*Niall's POV*

My eyes widened when she grabbed my hand and said exactly what I had wanted to hear. I knew that hundreds of people would be watching this later.. Fans.. Friends.. Family. But I couldn't care. I pulled her closer to me and held our hands up as I interlaced her fingers with mine.

'So.. Are we going to get going then?' I asked quietly, revealing a smirk on my face. I could see her blush.

'Stop smirking Niall.. I'm not yours yet!' Emily replied smirking, grabbing the food, letting go of my hand and running off to find a place to build our fort.

I grabbed some things, like some water, both of our sleeping bags (maybe, I was hoping for too much, so early on), I untied our hammocks and the last of the food we had and put it in my rucksack.

'Mate, where are you going?' Harry and Louis questioned in harmony. Louis had that knowing smile on his face, that 'Oh finally!' look. I laughed.

'Uhm.. Just going for a wash!' I said and grabbed my towel to complete the act before I started to follow in the direction Emily went. 'Wheres Emily?' I heard but didn't respond as I disappeared into the jungle.


*Emily's POV*

I had already constructed the fort.. I mean it was easy. It had space for everything. Our hammocks (but maybe I was being too hopeful.. I mean nothing sexual but for us to spend the night together..) and just a nice space to hangout when either of us wanted to get away. It was well camouflaged so the other contestants wouldn't find it. It was like our cozy little home.. Wait.. What am I thinking?!

I heard footsteps approach and Niall was there, with his rucksack on his back and a towel in his hand. I frowned. He looked down at the towel in his hand and laughed..

'I'll explain that later!' He said in his cute Irish accent and tied our hammocks up in their places.

3 hours later..


*Niall's POV*

'Our fans are very protective of us.. But we love them all to pieces..' I said whilst gently swinging in the hammock.
Night was drawing in and it was getting cold. The other contestants would be in bed by now and I could see Emily was shivering, even in her sleeping bag.

'Here.. Have mine..' I climbed out of my sleeping bag and unzipped it, wrapping it around her.

'No Niall, its fine.. Niall stop! Im fine, honestly!' She sighed in defeat and smiled. 'Thank you..' she said sweetly and snuggled down in her sleeping bag, covering up most of her face.

I laughed as I climbed back into my hammock. But something occurred to me..

'They can't video us here!' My face lit up as I turned to look at Emily.

Emily sat up in her sleeping bag in excitement. 'Of course! That's brilliant!' Emily let out a cheer of freedom and laughed.

Everything felt so natural with her. I could just spend time with her, without talking and things would be fun.. Peaceful. She was... perfect. My thoughts about how perfect Emily is were disturbed when she let out a scream. My eyes darted towards her and I froze.

There was a snake. Right on her sleeping bag.

I slowly rose out of my hammock and crept towards her hammock.

'Emily.. It will be okay.. Please just lay still. I will get it off you.' I tried reassuring her, but even then, she looked at me with fearful eyes. Snakes were one of the most dangerous animals in the jungle and management had warned us about them.

How to get rid of a snake:

1) Check its not a rattle snake.
Nope.. Its not a rattle snake. That's good.

2) Grab it near its head, so it cannot attempt to bite you.
I crept in slowly and paused before swooping in and grabbing the snake near its head. It let out a angry hiss.

3) Grab its tail and then take it away from you and release it.
I grabbed the tail of the snake and picked it off Emily's sleeping bag, leaving our fort and releasing it on the floor. It slid away into the darkness.
My heart was beating so quickly that I could hear it in my ears. I was just standing, staring into the darkness in complete silence, until I heard Emily call out my name a couple of times, with fear etched into her voice.

I walked back into the fort and she was out of her sleeping back, standing up. She threw her arms around my neck, whilst balancing on her tip toes.

'Thank you so much Niall.. You are my hero!' She hugged me tightly and I wrapped my arms around her little waist, smiling.

'Oh it was nothing..' I tried to make it seem like it wasn't a scary experience but honestly.. I was terrified.

Emily gave me back my sleeping bag and insisted I sleep in it..

'Unless... I don't know.. We sleep in the same hammock... Ya'know for safety.' She questioned, biting her lip.

'For safety.. I couldn't think of a better idea.' I winked at her and we both crawled into the sleeping bags, then into her hammock (with a massive struggle and a lot of giggles) and she fell asleep with her head on my chest.

I hope she couldn't hear how fast my heart was beating.


The next morning..

*Emily's POV*

I had fallen asleep listening to the sound of Nialls heart beat, but was woken abruptly the next morning by someone shouting..

'WHAT THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU TWO DOING?'

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