Fire Alarm & Smoke

Lauren had breathed out a relaxed sigh as she lounged in the tub. She let out a small giggle as she sunk herself into the warm water and bubbles. She closed her eyes with a smile on her face.

Suddenly, an ear-piercing wail made her jump in surprise. Lauren cursed to herself; it was the fire alarm. Ordinarily, this would be a cause for alarm. However, when she had bought the house a year ago, she discovered that the fire alarm had the tendency to randomly go off at times. She made a mental note to ask her landlady to get around to hiring someone to fix that thing as she looked out the window. There was a blue bird singing before flying away, the flowers on the tree swaying in the breeze, a cloud of smoke passing by the window, fluffy clouds forming –

Wait…Smoke?! Lauren thought. Indeed, smoke was coming from outside her window. The closest public grill was by the playground so that parents could keep an eye on their kids while they grilled the food for their cookouts. Her neighbors were smokers, but no cigarette or bowl they smoked caused a smoke cloud that big.

That left only one thing.

“FIRE!” Lauren shrieked as she jumped out of the tub. Putting on her slippers so she wouldn’t slip, Lauren bolted right out of the bathroom to her front door; throwing it wide open and slamming it shut behind her. Lauren ran down the stairs as fast as she could, her heart racing. Finally getting to the bottom of the stairs, Lauren opened the front door of her house wide and ran outside.

Once outside, Lauren turned around to see that there was indeed a fire, and it was rapidly devouring her house. It seemed to have originated from her garage. Lauren looked on in horror, hoping that the Fire Department would get here soon. Looking around, Lauren saw that all her neighbors were gathered outside of her fence…and they were all looking at her for some reason.

Suddenly, Lauren felt a chill over her body. She looked down and her eyes went wide in terror. In her panic to get out of her house before the fire got to it, she had forgotten to do one thing before she left: she forgot to get dressed! No towel. No robe. Just a pair of pink, size 2.5 bunny slippers.

She had just run out of her burning home soaking wet, covered in soap suds…and butt naked!