Please respect copyright.PENANAnBZxDB8Ev5
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck322Please respect copyright.PENANAbAaJ4PkGa7
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell322Please respect copyright.PENANAh91B3w59bO
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into322Please respect copyright.PENANAbhdbsIULgr
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,322Please respect copyright.PENANANIQDXPPOWt
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know322Please respect copyright.PENANAGDMKaobuUc
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At322Please respect copyright.PENANADnVqmpKmKX
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was322Please respect copyright.PENANA8EblIcxDHm
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had322Please respect copyright.PENANAlfO8zRKM41
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because322Please respect copyright.PENANA5LCcuYF0p9
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t322Please respect copyright.PENANABETbJgsuiI
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,322Please respect copyright.PENANAhdnSfK2JUU
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t322Please respect copyright.PENANAydMbrEoEhX
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the322Please respect copyright.PENANAiJkUmci2WS
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the322Please respect copyright.PENANAjZZjia5UBs
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or322Please respect copyright.PENANAvTItU4wqFb
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to322Please respect copyright.PENANAqT33zXOOO8
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but322Please respect copyright.PENANAp1e3V91AhO
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of322Please respect copyright.PENANAJbFLemJNhG
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,322Please respect copyright.PENANAGRYiiWx4nE
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying322Please respect copyright.PENANAL3kJhaf3vu
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was322Please respect copyright.PENANAek1Fj7sGt5
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if322Please respect copyright.PENANAl94h9Lmqnm
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the322Please respect copyright.PENANA1LWZ0rloMg
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking322Please respect copyright.PENANAi3U3H5Txi4
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d322Please respect copyright.PENANAbwQ9fu8Zvr
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He322Please respect copyright.PENANAjxqoEktrUJ
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while322Please respect copyright.PENANAMEah2yc7bT
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he322Please respect copyright.PENANAKMIJqEiGVC
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it322Please respect copyright.PENANAGUFJ14uP7z
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 moved322Please respect copyright.PENANARQTzXK0rwt
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,322Please respect copyright.PENANAtgnXGHMDO0
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the322Please respect copyright.PENANAvnoK7IG9Tb
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster322Please respect copyright.PENANAAEJ8vGP11H
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up322Please respect copyright.PENANA7ywCn2s7b4
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with322Please respect copyright.PENANAtjuRKzhDFy
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV322Please respect copyright.PENANA8zaCSc7iqf
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and322Please respect copyright.PENANAKllhkj1aTt
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that322Please respect copyright.PENANAWqvjmBFL0f
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the322Please respect copyright.PENANA8tzuyEUcBU
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures322Please respect copyright.PENANAURoygOQG5q
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and322Please respect copyright.PENANAocmHjQnhEH
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner322Please respect copyright.PENANAGX8epdCF8S
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And322Please respect copyright.PENANAv1dD1nrqz8
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have322Please respect copyright.PENANAErufojssQd
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things322Please respect copyright.PENANAq3ZwbmIQPC
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls322Please respect copyright.PENANAm541HK7xTI
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed322Please respect copyright.PENANAbtWPSDGRtx
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always322Please respect copyright.PENANAVK2q8oaHtY
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear322Please respect copyright.PENANAnpWTOFQ8xi
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything322Please respect copyright.PENANAs5aPK80Acq
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.322Please respect copyright.PENANAlEsZav3s4X
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room322Please respect copyright.PENANAmjCKMX60e0
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his322Please respect copyright.PENANACxOFcXQjYk
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that322Please respect copyright.PENANAHH0zgr23RG
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped322Please respect copyright.PENANAE32qgFhKhx
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t322Please respect copyright.PENANAprtNfn2AOj
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall322Please respect copyright.PENANAN2hleoWhUe
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb322Please respect copyright.PENANAmE4ruHnP17
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way322Please respect copyright.PENANA48TDALxSU6
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from322Please respect copyright.PENANARNaZuTYw6f
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate322Please respect copyright.PENANAgX7OCL1pyl
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued322Please respect copyright.PENANAxFACiwKbPJ
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 and322Please respect copyright.PENANA6DbBzaTKEx
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and322Please respect copyright.PENANAF0dgXUqXbv
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old322Please respect copyright.PENANAIMNc9Bo2gF
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the322Please respect copyright.PENANADeY9hCwuBA
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside322Please respect copyright.PENANA3gjHCKeGC4
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was322Please respect copyright.PENANA61Z4e9Fovx
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s322Please respect copyright.PENANA9udSXDHmkD
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 while322Please respect copyright.PENANAmGAjbYjtkA
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 the322Please respect copyright.PENANAnHmEnJcWRQ
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,322Please respect copyright.PENANAaNtqmdbyy5
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s322Please respect copyright.PENANAKlQfvSikeO
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He322Please respect copyright.PENANAyDSoiBJ9FQ
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our322Please respect copyright.PENANASxv7FDRX1G
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 continued322Please respect copyright.PENANADvBExMkJPy
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 corner322Please respect copyright.PENANAuGBRBLXUfF
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.322Please respect copyright.PENANAwnyz9S1zkm
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the322Please respect copyright.PENANAEhwc8uT3Gt
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a322Please respect copyright.PENANAoTJXmqrEOc
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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