“Annie! Annie, honey, look what you got in the mail!”
“What? Mom? What is it? Come on, give it to me!”
“It’s… The big envelope! You got in! Sweetie, look, you got in! Oh, love, I’m so proud of you.”
“Oh my god! I got in! I can’t believe this! YES! Oh- oh, Mom, don’t cry, please don’t cry. I’ll be back from there every weekend, you know I will.”
“I know, I know. But the house will be so lonely without you. I still don’t love the idea, you know that. I mean, I know it’s a great honor to be able to join this experimental group that the Set have started, and I know it’ll be an amazing thing to put on your college applications in a year, but still…”
“Mom, you know how bored I am at school. You know that I would start college right now if I could. The Set are offering kids like me the opportunity of a lifetime! I can’t pass this up. Mom, tell me you’ll be ok without me…”
“Of course I will, honey. I’m just going to miss you, that’s all. As long as I’ll get to see you once a week, I’ll be alright.”
“I’ll be home every weekend, Mom. Promise.”
Marianne stared blankly at the boulder in front of her. It was still hovering. She moved her eyes, and her concentration, to the right. The boulder moved with her mind. The loudspeaker made a gurgling cackle and the ever-present voice told her that that will do. Marianne let the memory fade away as she shook her head and rubbed her aching, tired eyes. The boulder fell to the floor with a crash as Marianne threw herself on the thin mattress that lay on the floor in the corner. She felt herself crashing into unconsciousness just like the boulder and then knew no more.
Slightly Ignorant 
I got a little lost on this one. Is this two separate stories? I like each of them but if they belong together, I got lost.
Well, I thought it was clear =/. But I guess not, so I’ll explain – in the first part, Marianne got the grain to rise only when she thoughts accidentally of her mother. The beginning of this part his her memory of her mother, a memory of her and her mother’s conversation when Marianne gets accepted to a special program.
The subtle message which I guess wasn’t clear was that Marianne is currently in this program, and it’s very very different from what she thought it was supposed to be. It’s run by a group called Set, and I don’t want to give too much away about what I have in mind about them yet.
I guess with two names is what threw me. Annie and Marianne.
Ooooh, I see – Annie is supposed to be a nickname for Marianne ^_^”.