Bittersweet Success

**Bittersweet Success** is the seventh episode of the Adelaine Jones Saga and the sixty-fifth episode overall in Milo's One-shot Series book.

## Plot

By the time 2020 begun, Adelaine and her boyfriend Hugh had become rather popular and famous in their school for their work at the theatre department. The two are also becoming well-known figures around Grimsborough, with Adelaine now being nicknamed "The People's Rose" due to her charisma, the respect she commands and her attractive appearance, though Adelaine implies that Hugh is also as important as her in the theatre.

On Friday, the school newspaper, which was run by the gay couple Sean Dupont and William Evans, featured Adelaine and Hugh on the front page for the first time ever, which Adelaine quickly shared her accomplishments to her family and her godfather Gabriel, along with Amir and Jasper. However, Adelaine felt that she was being arrogant about it, as she is showing off her success, though Amir told Adelaine that it is right to be proud of herself. At that time, Adelaine and her friends were working on Diana: The Musical, with Adelaine playing as Diana Spencer.

As Sofia entered the room with Adelaine's little sister Diana Jones, Sofia was in awe of Adelaine's look as a princess, while Diana giggled and cutely complimented her appearance. As Adelaine was about to go home, Lexi congratulated her on the coverage she got in the newspaper. Gabriel also gave Adelaine a biography on Diana Spencer to prepare her for the role, and when she got back home, she played dress-up as a princess with Diana until her mother, Alessia got home. Jones got back home shortly there after, with them having the fish Jones had caught for dinner. While Adelaine was writing her journal, Alessia came in to say that she's proud of her before she said goodnight to Adelaine. Jones also later said goodnight to her before she went to bed.

A few days later, FHS' theatre department were going to perform on national television during a Founders' Day event, with this being Adelaine's first time on live TV. Noticing that she is feeling nervous, Hugh comforted her right away before the two and the rest of the department performed the song. The performance was a success as people gave standing ovations to her and the rest of the department. The next day, William and Sean did an interview with her, before Sean told her that he had saved a part of her performance on Founders' Day. Adelaine later overheard that Gabriel thinks really highly of her, and one week later, they had their opening night at the auditorium, watched by many people including Gabriel and his wife Sofia. When the show was over, Adelaine, Hugh and Audrey got standing ovations, and after Mr. Hindinberg gave a small speech, the crowd wanted Adelaine to have a speech as well. She gave a small speech, and after the show, Gabriel gave her a large bouquet of flowers as a gift, with the others also giving her flowers before they went back home to celebrate with some donuts and cookies.

## Characters

### Main Characters

* Adelaine Jones
* Gabriel Herrera

### Supporting Characters

* Mr. Maximilian Hindinberg
* Hugh Anderson
* Audrey Willington
* Alessia Jones
* David Jones
* Diana Jones
* Amir Devani-Everett

### Minor Characters

* Jasper Everett-Devani
* Lexi Turner
* Sofia Herrera
* Sean Dupont
* William Evans

### Cameos

* Alex Turner
* Cathy Turner
* Sammy Turner

## Continuity

* **Blissful Ever After**: Adelaine has kept her short but curly haircut she had since she was forced to cut it 14 months prior. It isn't clear why she decided to keep the short haircut given the fact that she loved her ultra-long hair in the past, though it could have been due to the fact that she needed short hair to play as Diana Spencer for the musical.