I'm A Celebrity 2019!

~ 02 ~

'So, what the hell do we do now?' Roman turns to the rest of us. 'I have no idea!' We all chorus, laughing. 'Nobody knows what's going on!'

We all chat on the beach for a while, until the big yacht pulls up ahead of us. 'Oop, ey up.' 'Aye.' We all point, Caitlyn confused. 'What?' 'We got the big one here.' Andrew points and she turns around, jumping at the sight of the boat and sending us all into hysterics again.

'Why didn't we get a party boat?' She pouts and I'm almost in tears, loving her more and more with each laugh.

'Ayeeee!' We all wave at our other 5 campmates, cheering until Caitlyn jokes. 'Should we pull our pants down and moon 'em?' We're all off howling again. 'What d'ya think. As they go by just, eh, aye! There ya go!' She pretends to pull down her jeans as Roman and I have to clutch onto each other from laughing so hard.

The big boat turns around and eventually docks, confusing everyone until I spot another boat approaching. 'Hang on. Oh god.' I point seeing Ant and Dec appear. It was all becoming real now.

We all cheer and wave once again, until they whizz straight past us. Oh.

'Of course they're going to the party boat.' We all sigh, watching Ant hop out onto the yacht and Dec turning around to head towards us. 'Oh! We're getting Dec! Here we go!' Roman claps his hands together and as Dec walks towards us, my stomach begins to do somersaults. What the hell were we about to do.

'Hello everybody!' His familiar Geordie accent makes me smile as he stands in front of us. 'So, despite what you may all think, the people stood next to you are not your teammates.' 'What!?' I frown. 'They are in fact, your competition.' Oh god.

'Don't look at me Roman.' Andrew jokes, all of us laughing. 'It's over dude.' 'Agh, I really thought we were gonna win!' Roman laughs.

'Now, on your way here, you saw five other celebrities, who are over on that yacht there. Very soon you will each be partnered with one of those celebrities.' For some reason my mind instantly goes to the tall, fit guy.

'When you're teamed up, you will be fighting it out to become one of two "power pairs". But if you don't make the grid, then you're sleeping on the floor, eating rice and beans in the rough camp.' I groan, my head flying back.

'But, if you are a power pair, you've got a shortcut to the good camp, you've got a decent meal, you've got a comfy bed and you decide what happens to the other celebrities for the next few days.'

'Oh jesus, that's too much responsibility anyway.' I scoff, everyone chuckling loudly. 'The pairs will be decided by a good old fashioned swimming race. The first person onto the beach from the yacht gets the pick of all five of you.' I see Jacqueline's jaw drop.

'The second person gets the pick of the remaining four, and so on. The last person on the beach, gets no choice at all.' My eyes widen, and turning to the yacht all of us yell something along the lines of, 'OI OI!' or 'Pick me!'

Soon enough, Ant has joined us on the beach and the five celebrities are about to swim, in their normal clothes still. 'Thank god that wasn't us, this dress cost a bloody fortune.' I mumble to Caitlyn and Roman either side of me, who laugh loudly.

'Okay celebrities, can you hear me? Give me a wave.' They all wave at us. 'You can start swimming when you hear the claxon.' Ant shouts into the megaphone. 'Good luck!' Dec rises the horn, pressing it loudly and all five of them jump into the water.

We cheer them all on, scouting the competition to see who we might want as a teammate. And then, rather quickly, it's almost over. 'It's neck a neck between James and Myles. Ooh look it's tight, it's tight!' Dec squeals as the two men run up the beach.

It's too close to call as we watch them both grab their flags at the same time and collapse onto the sand.

We all clap and cheer the other three on too, Nadine finishing third, then Ian, and Kate having a nice leisurely swim over in last place.

'Alright everybody. Well done swimmers, now it's time to choose your partners. Remember, you're trying to choose the strongest partner.' Dec starts and Ant finishes. 'We had quite a race there between James and Myles. But we had to have a look back at VAR.'

Everyone laughs, turning to Ian. 'We checked it back and who got the fastest time and the flag out first, it was... Myles.' We all cheer, clapping. I'm not gonna lie though I wasn't shocked, he looked incredibly fit.

'Well done Myles,' he looks down, almost shyly, grinning slightly. 'So tell us, who are you gonna pick and why?' Ant asks him and he turns to us all, catching my eye.

'Umm, ooh I don't know! Uhh.' He looks at each of us, glancing back at me a few times and I just hope to god I'm not blushing.

'Maia.'

My name snaps me out of my trance and I smile as he grins at me. 'Ooh Maia, why? Why Maia?' I laugh slightly at the two hosts. 'I think she looks strong, determined and yeah, I think we can do it!' I grin, chuckling again.

'Brilliant, sassy little one as well.' Ant and Dec joke and my jaw drops as everyone laughs and I have to fight the urge to join in.

'Okay Maia, go and join Myles. Well done, that's our first pair!' I step across to greet Myles. 'Hiya, nice to meet you.' I grin, hugging him quickly as he was still soaked and freezing cold from the water. 'Lovely to meet you too.' He kisses both my cheeks quick as I move to stand next to him and Ant and Dec move on to James.

'So James, you were in second place. Who are you gonna choose and why?' Dec asks this time. 'I'm gonna go with Caitlyn.' He says, quite quickly. 'She's got a pretty special athletic past, so I think she'll be perfect for what we've got planned.'

I smile, clapping along with everyone else as Myles whispers. 'I can't believe that's actual Caitlyn Jenner.' And I chuckle, nodding back. 'I know right!'

'Next was Nadine. Third place, so you get the next choice. Who are you going for and why please?' Ant asks her. 'I already feel really bad, like I wish I didn't have to pick. But I'm gonna go with Roman.' She points to him and he grins.

'Why Roman?' They ask as we clap the newest pair. 'He's got his cool salmon trousers on, I think we'll make a good team.' We all laugh as Roman blushes slightly. 'Hahahah, that's as good a reason as any! Okay, Roman and Nadine, our third pair.' We all clap again.

'Two dry celebrities left now.' We all turn to Jacqueline and Andrew, the both of them waving goofily. 'Ian, you were next. Who are you gonna go for and why?' Dec repeats and Wrighty answers quickly. 'I'm gonna take Jacqueline. I love you Andrew.'

'Oh I love you too Wrighty.'

'Because I think she's strong, and I think she's gonna do good together.' Ian nods at a grinning Jacqueline. She did tell me she hoped she wasn't last picked. 'Perfect. Step across please Jacqueline.' She runs over to beside Myles and I, hugging Ian.

'Last, but by no means least.' Dec turns to Kate. 'Well, when you say that.' She chuckles. 'Come on!' She shouts to Andrew and he runs into a hug, all of us laughing as we watch them.

'Okay so you've all teamed up. Let's hope you've chosen wisely!' I turn to look at Myles, who jokingly raises an eyebrow. 'Oh brill, no pressure.' I tilt my head slightly, Myles laughing.

'Jacqueline and Ian, Maia and Myles, Andrew and Kate. You will be battling it out to become the first power pair.' Ant tells us, each of us nodding along. 'Roman and Nadine, Caitlyn and James, you will be battling it out to be the second power pair.' Dec tells the others and I hear Caitlyn say 'Come on girls.' To Nadine and Roman, still mocking his pink trousers, and I have to laugh.

'Good luck to all the pairings, here comes your transport.' Dec points above our heads and we all spin around to see two helicopters on their way towards us, waving at us as they fly past.