Leonardo rolled over on the other side of what he thought was his bed and almost fell on the floor. He opened his eyes and realised that he had fallen asleep on the couch again. Yawning he sat up and stretched himself. Still half asleep he looked at his watch, the time was getting on to 10:30am. As he started to get up feeling his body cramped from his sleep, he heard the familiar sound of his phone ringing. Unsteadily he got up and walked to the phone, picking it up he spoke with his croaky voice.
"Yes?"
"Leo! Goodmorning! Nice to see that you are up early, you sound terrible, didn't sleep too well?", Leonardo's friend Jimmy rattled on.
"Jim? Uh... no, fell asleep on the couch, my whole back's sore".
"Don't worry, done it many times, you'll feel better by the end of the day", Jimmy laughed and then went on, "so you got work today?", he asked.
"Nah... and if I did, do you think that I'd still be here? I'm still trying to figure out wich movie I want to play in next, I've had two offers so far...", Leonardo answered back, sitting down on the chair next to him and resting his back on the seat.
"True true. Well then, I guess you don't have an excuse for not wanting to come with me for a walk to the Swan Lake, I've got all this stale bread that I want to get rid of".
"Through it in the bin then, or give it to your dog, do we have to go all the way out there just to feed some stupid birds?", Leonardo complained realising that his head was hurting too.
"It's not right to waste food Leo, didn't your mum teach you anything? And dogs don't like bread, besided swans are beautiful, and a walk will do you good", Jimmy insisted.
"Look, I really don't feel like it today..."
"Sorry man, I don't think I can take no for an answer today, it's a too nice day to waste like this. I'll be over in 10 minutes and you better be ready my friend, or I'll have to drag you out into the streets with your pyjamas, if you are wearing any that is!", Jimmy laughed and hang up the phone.
Leonardo sighed, hang up the phone and ignoring his friend he just went upstairs to his bedroom and lying down on his soft bed he closed his eyes and fell asleep again.
Jimmy was Leonardo's best friend since kindergarten, when his mother died though, 6 years ago he and his father had moved up to Canada. Jimmy loved L.A. though, so after he finished school and did a course in mechanics he moved back down to LA and caught a job as a mechanic. Leonardo was actually the one to find him an apartment near where he lived at a pretty good price. Ever since Jimmy and Leonardo had become even closer.
Jimmy had carrot coloured hair and intence green eyes. He was quite thin and due to his light coloured skin and reddish hair he had little red freckles on his face wich covered his shoulders and a bit of his back too. It was rather cute though, and Leonardo loved to make fun of him about them, but honestly thought that they suited him. He wasn't too bad looking, but most girls went for Leonardo, that didn't seem to bother Jimmy though, he was a very peaceful guy, with a strong love for life, always chearful and with a smile on his face. Leonardo often envied his friend's energy, he could never understand where he found all that fasination for life, but that was one of the reasons he loved Jimmy and was glad to have him as his best friend.
Jimmy stood at Leonardo's front door ringing the bell for at least 5 minutes when Leo finally opened the door.
"Wake UP sleepy head! Didn't I say I was coming to get you in 10 minutes? And I see you still have your pyjamas on... well at least you are wearing something!", Jimmy chuckled.
"Huh? Oh, yeah... sorry I think I fell asleep again", Leonardo said wiping the sleep from his eyes, "hey, is that your house burning?", he pointed towards Jimmy's house, and as Jimmy turned to look, Leo quickly tried to shut the door.
"Not so fast", Jimmy said putting his hand on the door and stopping it before it shut, "you aren't getting rid of me this easily", he pushed the door open and walked in. "Now go get dressed!", he orded his friend.
"Alright, but if I fall asleep on the driver's wheel it'll be your fault", he said walking upstairs to his room to get dressed.
"Oh, don't worry about that, I'll be the one driving", Jimmy said turning on the TV.
Leo sighed and shutting his bedroom door behind him he slowly started to get dressed.