“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly106Please respect copyright.PENANAJYKLaOtYSL
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down106Please respect copyright.PENANA2CV1bHo03Z
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My106Please respect copyright.PENANAkQSvkMijl6
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by106Please respect copyright.PENANA9F6P9ma2wB
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in106Please respect copyright.PENANAuriwA3jQod
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 he106Please respect copyright.PENANAfXFSxDN76W
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing106Please respect copyright.PENANAlHuRWPyTu7
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d106Please respect copyright.PENANArYSlxRijPH
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we106Please respect copyright.PENANAPv6RGpO8LC
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,106Please respect copyright.PENANAKzLK5riMlW
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains106Please respect copyright.PENANAsA6uafXOfx
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence106Please respect copyright.PENANAtiV5ebzAMj
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically106Please respect copyright.PENANALHTvXrvbbz
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and106Please respect copyright.PENANAc0cl9t5L5V
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before106Please respect copyright.PENANAXyZMYLYhbX
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only106Please respect copyright.PENANAcbM56GQvRz
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign106Please respect copyright.PENANAuD2Ym6IyVt
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never106Please respect copyright.PENANANjRlrk67sF
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was106Please respect copyright.PENANAXpVZJEko3h
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the106Please respect copyright.PENANAk3ELhnKDuM
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,106Please respect copyright.PENANAk9WZOpS4b5
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he106Please respect copyright.PENANAUZSTDUBi39
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment106Please respect copyright.PENANAKG4L1lciB9
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, Aaron106Please respect copyright.PENANAy2TRXhtYGA
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was106Please respect copyright.PENANAsaUJNSOuRi
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the106Please respect copyright.PENANAzbN16IZoxW
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If106Please respect copyright.PENANAok81KS2YxD
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 understood106Please respect copyright.PENANAR7y1ywXVok
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he106Please respect copyright.PENANAoOg0stGEBZ
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck106Please respect copyright.PENANAekT6GvZZqb
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell106Please respect copyright.PENANATxycRvJvqJ
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into106Please respect copyright.PENANADxOuwuqfz7
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,106Please respect copyright.PENANAGD23pky1to
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know106Please respect copyright.PENANA69wKWWQ894
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At106Please respect copyright.PENANA6KMiHyXhNu
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was106Please respect copyright.PENANAuAaEksOSWs
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had106Please respect copyright.PENANAxdK3xZeDNw
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because106Please respect copyright.PENANABycVB2wiHn
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t106Please respect copyright.PENANAsqVWTJazUp
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,106Please respect copyright.PENANAMWhwS4SNPK
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t106Please respect copyright.PENANAR5Yn9hTO6d
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the106Please respect copyright.PENANARMDG3KOygn
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the106Please respect copyright.PENANAassnkMS7Wo
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or106Please respect copyright.PENANAUEtQ5Pk3NR
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to106Please respect copyright.PENANAZlqBbmBW0l
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but106Please respect copyright.PENANAkRxnhvXKGr
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of106Please respect copyright.PENANAzQBniauXCp
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,106Please respect copyright.PENANAY8MNvEaEgV
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying106Please respect copyright.PENANAY6IYGMYWpm
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was106Please respect copyright.PENANAWMo8YdXB7O
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if106Please respect copyright.PENANAtBUZa6DKAS
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the106Please respect copyright.PENANA8w6cycPj5p
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking106Please respect copyright.PENANAv9NAae2w1V
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d106Please respect copyright.PENANAPCjxXRsUIu
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He106Please respect copyright.PENANALAMQTbLpS1
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while106Please respect copyright.PENANAehlVKl9nyz
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he106Please respect copyright.PENANAkIerAmDEjo
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it106Please respect copyright.PENANAN5X5ZeJ8u9
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 moved106Please respect copyright.PENANA2a9UFbFqUa
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,106Please respect copyright.PENANAxUKUqR6XIn
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the106Please respect copyright.PENANAELguoRfMeS
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster106Please respect copyright.PENANAwW9KdS6YMb
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up106Please respect copyright.PENANAGFjyyaLkb7
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with106Please respect copyright.PENANAwGxXVfnGvL
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV106Please respect copyright.PENANAVhfE1jVXbM
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and106Please respect copyright.PENANAuPy8vhJOzo
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that106Please respect copyright.PENANA7cXDbL1MIN
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the106Please respect copyright.PENANAG79HGjoAjp
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures106Please respect copyright.PENANAyFSqoCq4R8
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and106Please respect copyright.PENANAY26ZFCacdV
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner106Please respect copyright.PENANAm3QIP7TEt3
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And106Please respect copyright.PENANARWt4GTb8mZ
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have106Please respect copyright.PENANActyIUMtNOS
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things106Please respect copyright.PENANADIu3UPP2LL
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls106Please respect copyright.PENANAycS6nATXaM
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed106Please respect copyright.PENANACXNZMZpYCd
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always106Please respect copyright.PENANAAgl6HGvGu3
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear106Please respect copyright.PENANAou5Odeuhi7
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything106Please respect copyright.PENANAP3FpktC8cJ
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.106Please respect copyright.PENANAcUib5kqVbe
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room106Please respect copyright.PENANATaxEskalTt
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his106Please respect copyright.PENANARQaKUhhX5Q
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that106Please respect copyright.PENANAEGliNSA8em
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped106Please respect copyright.PENANA0i6YSn6sxs
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t106Please respect copyright.PENANAAqkApqObnv
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall106Please respect copyright.PENANALy3ZvNycY0
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb106Please respect copyright.PENANAKKqYSZVluu
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way106Please respect copyright.PENANAhmIjA48rQG
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from106Please respect copyright.PENANAMpwNqvbEW3
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate106Please respect copyright.PENANAd97xL29ihy
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued106Please respect copyright.PENANATl9BlDpl4A
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 and106Please respect copyright.PENANA9XHbIRGkoR
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and106Please respect copyright.PENANAacgpOuCFTA
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old106Please respect copyright.PENANAp1B01gNtfE
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the106Please respect copyright.PENANAgfPNyr2ndw
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside106Please respect copyright.PENANAvrB6j4uE89
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was106Please respect copyright.PENANAJP0LJoWjSH
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s106Please respect copyright.PENANAFWZf55ZWcl
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 while106Please respect copyright.PENANApRUT7PRkjU
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 the106Please respect copyright.PENANAvVdBi8wywi
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,106Please respect copyright.PENANAy4DnJFcg38
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s106Please respect copyright.PENANAHNjKbu98OX
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He106Please respect copyright.PENANAFmjmKDH5D6
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our106Please respect copyright.PENANAbG01VYxfEv
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 continued106Please respect copyright.PENANAQDvtWg9ybN
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 corner106Please respect copyright.PENANAJNvkxFLZZo
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.106Please respect copyright.PENANAh8VApU6ekb
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the106Please respect copyright.PENANAFta7Wjghdw
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a106Please respect copyright.PENANAMODbCkjMH7
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
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