The Older Girls

Arella is sixteen on the outside, but a much different type of girl then she lets on underneath. When her Mom leaves when she is only nine years old her family was torn apart. With a dad who is constantly working and an autistic baby brother she had to step up to the plate to hold them together, and that has taken it's toll.

Arella wanted escape. Arella wanted freedom. All she wanted was happiness, just for a little while. So she turned to the demon.

Alcohol.

And when things spun out of control she just went along with them. Now she is sixteen and smokes every day, has a sweet tooth for anything that will put her under and a bad habit of befriending people that get her into even deeper trouble. And with her bad influence of a best friend by her side there is no going back now. She's a screw up, and she knows.

So when the strange boy who moves in across the street suddenly takes a fascination to her, why is it that she doesn't need the demon so much anymore? Why is it that the empty space which always seems to be inside her feels different now, like it isn't so painful anymore? Maybe this boy is just what she needs, or maybe he'll be her ultimate downfall. After all, she already had her heart broken once, and she isn't prepared for it to happen ever again.

She knows the rules. She knows how to survive. She grew up fast. She's no child, she's an older girl.