“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly326Please respect copyright.PENANAoT52BHTjWN
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down326Please respect copyright.PENANAB96PrCpkri
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My326Please respect copyright.PENANAIQQiv2xYhW
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by326Please respect copyright.PENANAyN049ousfs
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in326Please respect copyright.PENANA0pyZfya5Jw
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 he326Please respect copyright.PENANAfrQa9Q1JCJ
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing326Please respect copyright.PENANAGeHJ5eVbtt
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d326Please respect copyright.PENANANpqDhlT6GS
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we326Please respect copyright.PENANA3fJsEQl8Q4
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,326Please respect copyright.PENANACWDHaV670a
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains326Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0kYClGLtJ
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence326Please respect copyright.PENANAz4nxwLTk8z
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically326Please respect copyright.PENANAiaD4nFzBNh
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and326Please respect copyright.PENANAhsJ7TbQjdP
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before326Please respect copyright.PENANAPQAKYkugCo
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only326Please respect copyright.PENANALAsSq5GEGi
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign326Please respect copyright.PENANAuUxVnPqBHN
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never326Please respect copyright.PENANAiTTcKDfMe0
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was326Please respect copyright.PENANABhKzSkNll5
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the326Please respect copyright.PENANAgWhJkZ2WiA
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,326Please respect copyright.PENANAesJeSETee3
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he326Please respect copyright.PENANAT2ZpNSaVUo
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment326Please respect copyright.PENANAvvhXedwPYw
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, Aaron326Please respect copyright.PENANATGijpUEiNi
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was326Please respect copyright.PENANAcQ7riQCQXd
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the326Please respect copyright.PENANAFPhXwYCSMM
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If326Please respect copyright.PENANAQZnSOR47xm
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 understood326Please respect copyright.PENANALO0J9KMKOp
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he326Please respect copyright.PENANAEgyl3jTmhI
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck326Please respect copyright.PENANAz5rgjhXypX
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell326Please respect copyright.PENANA9zyOcGEcbQ
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into326Please respect copyright.PENANAA3BpVxIYfb
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,326Please respect copyright.PENANAWa3PPjT6Uh
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know326Please respect copyright.PENANAz7yV2SeyZB
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At326Please respect copyright.PENANAWZpCeHJNbO
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was326Please respect copyright.PENANAcW0qvuMFah
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had326Please respect copyright.PENANAqziW0NdpST
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because326Please respect copyright.PENANArYoyptmYSj
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t326Please respect copyright.PENANAUU3tcHyDKs
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,326Please respect copyright.PENANAArsOgc46I0
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t326Please respect copyright.PENANAPxQiGByFKz
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the326Please respect copyright.PENANAvb1Qlr4uKx
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the326Please respect copyright.PENANAikPoF9Z67I
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or326Please respect copyright.PENANAcxM0f7in3N
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to326Please respect copyright.PENANA8UjIaT3j9D
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but326Please respect copyright.PENANA5fjAzJkB21
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of326Please respect copyright.PENANA0vv0mWohrF
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,326Please respect copyright.PENANAj4RpfQS40L
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying326Please respect copyright.PENANAaqsiMnlvxt
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was326Please respect copyright.PENANAsKjwKz0wCM
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if326Please respect copyright.PENANA1uCPnjq5BK
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the326Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8DKe4j1TL
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking326Please respect copyright.PENANARXCGFuChho
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d326Please respect copyright.PENANAaCuqW82Hv6
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He326Please respect copyright.PENANASF60A2A18J
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while326Please respect copyright.PENANAjNBNMYifmi
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he326Please respect copyright.PENANA9QPWeamoiM
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it326Please respect copyright.PENANAoKKCtCnjdg
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 moved326Please respect copyright.PENANACCGOUg1S95
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,326Please respect copyright.PENANAPp3gRqCg00
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the326Please respect copyright.PENANA9NRLI1SKuC
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster326Please respect copyright.PENANAFe7iAAuELY
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up326Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5TwSPFsYc
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with326Please respect copyright.PENANA5Fy2IcOcnn
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV326Please respect copyright.PENANAJlInv2pmAa
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and326Please respect copyright.PENANAmE0LOxvr6F
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that326Please respect copyright.PENANA7n5pwx0gyv
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the326Please respect copyright.PENANAmMMdKswCiC
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures326Please respect copyright.PENANANClsL1PwXO
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and326Please respect copyright.PENANAWAAmnbn3lt
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner326Please respect copyright.PENANAQIxfX10xnd
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And326Please respect copyright.PENANAofFkxczDj3
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have326Please respect copyright.PENANAgxQuKsGB1u
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things326Please respect copyright.PENANAcHuq2oYKcq
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls326Please respect copyright.PENANAGu0L4vxgUj
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed326Please respect copyright.PENANAHiIrEaWEpa
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always326Please respect copyright.PENANAm2WJnYunpA
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear326Please respect copyright.PENANASmHFuXq4vL
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything326Please respect copyright.PENANAhebtkg2kI2
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.326Please respect copyright.PENANAk6rSMYrupp
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room326Please respect copyright.PENANAlfUFSmhdV0
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his326Please respect copyright.PENANAWRqe6gVMFn
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that326Please respect copyright.PENANA3OT6t5i57G
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped326Please respect copyright.PENANAWstORWdkiN
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t326Please respect copyright.PENANAE48YejpZa4
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall326Please respect copyright.PENANAGFD2fAhW3k
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb326Please respect copyright.PENANA5LLqgwdXOP
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way326Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9Z5HftHuq
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from326Please respect copyright.PENANA8ITSpn6wXu
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate326Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZgVOvkVDG
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued326Please respect copyright.PENANAL7AOKmNVr6
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 and326Please respect copyright.PENANANzCNnSYBKT
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and326Please respect copyright.PENANAi6Mi0CILqS
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old326Please respect copyright.PENANASE2GXGcHk1
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the326Please respect copyright.PENANAPuv3wdxaeV
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside326Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2Ev1P4x0l
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was326Please respect copyright.PENANALdSVb5YJa4
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s326Please respect copyright.PENANAkuVmi2BcJn
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 while326Please respect copyright.PENANAVNz5ASmadN
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 the326Please respect copyright.PENANA5EhoNdAdDx
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,326Please respect copyright.PENANAcQ5RJcRPH5
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s326Please respect copyright.PENANA4tczjYEEhK
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He326Please respect copyright.PENANA43OhZx79HE
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our326Please respect copyright.PENANAQElaQQ6GjQ
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 continued326Please respect copyright.PENANAkX8s0MNCul
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 corner326Please respect copyright.PENANAfOSB9Tnv8Q
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.326Please respect copyright.PENANAB75pahnRyO
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the326Please respect copyright.PENANA9xFftfUr8T
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a326Please respect copyright.PENANAfkPp403KfP
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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