Amelia woke up to the sun shining in her eyes. She must have forgotten to shut the curtains the night before. She lay there in bed, staring up at the ceiling, dreading the moment she would have to get up. Slowly she slid across the bed and brought her feet to a dangle over the side. Once there, she slipped into her slippers and finally got out of bed. Amelia just happened to glance at her clock before heading downstairs. It was 7:43 in the morning.

She was only a few steps down the stairs when she smelled it- the stench of bacon that should have been taken out of the frying pan a long time ago. The smoke was quickly filling the air, bringing a burning smell along with it. Suddenly, there was the loud buzzing of the smoke alarm.

She jogged down the rest of the stairs, finding herself in the kitchen. Amelia reached for a towel or rag or something to pull the pan of bacon off the burner, but she could not find anything. She reached down and wrapped her hand with the bottom half of her shirt and grabbed the handle of the pan, pulling it off of the heat. Some of the grease splashed her stomach and burnt her, but other than that she was fine. But the room was continuing to thicken with smoke. Amelia reached across the hot burner and turned the knob to off. She then went to the windows lining the counter top and sink and slid each one open. She had become so lost in the chaos of trying to keep her house from burning down that she hadn't had the time to process what was going on.
She began to think to herself, why would mom have left the stove top on? Where is she?

I hoped you enjoyed the first chapter! I will try to add the second part as soon as I can, but feel free to PM me any suggestions you have in the meantime. -allie :)