Arielle Gresham

Arielle Gresham is a senior at Douglass High School, an urban school in Cincinnati. She is pretty and thin at a mere size 2, but her bad behavior toward her friends has driven away everyone in her life, including her boyfriend, Jericho Prescott. Arielle knows she is responsible for her own loneliness, but she still can't help wondering what Jericho sees in the heavy and less attractive Olivia Thigpen.

Arielle's home life is also an issue. Her father died at the hands of a drunk driver when she was too young to remember him, and she is now living with her mother and third stepfather, Chad. She enjoys the stylish clothes and new electronics he provides for her, but chafes under his strict regimen, including having to account for every cent she spends. Arielle is close to her mother, although she doesn't understand why she doesn't stand up...