Just Simply Breathe

**WARNING: This episode concerns themes related to self-harm. Proceed with caution.**

**Just Simply Breathe** is the sixth episode of the Adelaine Jones Saga and the sixty-second episode overall in Milo's One-shot Series book.

## Plot

After the kidnapping attempt by Kelsey Griffs on November 8th, Adelaine suffered PTSD from the mocking and beating by her and Rosamund Wilcox. She often felt like the two were sitting next to her, resulting in her becoming easily distracted or even suffering freakouts if anyone mentioned their names. One night, when Adelaine asked what was wrong with her, Jones told her that it was PTSD, though he refused to answer if he had suffered from PTSD before (he had suffered from it multiple times). Jones then tucked her in for the night.

On December 6th, Mr. Hindinberg was giving a lesson in how to enhance your emotions in angry scenes, and as he smashed a flower pot as part of the act, Adelaine began to cry and breathe heavily, with Hugh rushing to her side. Mr. Hindinberg later allowed Adelaine, Hugh and Audrey to leave the classroom as it was clear that she needed to calm down. Once in the bathroom, Adelaine was suffering a panic attack and was unable to respond to Audrey. Then, she suffered a flashback which resulted in her punching through the bathroom mirror, hurting herself in the meantime. When Hugh spotted Adelaine's bloody arm, he was frozen in shock as Adelaine cried fresh new tears while Audrey quickly got out some toilet rolls to try and stop the bleeding before the three saw the nurse, who was shocked by the extent of her injuries. After curing her and stitching up her wounds, Mr. Hindinberg told Adelaine that he felt guilty if he let Adelaine continue to practice, resulting in her suffering a burnout, and as a result, he told Adelaine to take a break from theatre, which she tearfully accepted. When Hugh and Audrey asked her where she was going, Adelaine told them that she needed to rest after the incident, and said goodbye to the two of them before she got picked up by her mother Alessia.

Alessia was horrified when she saw Adelaine's arm, and when the two got back home, Jones immediately gave his daughter an emotional hug, crying as he saw Adelaine's wounds. After she had her wounds cleaned again and had some cookies, she fell asleep on Jones' shoulder. Jones got Adelaine to bed, before he told Alessia that they have to arrange a therapy session with Gabriel as soon as possible. Gabriel, after hearing what happened to Adelaine in school, quickly told Jones that he will set up the therapy session for Adelaine and her friends as early as tomorrow as it was already Friday. As Alessia was playing peekaboo with their younger daughter Diana, Jones asked the-now awake Adelaine if she can get Audrey to pick them up tomorrow, which she agreed to. She then resumed chatting with Lexi on the phone.

The next day, Adelaine was driven to the GPD Headquarters by her parents, where she met her friends and Gabriel to be ready for the session. They started the session after they had some food to eat, although it was interrupted when a cabinet door was slammed shut somewhere in the building, causing Adelaine to have another panic attack and hallucinate over Kelsey attempting to murder Gabriel (which wasn't real). As her parents were comforting her after that, Hugh came in and also gave Adelaine a hug after she suffered the panic attack. Then, Sean suggested to everyone that they should go out to fish at a nearby lake instead, which they happily agreed to do so. On Monday, Jackson, Lily, Frances and Charles, who were Kelsey's friends, walked to find Adelaine and her friends to apologize for the emotional trauma. They quickly accepted it and bonded together quite well.

On the Saturday after that, the entire cast had a fun time at the lake fishing, now with their new friends. They were also able to eat the fish they caught thanks to the Turners helping to fry the fish. After the Christmas break, Adelaine went to tell Mr. Hindinberg that she was ready to rejoin, with Mr. Hindinberg happily accepting it. The night after they finished performing Hairspray (the musical they were working on), Alessia presented Adelaine a journal, telling her that writing journals is a Dupont family tradition, of which Alessia is one. After receiving it, Adelaine then began to write her journal in a pink glitter gel pen.

## Characters

### Main Characters

* Adelaine Jones
* Alessia Jones
* David Jones

### Supporting Characters

* Hugh Anderson
* Audrey Willington
* Mr. Maximilian Hindinberg
* Gabriel Herrera
* Lexi Turner
* Sammy Turner
* Sean Dupont
* Kelsey Griffs (mentioned)

### Minor Characters

* Diana Jones
* Jemma Hill
* Jackson Brills
* Lily Lancer
* Frances Payne
* Charles McKenny

### Cameos

* William Evans
* Alex Turner
* Cathy Turner
* Jasper Everett-Devani
* Amir Devani-Everett
* Charles Dupont (mentioned)

## Continuity

* **Jealousy in My Veins**: The episode is a direct continuation of this episode, due to the story's focus being the fallout of Kelsey's kidnapping attempt and Adelaine's struggle with the PTSD she suffered from afterwards.

## Trivia

* This is the first time that Adelaine had actually suffered an injury.