Chapter #7Markus's tough training by: Raghp2   Josh swallowed hard, knowing what he was about to put himself through. At the very least he knew Markus has Brandon under control if anything should go wrong. Looking up at Brandon's handsome face Josh figured it was time to let him know what was going on.
"So I'd like to train you today, Brandon." Josh started to say as Brandon hunched over a little to hear his new tiny boss better. "I'll have Markus help too, of course."
"Sweet dude!" Brandon said excitedly almost blowing Josh over with his words in the process. "It's great seeing Markus again, I swear he's gotten bigger since high school."
"He probably has, honestly." Josh replied, regaining his balance. "You look like you've been working out a lot since I've last seen you too."
Brandon stood up back to his full height, rubbing his solid abs in the process. "I had to get rid of the spare tire, dude. Great to have the extra weight to throw around in football, but after that was done I decided looking good was more important."
Josh smiled, he really liked Brandon like this. Relaxed and polite was a nice change for the huge guy. However, he knew it was just a matter of time before he regressed to his old self once he's around Markus. "Maybe the fact that this is work and he's being trained will help..." Josh thought to himself hopefully. Quickly, Josh instructed Brandon to go around the front and enter the park, assuring him he'd meet him there by the entrance once he's been shrunk. Brandon made a bit of a sour face, showing his distaste for the whole shrinking part, but none the less obeyed and left the room.
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Standing at the entrance Josh waited around for a minute before finally spotting a much smaller, yet still much bigger than him, Brandon. Josh waved to his old bully who nodded his head and walked over to his new boss. Brandon stuck out his right hand as he came up to Josh, to which Josh smiled and grabbed it. Brandon pulled Josh in quickly giving him a "bro-hug" much like what he did with Markus earlier. A little shocked Josh blushed a little as he was pulled into Brandon's muscular chest, but instinctively put his arm around Brandon's back in return. Brandon gently let Josh go and looked down at the shorter man with a friendly grin.
"I was afraid I'd hurt you earlier if I tried to shake your hand or something." Brandon said casually. "I could have crushed you under my pinky if I wasn't careful!"
Josh laughed at the comment, however it made him sweat a little too since the thought of being crushed wasn't particularly amusing to him. Moving along, Josh had Brandon follow him to one of the near by wave pools. Noticing that it was in fact Markus stationed at the smaller pool Josh signaled the man to clear out the pool. Josh and Brandon watched as several guests started to file out of the pool, making their way to a different pool or ride in the park. Josh smiled awkwardly as Markus came walking over to him and Brandon.
"Looking good, B." Markus said walking over to the shorter man and giving him a playful pat on the stomach. Brandon stood there with a smirk, not flinching at all to his giant friend next to him. Suddenly, Brandon burped directly up into his Markus face. Markus shoved the smaller man away while pinching his nose. "Dude! That's nasty!"
Brandon smirked and shrugged his shoulders. "Sorry dude, you must've loosened up some air down there."
Josh shook his head as he watched the two. Back to rude Brandon it was, after all. "Hey guys let's just get started with the training, ok?"
"Hey Josh, I bet if I burped at you while you're all tiny you'd go flying! That'd be hilarious!" Brandon spouted with a less than friendly grin on his face. Markus sighed and simply grabbed Brandon by the shoulder and started to drag him into the pool.
"Come on, time to learn, you dunce." Markus said in an almost monotone voice. Josh watched with a bit of sweat running down his brow while trying to fake a smile.
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Josh observed for a while, watching as Brandon learned the ins and outs for saving a drowning person and when it's appropriate to blow you whistle to get people to quit goofing off. Brandon started to take in the rules quite well while Josh was mostly out of ear shot of the two. Finally, after swimming a few laps for an endurance test Brandon and Markus approached Josh, water dripping down their solid bodies.
"How'd it go?" Josh asked, trying not to stare directly at the chiseled features of his employees. Markus nodded his head with a grin and Brandon stood there catching his breath.
"He's in good shape, if you want I can supervise him tomorrow and I think he'll be good to go." Markus said jovially. Josh nodded his head in agreement. He figured it would be a good test for Brandon to behave in front of guests while Markus is around.
"Great!" Markus cheered. "Anyway, shorty here and I were talking and we wanted to ask you something."
Josh tilted his head for a moment, curious. "Sure, what's up?"
Brandon stepped forward, having now caught his breath. "We wanted to see if you would hang out with us later."
Josh scratched his cheek and looked down at the ground. Somehow he didn't see this going well with how Brandon acts. "I'm.. uh... not sure."
Markus pulled Brandon beside him and put his arm over his shoulder. "Yo, come on. We're all old classmates. It'll be fun."
Josh looked at Brandon's face as he started to huff over being forced next to Markus like that so suddenly. Taking a deep breath however Josh answered...
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