The Nerdy Actress

Prologue.

Grayson had just turned off the lights, about to sleep when a chocking smell drifted past his nose. He recognized it at once. Smoke? What is burning? He thought looking out of the window where the unfriendly smell was coming from. His neighbor's house. As he strolled over so did the smell become thicker and thicker. Something is wrong. He acted quick, one hand gripping on the window frame, he jumped over so he was standing on the small brick extension below the window. His back pressed to the wall. Securing his footing, he slowly crept over to his neighbor's balcony and with one hand hoisted himself up with a trail of sweat rolling down the side of his face at the heat. As he walked through the balcony door, Grayson could hear the sound of fire crackling fiercely, as well as a series of harsh cough. The fire hadn't spread much, but it was still much of an hassle to breath. So he had one hand covering his nose as he looked around for a way to put out the fire. He looked back ...