I'm A Celebrity 2019!

~ 21 ~

'Celebrities, are we all here?' Jacqueline shakes me awake as Ian appears with a note.

'Today's trial is called Under Critter Construction. And you must decide amongst you which two campmates will take part in the trial.'

Oh god.

'Ladies and gentlemen, friends, countrymen, boys and girls.' I stand up, almost falling over as a few people chuckle. 'I would like to do today's trial as I do actually have construction experience.' 'Piss off.' Ian grins at me.

'Yep. Used to help make the staging and stuff when I was 16/17. It was my way of doing an apprenticeship so I didn't have to go to school and could still be in the dance group.' I tapped my nose. 'Ahhh smart.' Kate nods, grinning.

'And I would like to hopefully bring home a good meal rather than Eel and those little black chicken dinosaurs we had both times I did the trial before.' Everyone laughs, clapping as I take a bow.

'Alright so Maia's in, just need to pull the bottles for the other.' They all argue a bit but I stay out of it, happy with my little speech.

- BUSH TELEGRAPH -

'Okay it got a little confusing. James was going ahakahdkalshfaksh.' Maia laughed at herself. 'I was already up for it. But then James started taking charge too much. Oh I don't know.' She flapped her arms up.

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'GO ON.' I get handed the sack and pull out a bottle. 'Myles. Aye milo.' I hi five him, getting ready to go as Ian moans, but I choose to ignore it all, not dealing with the drama today.

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'It's weird down there. There's just so much bickering amongst each other.' Myles and Maia now appear in the hut, stopping by on the way to their trial. 'Like come on now, we're adults.' He shakes his head, finishing Maia's sentence. 'But on the other hand. This is our first trial as a duo. Never done any kind of challenge together.' Maia fist bumps Myles. 'It's a honour. To be with the curly haired one from Rak Su.' She finishes, lightening the mood and he laughs.

'Ahhh Maia and Myles. All the M's.' We both laugh, facing Ant and Dec as I spy two builders tunnels. 'OH.' Myles freaks out at a Goanna, holding me still. 'Don't look that way.' His eyes are wide.

'Why did you two put your names in?' 'I think, I always want to try and push myself, didn't come in here to do nothing. And being so close to going home earlier, I want to make the most of what I can, not hold back.' I answer and they all nod. 'Fair enough. And you Myles.'

'I'm just stupid.'

We all laugh loudly. 'Okay well, this is under Critter Construction. For this trial you're both gonna work in one of these tunnels. Myles you're responsible for getting the stars into the star bag. Maia, you'll have to pass Myles a specific Key that lets him unscrew each star. So it's all about communication. And you'll be communicating by Walkie Talkies.' A grin spreads across my face. This was gonna be great.

'You'll be using our pulley system to transfer the tools. You can only send one tool at a time. You've got 11 minutes. Now are you both up for this?' 'YES!' I pump myself up, Myles not as excited. 'And Myles?' 'Yep.' He squeaks, all of us chuckling. 'Not so confident there.' I shake my head.

We get put in our tunnels in our helmets and hi-vis vests.

My first section is meal worms, not too bad. 'Suits you Maia.' I laugh, digging around for an Alan Key, trying to communicate, but I keep forgetting to use the radio. 'It's there. Alan Key.' I then untie the knots of the other tools.