“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly372Please respect copyright.PENANATpRxQHMc9X
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down372Please respect copyright.PENANApCoYXFDu7e
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My372Please respect copyright.PENANAIfbbhkmm0M
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by372Please respect copyright.PENANATCzIWqTkzA
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in372Please respect copyright.PENANAZCCmyO0vfL
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 he372Please respect copyright.PENANAFh3Uc47Rq5
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing372Please respect copyright.PENANA8l68zZuFiN
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d372Please respect copyright.PENANADljHxgexP0
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we372Please respect copyright.PENANAm7VTkgdTrF
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,372Please respect copyright.PENANAnQDAS8FRmF
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains372Please respect copyright.PENANAmsAEyHLyFG
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence372Please respect copyright.PENANALpDxZ3J57F
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically372Please respect copyright.PENANAQFrOiRPpwo
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and372Please respect copyright.PENANADusjrDgSfj
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before372Please respect copyright.PENANAY5PkqsfJQv
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only372Please respect copyright.PENANAIsb7loXBVD
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign372Please respect copyright.PENANAWAkUuxME5E
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never372Please respect copyright.PENANAOt9S3GVqvs
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was372Please respect copyright.PENANAx7OsFdDIPa
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the372Please respect copyright.PENANAOrZrLPy0iM
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,372Please respect copyright.PENANAxpxAwhQ9s0
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he372Please respect copyright.PENANADtdzjL8MPL
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment372Please respect copyright.PENANAap1Mrj8r3B
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, Aaron372Please respect copyright.PENANAI5oAqvGprk
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was372Please respect copyright.PENANAKib9ITslmW
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the372Please respect copyright.PENANAHJGpehZaU9
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If372Please respect copyright.PENANACRvTkde2jk
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 understood372Please respect copyright.PENANAOzdRlFnqxd
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he372Please respect copyright.PENANAutCFfn3z8u
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck372Please respect copyright.PENANAlUyS1X7JJl
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell372Please respect copyright.PENANAr5Yuh9OLUk
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into372Please respect copyright.PENANAn7j2EgcEfS
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,372Please respect copyright.PENANA9bHuPdgOcJ
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know372Please respect copyright.PENANAw1PbYKMfZI
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At372Please respect copyright.PENANAj8NNdDa5q1
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was372Please respect copyright.PENANAg0HMnGYG52
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had372Please respect copyright.PENANAGGVQmTXd1R
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because372Please respect copyright.PENANAeP6ChjE2zj
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t372Please respect copyright.PENANATFaJxkDUJM
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,372Please respect copyright.PENANAQs1FVfyJ9U
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t372Please respect copyright.PENANAeOfUxi50ST
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the372Please respect copyright.PENANAxx3cYI1Irb
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the372Please respect copyright.PENANAILWDpzTPFN
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or372Please respect copyright.PENANAmguPWrtIqb
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to372Please respect copyright.PENANAcDnRjxwzdi
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but372Please respect copyright.PENANAYnUrcxKCXO
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of372Please respect copyright.PENANAaAGa3ET4jS
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,372Please respect copyright.PENANA4fEeIoN8rV
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying372Please respect copyright.PENANAv7TtteT4l2
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was372Please respect copyright.PENANAQVO4IsXmeC
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if372Please respect copyright.PENANA4vzFV2L8QJ
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the372Please respect copyright.PENANAuksr69mMrn
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking372Please respect copyright.PENANA95heuxWKCg
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d372Please respect copyright.PENANAxu49Dp72vJ
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He372Please respect copyright.PENANAq3QWAopr2Q
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while372Please respect copyright.PENANAzrm6LodhmQ
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he372Please respect copyright.PENANAyvGU8GZduM
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it372Please respect copyright.PENANA8qc2QXX1KA
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 moved372Please respect copyright.PENANAq7f6Np5GaH
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,372Please respect copyright.PENANAJDhAvwST4o
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the372Please respect copyright.PENANAeb46UpnOga
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster372Please respect copyright.PENANAzOAPQtq39O
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up372Please respect copyright.PENANABtIV9jOhjU
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with372Please respect copyright.PENANAiPLaLW96uq
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV372Please respect copyright.PENANAksGWOMJWOV
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and372Please respect copyright.PENANA8BKeSOgj4R
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that372Please respect copyright.PENANArnE1zEvmwE
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the372Please respect copyright.PENANAf4TmTxR8TU
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures372Please respect copyright.PENANAweB6m4hpF3
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and372Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6oXA57xZi
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner372Please respect copyright.PENANAmq4RG2Ryj9
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And372Please respect copyright.PENANAixVznc5NA6
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have372Please respect copyright.PENANAUIRmP4ObHW
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things372Please respect copyright.PENANA80dliIbrV3
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls372Please respect copyright.PENANAtrQigilMf2
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed372Please respect copyright.PENANAevW6qUwT05
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always372Please respect copyright.PENANAb0DjntQL7F
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear372Please respect copyright.PENANA0FWxi9c7hZ
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything372Please respect copyright.PENANAN6F8oYgRL9
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.372Please respect copyright.PENANAFtQ1VxVR9R
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room372Please respect copyright.PENANAnCtrxVP1e7
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his372Please respect copyright.PENANALIeBcxfjn0
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that372Please respect copyright.PENANApR1df4EL7A
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped372Please respect copyright.PENANA3R5ibTyF3B
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t372Please respect copyright.PENANACteyMeL2tN
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall372Please respect copyright.PENANADr0Ym9eHRN
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb372Please respect copyright.PENANAE6d1ZRw6DQ
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way372Please respect copyright.PENANATnsjucYya7
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from372Please respect copyright.PENANAhgUZvg23sA
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate372Please respect copyright.PENANAB4njuZ3rph
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued372Please respect copyright.PENANAODmerTPdTO
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 and372Please respect copyright.PENANAtYjQSFZHB5
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and372Please respect copyright.PENANAHevlIOpFKE
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old372Please respect copyright.PENANAdw4kPECDj6
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the372Please respect copyright.PENANAVzQaebYiIR
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside372Please respect copyright.PENANAvh29amvlrt
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was372Please respect copyright.PENANAUpFRKkwN6z
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s372Please respect copyright.PENANAdo7NpC7OI0
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 while372Please respect copyright.PENANAsxKC3bEGVC
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 the372Please respect copyright.PENANAtm6m70fhaX
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,372Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4pOZrAUAl
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s372Please respect copyright.PENANAxaNf1qQxmO
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He372Please respect copyright.PENANAIF1oeMjIgE
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our372Please respect copyright.PENANA7Y2AEi9dQJ
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 continued372Please respect copyright.PENANARE4AZ9Usgg
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 corner372Please respect copyright.PENANAuY23QKt6zf
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.372Please respect copyright.PENANACx9vvzfWjr
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the372Please respect copyright.PENANAhWaIU6YJNa
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a372Please respect copyright.PENANA2fTYCOAS4Z
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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