Cliff suddenly frowned as he looked away and crossed his arms. "Thanks for the chance, by the way. I guess anyway."
Josh smiled. It wasn't the best response, but he was happy to see it was better than nothing. "You're welcome, the park doesn't open for a few days still. Maybe we could use that time to train you. As long as it doesn't conflict with your school schedule of course."
Cliff gritted his teeth at the word "School" before looking back to Josh. "I'm done with classes around the time I got here today."
Josh blinked a little surprised at what he heard. Based off what Rebecca told him, Cliff seemed like the type to skip all his classes, not to mention he was out skim boarding just earlier. Scratching his head, he couldn't begin to imagine what Mr. Morebucks could have threatened Cliff with to make him come here and go to his classes. Shaking the thought, Josh simply smiled and answered back, "Alright, that's perfect. You can meet me here tomorrow after your classes."
Quickly, Josh exchanged phone numbers with the young stud and watched as he stood up. Cliff turned his back quickly and merely muttered, "Great." Before opening the door and leaving Josh's sight. Josh sighed deeply as the huge man left the room. Glad to see he was out of his hair if even for a day. Turning to leave back into the park, Josh was exhausted and ready to head home.
- - -
The next day went by all too quickly for Josh. Waving good bye once again to Alexis and the construction crew, Josh figured it was safe to renter the park once more in an attempt to catch up on some work while he had the peace and quiet. Sitting down at his desk, Josh sighed as he figured there was plenty of time to get a bit of work done before Cliff would arrive. Smiling as he looked down at his phone, he figured this would be a task better handled with a little help. Searching through his recent text messages, Josh located Tyler's name. Tapping out a message to his friend, he knew the reliable man would be the best suited for the job.
A few seconds later, Josh did in fact receive a message. However it was not from Tyler. The name read, Cliff and Josh quickly opened the message to see what he wanted right now.
"hey im here." The message read flatly as Josh jumped out of his chair. Running around to the door to the break room, Josh opened the door to the expansive room built for tinies and giants to traverse with ease. Looking out past the massive kitchen table to the entry way, Josh clearly could see Cliff's massive form entering the room. The man wore a loose white tank top, with some sort of brand logo on it Josh had never seen before, as well as a pair of comfy looking athletic shorts. On his head he wore a red baseball cap, backward with his hair sticking out slightly in the front.
Panting, Josh did not expect to see Cliff here so early. Waving out from the balcony, Josh tried desperately to get Cliff's attention. Squinting, Cliff noticed the minuscule man and walked over his position.
"Are you always gonna be tiny when I see you?" Cliff asked, with a bored expression on his face.
Josh shook his head, trying to reassure the giant stud. "It's just been really bad timing both times is all."
"Whatever, I guess it's kind of interesting though." Cliff replied rudely as he crossed arms and peered down at the tiny person.
Sweating, Josh hoped for a reply from Tyler soon. "Ok well since we don't have access to a pool today, why don't we go over CPR?"
"What's CPR?" Cliff asked blankly as he continued to stare down at the tiny man.
"It stands for Cardiopulmonary resuscitation." Josh replied professionally. Cliff however, continued to blink, confused. "You know? That thing people do when they press on another person's chest when they have a heart attack?"
Cliff merely frowned and shook his head, still unsure what to think. Josh stared at the man, dumbfounded. "You've never heard of CPR?"
Cliff closed one eye and stuck out his tongue. Looking like he was in thought for a second. "Maybe I saw it in a movie once? I don't know, man."
Josh almost inadvertently face-palmed but held the action as not to look like he was insulting the young man. "Well we're going to learn it today, you may need the skill to save someone's life, you know."
"Save someone's...life?" He repeated slowly as he looked down at Josh confused.
"Yeah, it's what lifeguards do. You guard people's lives." Josh said plainly to the dumb jock.
"Like a bodyguard?" He replied looking like he was on to something.
"Sort of!" Josh smiled, glad to see he at least had some concept of guarding another person.
"So what's a heart attack?" Cliff asked, leaning down and looking somewhat interested. "Sounds weird."
Josh tilted his head, blinking quickly in a silent but blind frustration. Suddenly the phone in his pocket made a buzzing noise as Josh raised a finger up as he checked the message. Looking down at Tyler's reply, Josh read...
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