“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly404Please respect copyright.PENANAGlUprhNmPT
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down404Please respect copyright.PENANA9vdIIhqJ2Y
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My404Please respect copyright.PENANAECly0NrNHl
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by404Please respect copyright.PENANARnExQNiCfP
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in404Please respect copyright.PENANACNkabq3tnz
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 he404Please respect copyright.PENANAoY2vIl69PU
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing404Please respect copyright.PENANAJueQYhPGz8
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d404Please respect copyright.PENANAWbSZF4jJ6n
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we404Please respect copyright.PENANAJevvFzRPkM
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,404Please respect copyright.PENANAlsLRA5SKaY
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains404Please respect copyright.PENANA2hsSyC63S4
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence404Please respect copyright.PENANAYYXIVKrlNs
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically404Please respect copyright.PENANAaba1x7qu6z
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and404Please respect copyright.PENANAte8VZJMb98
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before404Please respect copyright.PENANAjNs1Zz6XNn
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only404Please respect copyright.PENANAlbenohFLOr
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign404Please respect copyright.PENANAEsw2GpL4OU
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never404Please respect copyright.PENANA3VC2QSxcRG
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was404Please respect copyright.PENANAeJmE2Qyngj
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the404Please respect copyright.PENANAIufC9XsRqc
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,404Please respect copyright.PENANAAJhCOyZIdr
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he404Please respect copyright.PENANAFVfIBwzDlb
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment404Please respect copyright.PENANAucLZQoyUW6
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, Aaron404Please respect copyright.PENANA0tYhhl9hj5
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was404Please respect copyright.PENANAhch7jewe4o
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the404Please respect copyright.PENANAHkg7zP8DD2
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If404Please respect copyright.PENANA58OB2Veijz
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 understood404Please respect copyright.PENANAoMSNe8ZHjR
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he404Please respect copyright.PENANAn4NbkMvWTr
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck404Please respect copyright.PENANAgPrn7AmUTM
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell404Please respect copyright.PENANAoBD600ca9m
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into404Please respect copyright.PENANAPlRl5DnGKQ
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,404Please respect copyright.PENANAcEVNGMp9JA
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know404Please respect copyright.PENANAmJTxtcVtiV
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At404Please respect copyright.PENANAU94Dseau4E
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was404Please respect copyright.PENANAyoFf2oR24a
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had404Please respect copyright.PENANA8UhJPNY6UT
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because404Please respect copyright.PENANAutBw2Z2p80
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t404Please respect copyright.PENANA455fkTNHQO
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,404Please respect copyright.PENANAgiL5hJs0O9
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t404Please respect copyright.PENANA3kKoAplqDz
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the404Please respect copyright.PENANAnMlQdTxl3Z
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the404Please respect copyright.PENANAoAb2rFSPqO
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or404Please respect copyright.PENANA7oJPH2413T
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to404Please respect copyright.PENANAy3Pe9ZTiVK
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but404Please respect copyright.PENANAx0ymn9Vvrs
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of404Please respect copyright.PENANAmonSFdFyOD
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,404Please respect copyright.PENANAackzYISqPu
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying404Please respect copyright.PENANArWluyxKgYH
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was404Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZMfo4ACbo
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if404Please respect copyright.PENANArDTIEG6Jg4
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the404Please respect copyright.PENANAnyKcDLo2LJ
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking404Please respect copyright.PENANABZ55hLfsmk
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d404Please respect copyright.PENANALcKbA8tPKd
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He404Please respect copyright.PENANA9p5No0JQPa
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while404Please respect copyright.PENANALacAisKABE
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he404Please respect copyright.PENANAj7kznF51vJ
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it404Please respect copyright.PENANAG2Pd576qqD
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 moved404Please respect copyright.PENANAQUHccm2XKA
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,404Please respect copyright.PENANAYJCvHZNq1H
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the404Please respect copyright.PENANAqck0FMFGkz
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster404Please respect copyright.PENANAN7rSvpzBbx
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up404Please respect copyright.PENANAaQZ0XtVABb
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with404Please respect copyright.PENANAJC7CNdt7Kk
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV404Please respect copyright.PENANA4hD7b9T2tP
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and404Please respect copyright.PENANARFZOAb5Kz3
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that404Please respect copyright.PENANA2rtspGgPjO
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the404Please respect copyright.PENANAAuUjdrysk5
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures404Please respect copyright.PENANA9bx0cfORUi
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and404Please respect copyright.PENANAq1CdwDGlKP
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner404Please respect copyright.PENANAng3uPlleVG
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And404Please respect copyright.PENANAtVXzyoV1xd
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have404Please respect copyright.PENANA3MD47NmbA5
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things404Please respect copyright.PENANAyvGNVjC4PD
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls404Please respect copyright.PENANAVEZWlZzHsT
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed404Please respect copyright.PENANAb7Q7OsjyJ2
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always404Please respect copyright.PENANAwC8kyX3K9i
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear404Please respect copyright.PENANAkz1XK6c32W
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything404Please respect copyright.PENANA3HosLjRjzp
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.404Please respect copyright.PENANAQXvAuMqaIp
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room404Please respect copyright.PENANAwVeEb03Ggs
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his404Please respect copyright.PENANAzlMKeiG85p
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that404Please respect copyright.PENANAS5nRtNZk0B
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped404Please respect copyright.PENANAXvp791Eq5M
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t404Please respect copyright.PENANA6EZ3dvIWhE
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall404Please respect copyright.PENANAsixETJNYKO
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb404Please respect copyright.PENANAkjriZVYNHF
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way404Please respect copyright.PENANAFAWZYtylbb
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from404Please respect copyright.PENANAR3v18qnjrK
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate404Please respect copyright.PENANANeUCXkBDgl
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued404Please respect copyright.PENANAI5gwW6Z8AO
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 and404Please respect copyright.PENANAjAtzxwbja3
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and404Please respect copyright.PENANAOnf3RCX2Tu
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old404Please respect copyright.PENANA5OcAv6R0hR
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the404Please respect copyright.PENANAhuBHhHAGa6
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside404Please respect copyright.PENANAxNCyHl1GRb
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was404Please respect copyright.PENANAwDOlH7xNHC
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s404Please respect copyright.PENANAIYWj4aXJMi
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 while404Please respect copyright.PENANAFYg6oj2hQp
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 the404Please respect copyright.PENANA8UZ9IQ0uDk
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,404Please respect copyright.PENANAOYUFAjNtil
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s404Please respect copyright.PENANAIzF7MJy6LR
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He404Please respect copyright.PENANA0v9DEl7bKi
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our404Please respect copyright.PENANAeMcq1hwdAl
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 continued404Please respect copyright.PENANA8h7zNZA4Gf
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 corner404Please respect copyright.PENANAA9xA9b8Hdc
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.404Please respect copyright.PENANApp5Iihgxg2
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the404Please respect copyright.PENANATDOSGzpOu0
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a404Please respect copyright.PENANADnXAsSncEv
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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