Camp Etsachoice [Multiple Ships]

Friend Zone Bracelets

The third day of camp was finally here.
Everyone has gotten into the new routine of how things work around Etsachoice.
The counselors wake up, get dressed, wake up their campers and then lead them to breakfast.
Then after breakfast they do a little of activities, including the conversion therapy, throughout the day.

"Alright campers, arts and crafts are now available down at the dining hall with counselors Nat and Maya! They're making friendship bracelets!" Joe yells to the kids by the lake through a bullhorn.
The incentive caught some of the campers attention and they rush down to the dining hall to make bracelets.
"No running, shithead." Joe says to a kid running and speeding past everybody.

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"Making friendship bracelets is a simple form of art that involves a piece of clear string cut to match someone wrist and a few decorative beads and buttons." Natalia says to the few tables of kids who were interested in making plastic jewelry.
Millie and Noah sat beside each other at a table, holding hands and smiling so big. Nat noticed this as she was looking over everyone and felt weirded out, but didn't think too much of it. Boys and girls can be friends. There's no way Millie is straight.
"You all can make as many as you'd like for whoever you want, but please be rational and kind. Everyone loves a share-bear."
The brunette says before sitting across from Maya at a table and started stringing beads on her thread calmly.
But her girlfriend was feeling risky and started rubbing her ankle against Nat's.
They glance up at each other, blushing and smiling, winking and biting at their lips.

Meanwhile at the other end of the table, Millie and Noah were sorting out the patterns they were going to make out of their bracelets.
"So I'm making one for you and someone else. I'm putting my name on them so you all can remember me."
Millie said.
The second one was for Sadie. She wanted to send the message that she didn't hate the idea of the kiss last night and that she still might want to be friends.
Noah smiles.
"I'm making one for you, too. I'm also making one for Finn just to friend zone him, I think he thinks I like him."

The girl raised an eyebrow as she turned to look at her new friend.
"You don't like Finn? I mean there's nothing wrong with that, but I just thought you two would look cute together is all."
Millie stated before putting colorful beads on her bracelet.
Noah has shook his head. Of course he liked Finn, he thought Finn was hot.
Yesterday when they went for a walk around camp, Noah felt extremely nervous, especially when they would get alone sometimes.
But Noah denies his feelings because he knows that what he feels for Finn is wrong and that he's here for a reason.
"Finn? Ew, he's ugly." Noah exaggerates a little.
Millie giggles before discontinuing the conversation because deep down she knows how Noah feels about the cute boy with freckles and fluffy black hair.

Caleb came in through the entrance, a little late to the crafts, but was excited to make a few bracelets for him and his friends.
He spotted a couple of familiar faces having a good time and went to go sit with them.
"Afternoon, buds." He slipped onto the seat in front of them happily before picking out four threads.
"Hey Caleb. Millie, this is Caleb and he's in my cabin." Noah introduces the brunette to the tall handsome boy.
Millie held out her hand and he accepts it.
"Who are your bracelets for?" The British girl questioned just as she was finishing off her first bracelet. It was pink and her name was the centerpiece.

"Finn, Sadie, Gaten and me. I can make ones for you guys, if you want." Caleb offered as he dug through a tub of beads for the perfect one.
Millie nods to his offer.
"Wait so you know Sadie?" She asks casually, not even looking up at him to show how cool she was with talking about the red head.
"Yeah, she's my best friend. Her and Finn."
"You know Finn?" Noah asks.
Caleb didn't get it, but he shrugged.
"Yeah?" He answered confused. The three work silently for a moment as Caleb starts to think about why these two act so weird at the mention of his friends. And then it hit him.
"Wait a minute, you guys like them." He chuckles.
Millie and Noah stop working, looking flushed like they'd been caught.
"Like who?"
Noah questions.
Caleb points to Millie. "You like Sadie."
"Nu-uh." She denies looking half offended.
Then he points to Noah. "And you like Finn."
"Um, no I don't. I'm as straight as a ruler."
"A flexible ruler."

Noah scoffs and shakes his head again in disbelief.
Caleb smiles at the two.
"Well they like you." He teases them.
The two suddenly snap their gaze onto Caleb.
"Really?" Millie asked.
The boy nods.
"Yeah. Sadie says that she thinks you're beautiful, that you have pretty lips and that she likes your accent."
Millie blushes and bites the inside of her cheek while she looks away.
Caleb turns to look at Noah.
"And Finn told me that you're really cute and that he likes the way you get when you're nervous."
Noah scrunched his brows.
"Nervous," He starts. "I don't ever get nervous. Maybe anxious around new people, but it's not obvious."
He concludes.

"Well yesterday when Finn approached us, you looked a little red in the face and your eyes went all wide." Millie teases him as she's finished her second bracelet.
Caleb nods in agreement before starting his first friendship bracelet.
Noah scoffs and laughs at them, panicking about his feelings and how he's been caught.
"Noah, it's okay to like boys. There's nothing wrong with it. I liked boys for a certain period of my life." Millie tries to convince her friend.
Noah shook his head.
"It's not okay. If it was okay then we all wouldn't be here, right?"
He explains.
Caleb shrugs.
"Our parents are just...what's the word?"
"Stupid, close minded, ignorant, opinionated."
"Sure, opinionated. They have a strong set of beliefs."
The two tell the boy who was practically bright red now.

He shook his head before giving up on the bracelet that he was gonna make for Finn and walking away. He couldn't stand to be around the two as they continue to lie to him.
But they weren't lying.
Millie slipped a bracelet Caleb's way.
"I made that for you." She proudly presents to him.
He smiles and takes it with a thank you as they continue to make their bracelets and talk.

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Does anybody remember that song from one of Macdoesit's anti-gay reaction videos where some old guy is like.
"It's not okay to be gay!
It's not okay to be a homo!"
I forgot the rest but OOF that's my favorite song, play it at my wedding.🏕