As Noel stepped outside the studio, he suddenly felt a strong wind against him. Rain was pouring from the sky and from what he could vaguely see, there weren't many people around. But of course, who would be out and about in weather like this? He reached his arms over his shoulders and grabbed the hood of his jacket. Pulling it over his head, he felt a nice relief from the storm. His jacket was old, tattered and pretty thin but it was surely better than nothing. He looked ahead and while slipping his hands into his pockets, he began his walk home.

After a long while of trudging through the city of London, Noel had walked up to the door of his flat. He pulled a small set of keys out of his pocket and started fumbling around with them. He spent a moment searching for the right one, and once found, he stuck it in the door and pushed it open. As soon as he walked in, he sensed a warm scent of a sweet, and familiar perfume. He closed his eyes and slowly inhaled with his nose, letting the aroma fill him. A small grin began to form on his face as he let memories fill his head. He threw his keys on the small table that sat beside the front door then pulled his jacket off and threw it aside as well. He walked through the short hall that lead into the living room. Just as he expected, were two people sitting on the couch.

Dee Plume had been a friend of Noel's for years. They had met in what seemed like a lifetime ago, at a popular club in the centre of town. She was a musician, and had been there playing a set with the rest of her band, "Robots in Disguise." Noel would never forget that moment they locked eyes. Dee stood at the edge of the stage, saying her farewells to the audience as the band's performance had came to end. It was then that she noticed the beautiful man in the middle of the crowd. Just as she saw him, he looked up at her, the two flashing each other a smile as their eyes met. It was later that night that Dee ran into Noel outside the club as they both had been leaving. After both had consumed a fairly large amount of drinks, they weren't too shy to strike up a conversation. One thing led to another and before they knew it, they were exchanging numbers. After a few days, Noel had given Dee a call. Although she didn't have so much memory as to what had happened that night, she agreed to attend a few parties and clubs with Noel. After weeks of hanging around each other, they became good friends. Lots of rumors were spread about the two after being seen together so often around London, but they strictly kept their relationship a friendship. Neither could honestly deny the jealousy they had each gotten when the other would come by a new girlfriend/boyfriend but they both kept those feelings to themselves and never became romantically involved. They had always been "just friends." To this day, they were still just friends. Noel had strong doubt that they could ever become more.

Russell Brand was Noel's best friend. The two were hardly ever apart. Like Noel, Russell was also an actor and comedian. He had met Noel a few years ago when they both appeared on a British game show called the "Big Fat Quiz of the Year." It was a quiz based on the top news stories and events of Britain throughout the past year. Every year there was a new cast of comedians, actors, singers and models to compete with one another and take the quiz. And as Noel and Russell had both been selected as participants for the same year, they were paired together as a team called the "Goth Detectives." The nickname stuck for the duo and they soon began to form a friendship. They were seen everywhere together, including numerous red carpet events, their own stand-up gigs, after-parties, clubs, bars, radio shows, interviews, everywhere. The funny-men had even recieved a large number of fans for the Goth Detectives and began to be requested to do more interviews and stand-up events together. But as much as they were seen with one another on-camera, nothing changed off-camera. They were still best friends, almost like brothers. Noel would always have Russell's back and Russell would always do the same.

The two friends of Noel both gave him a bright smile. Noel hadn't seen either in quite some time. He had been busy lately with the writing and filming of the Mighty Boosh and hadn't had much time for his personal life. But neither Russell or Dee minded. They both understood he was busy, as the two were usually feeling the same amount of stress from working as Noel was. Noel went over to the two, hugging each of them with a genuine smile. He took a seat beside the couch, on a big arm chair.

"It's so good to see you guys. What are you doing here?" Noel spoke while keeping his smile.

Dee and Russell smiled back at him. Dee lightly giggled then said, "We were talking and you came up. We both spoke of how we haven't seen you in a while so we thought we'd come and stop by."

"Yeah, thank God you gave us keys to your place or we would have been waiting outside for hours! We've been waiting for you for ages! But don't worry, we've made ourselves at home, like usual." Russell added with a grin.

Dee nodded in agreement to Russell, she laughed then looked at Noel. She carefully studied his appearence. He looked like he hadn't gotten sleep in weeks. He looked alot skinnier than he had before. His hair was getting ratty and dark circles shown under his eyes, apart from the eyeliner. She was smarter than to believe Noel everytime he said he was "Ok", so she looked at him, concerned. "Noel, are you...how have you been doing?" She spoke with a slight sigh, still looking worried.

Noel nodded, his smile soon turned fake as he began to answer her. "Yeah, I'm fine. Why?"

Russell looked at Noel as well, he knew that he was thinking the same thing Dee was. They both knew Noel wasn't "fine" and that something was wrong. "Are you sure mate? You don't look so fine...You look tired. You look..." His voice trailed off, he didn't know what to say.

Dee glanced at Russell, she nodded at Noel as Russell spoke then finished what he was saying for him. "...unhappy."

Noel stood up, turning his back to the two as he faced the window, looking out and running his fingers through his hair. "Nothing's wrong. I told you, I'm fine. I've just been...busy, alot. Just working and stuff..."

Dee stood up as well, she held her hands together in front of her. She looked up at Noel almost as if she was pleading. "We have been too, but you look alot worse. You were busy and stressed out last time I saw you, but you didn't look anywhere as bad as you do now. Just talk to us Noel. We're your friends. We know something's been bothering you lately. You've seemed so distant. You never go out with your friends anymore. You don't dress the same unless you're filming. It seems like you've taken less care to yourself. You're not the same. Just tell us what's bothering you."

"Nothing's wrong with me!" Noel said defensively. "I swear! I'm fine! I haven't changed! I'm the same person!" Noel yelled out as he turned to face the two. Just then, he stopped, seeing the sadness in Dee's eyes. He turned again to the window, sighing. "Just forget about it. I've been tired, that's all. The Boosh is finishing up this season and we'll take a break from filming for a while. Everything will be back to normal again."

Dee quietly sighed, she sat back down on the couch next to Russell and slighly shook her head as she looked down at the floor. "I hope so."

Russell nodded. He didn't quite know what to say after hearing everything that had been said.

Noel turned to them and sat on the arm of the chair. He looked down for a moment, scratching his head. "Look, I'm pretty tired. I think I'm just going to go to bed...You guys are welcome to stay as long as you like. You've done this before, you know where everything is...Just make yourselves at home." He stood up off the chair and began walking torwards his bedroom. With one last look at his friends, he stopped to say, "Goodnight.", then went inside his room, quietly closing the door behind him.