"This is ridiculous." Chance says taking Austin by the hand and leading him toward Avi's room.

Just as he raises his hand to knock on the door, the door opens with Avi and Adam on the other side.

"Listen, I know you two are realizing that you like each other and all, but can y'all quieten down a little?" Chance asks.

"What are you talking about? That wasn't us." Avi says.

"That was definitely Tim." Adam adds.

"No, it sounded like Avi." Austin says.

"Well, it wasn't me." Avi says as he takes Adam by the hand and heads toward the stairs.

"This is deja vu." Austin says shaking his head as he and Chance follow the other couple.

Chris was sitting Tim back in his chair when the two couples walk into the room.

"Tim, do you have to moan so loud when you and Chris are making out?" Adam says, crossing his arms over his chest.

"That wasn't me, it was Chance playing around." Tim says, getting comfortable in his chair.

"No it wasn't." Chance replies.

"It wasn't Chance. He was with me." Austin says. "We were.... talking when we heard what we thought was Avi moaning."

"It definitely sounded like Tim." Avi says.

"I have pizzaaaa!" Rob sang coming into the room.

Everyone turns their heads and look at Rob.

His smile drops. "What'd I do?"

"We heard that moaning again." Chris says. "And everyone that it sounded like is denying it."

"Who did it sound like?" Rob asks still holding the pizzas.

"Chance." Tim answers.

"Avi." Chance and Austin says in unison.

"Tim." Adam says.

"Okay? Who wants pizza?" Rob asks as he heads to the kitchen.

The others follow him quietly.

"Have you ever looked up the history on this house, Chris?" Avi asks as he hands Adam a slice of pizza.

"No, I just grabbed it cause it was big enough for us all and cheap." Chris answers.

"You ever wondered why it was so cheap?" Avi asks.

"I just thought it was because it was so old." Chris says, taking a sip of his tea.

"Shhh." Tim whispers suddenly, holding up his hand to quieten everyone.

"What, Tim." Austin whispers.

"I thought I heard ...Listen." Tim whispers.

They all could clearly hear footsteps walking upstairs. The sound of heavy boots.

"That's footsteps." Adam whispers. "But we're all down here."

They all jump at the sound of a door closing upstairs.

"What the hell." Chris says jumping up from the table and heads toward the stairs.

Everyone jumps up and follows him.

"Chris, No." Tim says. "Don't go up there."

But it was too late, Chris was already halfway up the steps.

Tim quickly looks around and realizes he is by himself.

"Guys? Don't leave me." He calls out with a shaky voice.

His breath quickens when he smells the sweet smell of honeysuckle.

~~

"I don't understand." Rob says. "We clearly heard a door shut and all the doors up here are open."

"Y'all I'm about to get freaked out here." Austin says as he leans into Chance.

"About to? I already am." Adam says as he grips onto Avi's hand.

"AHHHHHH!!"

"Oh my God, Tim!!!" Chris shouts as he hears his boyfriend scream downstairs.

"CHRIS!!!!" Tim screams as he starts crying.

"BABY!! I COMING!!" Chris yells as they run for the stairs.

"I smell perfume." Adam says as they run down the stairs.

"Or flowers." Austin adds.

"Smells like honeysuckle." Rob says.

They find Tim sitting in the living room, crying and gasping for air.

"He's having an anxiety attack." Chance says as Chris runs over and grabs Tim in his arms.

"I'm here. Breathe, Baby." Chris says as he hugs him tighter.

"I...can't. I....can't." Tim whispers.

"Shhh, calm down. It's alright." Chris whispers as he gently rocks his lover.

"Something ... touched me, Chris." Tim says as he tries to catch his breath. He reaches up to his left ear.

"Something touched you?" Avi asks.

"It touched my hair. And... and I heard a breath by my ear." Tim says with heavy breath. "And I smelled .... honeysuckle."

"That's what we smelled as we were coming down the stairs." Rob says.

"What the hell are we supposed to do? We're living in a f*cking haunted house." Austin says with a panicky voice.

"I need to find out some history on this place." Chris says as he places a kiss on top of Tim's head.

"I bet it was a whore house. I mean, how else would you explain the moaning." Austin says.

"That makes sense. And the honeysuckle smell could have been one of the prostitute's perfume." Adam adds.

"And the heavy footsteps and the closing of the door was maybe a cowboy or even a soldier going to one of the whore's rooms." Tim says.

"How long has this been going on?" Avi asks.

"It just started, I think." Chris says.

"It started right after the tornado. I heard someone walking up the hall a couple of times at night but I figured it was one of you guys." Austin says.

"You think it's malicious?" Tim asks.

"Ain't anybody been attacked or anything." Rob answers.

"But it made contact with Tim by touching him." Chance says.

"Honey, it didn't scratch you or anything, did it?" Chris asks.

"No. It just kinda touched my hair and then a heard a heavy breath next to my ear." Tim says as he brushes his hair back.

"Well, it seems to be pretty quiet now. The perfume smell is gone too." Rob says. "It's getting late. We need to get to bed."

"I'm not sleeping in that room by myself." Austin says shaking his head.

"I'm not either." Adam agrees.

"Austin, you can stay in my room or you can stay with Chance." Rob says as he starts up the stairs.

"Can I stay with you?" Austin asks looking around at Chance.

"Of course you can." Chance says.

"Avi, can I sleep in your room?" Adam asks with a frightened voice.

"Sure." Avi says as he kisses Adam's hand that he was holding.

"You ready to go to bed?" Chris asks as he rubs Tim on the back of the head.

"I guess." Tim nods. He turns his chair around and starts toward the bedroom, looking over his shoulder to see if Chris was following.

"Good night, y'all." Chris says and then smiles when he sees his boyfriend's huge brown eyes watching him. "I'm coming."

~~

Chris helped Tim get undressed and got him into to bed. He went to use the bathroom and as he was coming out he turned off the light.

"Uh, can you leave that light on? Please?" Tim asks almost in a child-like voice.

Chris smiles and turns the light back on and then crawls into bed pulling his lover close to him.

"It's going to be alright." Chris whispers and kisses him on the side of the head.

"Chris." Tim starts as he raises himself up to look at his boyfriend. "The footsteps, the moaning and the door shutting could be residual hauntings. Something that happens over and over again, no real human contact. But I was touched and someone breathed next to my ear. That's an intelligent haunting. One that interacts with a living person. That'a scary as hell."

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O.K., so I watch a lot of Ghost Hunters and Ghost Adventures.  XD

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