Acceptance

"Yes ma'am," he replied to his newfound boss.

"Excellent. I'm going to nap. I'll send you home." The world sucked itself into him and he was sucked into the world as he felt the sickening surge of teleportation... at least, that's what he thought it was.

He woke up, soaked with sweat, and looked around his room. Same things, same black walls, same red comforter. He stood and went out to grab the paper. The headline?

Fifteen Year Old Girl Found Dead in Bed; Autopsy Shows No Cause

"So," he chuckled, noting his sounding like the girl in the picture in his encounter with her last night, "This is my first day in office. Don't worry, honey, I won't let it go to my head..."