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The Mighty Boosh

27 year old Holly Noir was humming to herself in the kitchen. It was almost noon, and the Nabootique didn't need opening today, so she planned on spending the day relaxing.

Howard had gotten up early and gone food shopping, Naboo, Bollo and Vince were playing Cluedo in the living room. For a while, Scrabble had been the game to play, but since Vince didn't believe that the words Naboo used were "real" they had changed to a different board game.

Holly flicked her jet black hair out of her eyes as she turned the pages of today's newspaper, looking for the cartoons. She was leaning against the worktop, facing the toaster, where she was waiting for her breakfast-come-lunch to pop up.

As her humming turned into quiet, tuneful words, she forgot all about her toast and the jar of jam lying on the worktop and had broken into full song when an amused voice from behind interrupted.

' Is this a ticket-only show, or can anyone watch? '

She stopped singing and turned around to face Howard, grinned broadly. As he dumped carrier bags of shopping on the floor, she threw her arms around him and he picked her up and spun her around, before setting her back on her feet.

She laughed,' You're in a good mood today, gorgeous.'

Holly had been dating Howard for about 5 months, having moved into the flat a month before that, when she got into trouble and the only person she could think of was her elder brother, Vince.

' 'Course I'm in a good mood,' he shrugged,' it's - Holly! You're going to burn the place down! '

His eyes widened in shock as he brushed past her and jammed a button on the toster, ejecting two hard black lumps that were supposed to be slices of toast.

He turned around to look at her, and she smiled sheepishly,' Oops. I got a bit carried away. ' Howard shook his head at her in exasperation, but it was impossible to be mad at her.

There was a loud groan from the kitchen. ' You better not have burnt my kitchen down! ' Naboo called over his shoulder,' or you're paying for the damage. '

' S'just a bit of toast,' Holly shrugged as Bollo grunted something about how it was always Holly. Or Vince.

Holly threw the charred food in the bin and turned back to Howard, dusting off her hands.

She looked at him for a moment before he frowned at her. ' Well,' Howard said, his tone full of authority,' don't just stand there staring. '

' What do you -? ' she started, shaking her head.

He silenced her in a way he had always found very effective. He grabbed her hips and pushed her up against the kitchen worktop, but she winced where the handles from the lower cupboards pressed uncomfortably into her back.

Howard wasted no time in picking her up and planting her ontop of the worktop, standing between her legs, bringing his hands up to meet her cheeks and his lips to meet hers.

Holly couldn't help but think that Howard had gotten very good at taking charge. There was something rather sexy about it, she thought.

She moaned into his mouth and wrapped her legs around his torso when there was a whine from the doorway.

' D'you have to? ' demanded Vince,' I only came in here for a Bounty! '

Holly blushed as Howard and she broke apart, and Howard stepped away from her. She slipped off the counter and avoided Vince's eyes in great embarrassment.

Howard poked her side and she stuck her tounge out at him.

As Vince took a chocolate bar from the cupboard and and went back to the game of Cluedo, Holly followed him into the living room, and Howard began to put away the shopping.

' Say, Holly? ' Howard called from the kitchen.

Holly looked over at him,' Yeah? '

' How about we move your stuff into my room today? ' he offered.

When she'd first moved in, Holy had been sleeping on a camp bed they'd set up in the corner of Vince's room. Since getting together with Howard she'd spent the odd night with him, until these nights became more frquent and eventually Howard pointed out that she may was well move into his room.

Holly grinned at his suggestion,' Sure! ' She looked around at the other two men and the ape,' although you're all going to have to help us. There's so much to move. '

Howard grimaced when he thought about the amount of space she was going to take over. His room was going to be taken over by cowboy hats, feather boas and tight sparkly tops.

It was going to be like sharing with Vince again.