“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly401Please respect copyright.PENANA2pZjhKLdbb
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down401Please respect copyright.PENANAzXTDvkQrLT
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My401Please respect copyright.PENANAfvGUhd0yFG
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by401Please respect copyright.PENANABoF76C6XqT
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in401Please respect copyright.PENANAMfVGzOqaru
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 he401Please respect copyright.PENANAwPuETgoDSk
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing401Please respect copyright.PENANAcmaT4avOfY
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d401Please respect copyright.PENANAZPjx202r4h
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we401Please respect copyright.PENANAbFzuvP93gS
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,401Please respect copyright.PENANAPPJVexCyG0
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains401Please respect copyright.PENANAuTGxOaXnUc
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence401Please respect copyright.PENANAxRWV3fTHMt
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically401Please respect copyright.PENANAz11wcZBZKX
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and401Please respect copyright.PENANAIpXKwY4r1V
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before401Please respect copyright.PENANABc9QG2pguw
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only401Please respect copyright.PENANA9saFqpwoz9
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign401Please respect copyright.PENANA2hr0jMw4au
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never401Please respect copyright.PENANAhW3S6f0D1M
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was401Please respect copyright.PENANAi5euLB0Z2u
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the401Please respect copyright.PENANAxyzfhJPRYu
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,401Please respect copyright.PENANAflYFmxNZPh
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he401Please respect copyright.PENANAhHiBy9a2Yx
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment401Please respect copyright.PENANAlJEArOhVnW
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, Aaron401Please respect copyright.PENANA4riuTpceus
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was401Please respect copyright.PENANAKk0LJsItjH
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the401Please respect copyright.PENANA6lTySyQT9z
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If401Please respect copyright.PENANALbpfAreTYD
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 understood401Please respect copyright.PENANAlht4xRAFIL
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he401Please respect copyright.PENANAT8sbBAQO5W
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck401Please respect copyright.PENANAOGkXd6Us0o
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell401Please respect copyright.PENANAeuNxNtwbry
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into401Please respect copyright.PENANAk1KAwv7TLx
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,401Please respect copyright.PENANAxVd2P1Cu9w
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know401Please respect copyright.PENANABb8hEMukjZ
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At401Please respect copyright.PENANAeQAUKNFJFn
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was401Please respect copyright.PENANAA26SFi6hoY
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had401Please respect copyright.PENANAaghv16xuym
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because401Please respect copyright.PENANAljo50RhQeA
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t401Please respect copyright.PENANAYsr3amaLcV
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,401Please respect copyright.PENANASksdLoGfTa
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t401Please respect copyright.PENANA9YctNZkLS3
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the401Please respect copyright.PENANAquJ0yJ0wQa
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the401Please respect copyright.PENANAHIz2ahUdZ1
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or401Please respect copyright.PENANAI9z6LHbdo3
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to401Please respect copyright.PENANAafYHRZxkud
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but401Please respect copyright.PENANAauaGMElOGH
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of401Please respect copyright.PENANAG3MfhvXxqZ
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,401Please respect copyright.PENANAbfBm9lcAV3
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying401Please respect copyright.PENANA0FsbkrHWKB
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was401Please respect copyright.PENANAXBBu2I29Ft
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if401Please respect copyright.PENANA83hdS3RBSx
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the401Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5Lfk96I12
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking401Please respect copyright.PENANAlRwrsvBaCd
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d401Please respect copyright.PENANA7wIyJWrduX
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He401Please respect copyright.PENANAaoP3eLKhHx
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while401Please respect copyright.PENANAvMZo6NwL1f
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he401Please respect copyright.PENANA54OdmMlG8S
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it401Please respect copyright.PENANAXmXQcZjDqc
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 moved401Please respect copyright.PENANAhXICKvgvQx
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,401Please respect copyright.PENANARU9LFmGw0a
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the401Please respect copyright.PENANA04HoCPjWQK
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster401Please respect copyright.PENANAFspj562lt8
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up401Please respect copyright.PENANAJppHq0y1K0
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with401Please respect copyright.PENANAfGQflpunvQ
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV401Please respect copyright.PENANAE2JsfUiw95
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and401Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5K6mA5Plg
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that401Please respect copyright.PENANAAAWkNdymqO
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the401Please respect copyright.PENANAaDr94W3kcN
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures401Please respect copyright.PENANAIoCuISJ0Wm
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and401Please respect copyright.PENANASjASPDvA1L
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner401Please respect copyright.PENANAKPbyZkOa7j
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And401Please respect copyright.PENANAKEpNsyFJv6
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have401Please respect copyright.PENANAEenqSsEm3b
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things401Please respect copyright.PENANAesdScr8B7I
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls401Please respect copyright.PENANAdb2MYDMS3Q
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed401Please respect copyright.PENANA5OamXF3pkJ
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always401Please respect copyright.PENANAg0jnJThsRZ
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear401Please respect copyright.PENANAJCrHN3N7jy
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything401Please respect copyright.PENANAV5SJRxZP1n
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.401Please respect copyright.PENANAtfxOkExfea
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room401Please respect copyright.PENANAKTzjLOHeXy
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his401Please respect copyright.PENANA90CRCO38NO
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that401Please respect copyright.PENANA8U6xwgMEBm
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped401Please respect copyright.PENANA7GDv7vo7pn
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t401Please respect copyright.PENANAXeQjSWvzcv
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall401Please respect copyright.PENANAaVoFMtXSZH
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb401Please respect copyright.PENANAgFqGUXWDEl
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way401Please respect copyright.PENANAMkFrPHTeSU
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from401Please respect copyright.PENANAS4SJ4pdUvg
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate401Please respect copyright.PENANArKQ6wRPkCE
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued401Please respect copyright.PENANAJMY2BdkkXM
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 and401Please respect copyright.PENANADNo1R5vEDq
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and401Please respect copyright.PENANAKDtMmQo8fl
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old401Please respect copyright.PENANAGeJLujRIuF
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the401Please respect copyright.PENANA6JyWUybIG0
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside401Please respect copyright.PENANAcODbxRTZlp
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was401Please respect copyright.PENANAW0JFLyqBkC
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s401Please respect copyright.PENANADciVvWqg92
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 while401Please respect copyright.PENANA5j03c0WKhp
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 the401Please respect copyright.PENANA9mSkEYpDVE
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,401Please respect copyright.PENANADHTPtVUMHa
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s401Please respect copyright.PENANANUPMQUJtlo
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He401Please respect copyright.PENANAF8RwnsbQ0c
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our401Please respect copyright.PENANAaGhEplt36A
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 continued401Please respect copyright.PENANA9ze1ejNkgS
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 corner401Please respect copyright.PENANAH3gy14dEal
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.401Please respect copyright.PENANAntxebOB8C3
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the401Please respect copyright.PENANAyqohyYptXA
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a401Please respect copyright.PENANAhvaqpyeAyd
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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