A/N: Hello, it's me again! I'm momentarily ignoring my ban on the internet and just quickly uploading this. I had an idea, and I had to write it, and then I had to upload it too, and... You get the idea. I have a couple of other things that need updating, but this will be the only thing for now. Sorry :(

Disclaimer: Je ne possède pas le Mighty Boosh. Little bit of French for you there. Do not own, basically.

True to Mike's word, Rich arrived perfectly on time. Nige and Dave were ten minutes late. Once they were all in and many greetings had been exchanged, they squeezed around the table, stealing chairs to supplement their needs.

"So," Noel said, eyes glinting, "You all know about Julian's idea now, right?" The others nodded. "Great. What we need to do is come up with some storylines. We don't need to bother too much about actual dialogue, we can improvise again. It's better that way."

"Yeah." Dave said. "But it's not just that, is it? Remember what I said about needing a better Bollo suit."

"Yeah, we got that one. That's just, like, production though. We do that afterwards."

"Right." Nige, who had been frowning confusedly, said:

"Sorry, what?"

"Don't worry, Nige. Past conversations, not important." Julian reassured. Nige nodded and began listening to the debate going on between Noel and Rich.

"Well, why shouldn't it be blond again? I liked it blond."

"Yeah, but it's gonna be a big change back again. What about the fans?"

"I've had black hair for ages though. Why can't I dye it back?"

"We've gotten used to you having black hair, Noel. I like it better that way."

"Look, we'll sort it out later, 'kay?" They came back into the group, listening to Mike.

"Julian said something earlier jokingly," he lisped, "But I think it's a good idea. We could have Naboo and Bollo crash their magic carpet and get lost, and Vince and Howard have to fetch them."

"Pretty good." Dave said. "How do they find them though?"

"Um…" Mike considered for a moment. "Naboo's a pretty technological shaman; maybe he rings them and tells them to use his crystal ball."

"Great." Nige smiled. "Probably calling them ball bags for good measure." The others laughed.

"Yeah, that's great." Noel said, scribbling the idea down on a napkin. "Anythin' else?"

"Well…" Rich began.

"Hold on, mate. Is this going to be useable?"

"Um… No."

"You got anything that is?"

"Um… No."

"Okay. Julian?"

"I dunno; we could bring Old Gregg back again." He smiled at the memory of Noel parading around in a tutu.

"That'd be genius." Noel grinned and scribbled it down. "I loved that part."

"How would that happen though?" Nige asked.

"Maybe he's still hiding away somewhere after he was on the roof of the van. And then he just jumps out at Howard one day." Dave grinned at the thought.

"Brilliant. We're on a roll!" Noel exclaimed.

"That we are." Julian nodded sagely. "That we are."

The conversations, debates and ideas went on a long time. In fact, at four pm, the owner had to turf them all out because he wanted to close up. They all said their goodbyes and went their separate ways. Mike, Dave and Nige went one way; Rich went another; and Noel and Julian headed back to Noel's place. It was dull outside, and Noel was having trouble reading through all the notes he had taken, using up three napkins. Not that they were particularly easy to read anyway; he had pulled holes in the delicate paper with his pen, and the faster he had written, the more scrawled his handwriting had become. As he strolled along, still wrapped in Julian's warm coat, he smiled. It had been a successful day. He told Julian this, and he replied:

"Yeah, I know. We're doing well. I think we've got a good chance."

"Yeah, I hope so." They walked side by side, each man absorbed in their own little fantasies of what would happen in the Boosh this time around. When they arrived at Noel's door, he let them in, and they went and sat in the living room. Noel immediately stood up again, after discovering that sitting on a soggy cape was unpleasant. He took it off and deposited it in the tumble-drier. When he came back, he sat down next to Julian, right up close, still feeling cold. Julian saw him shiver and said:

"Are you still cold?" Noel nodded. "Well, why don't you put a jumper on?" Noel laughed.

"A jumper? Pretty sure I don't own a jumper."

"Liar. You've got one with pandas on it, I've seen it."

"Oh yeah. But I think that one's in the wash."

"Oh, bloody hell." He gave Noel his coat again, throwing it over his shoulders and trying not to grin.

"Thanks, Ju." He shuffled a little closer to his best friend, leaning on him and feeling warm in a different way. It was inside; his heart was full of it. He knew it well from his time with Dee. But it wasn't something he'd experienced with Julian before. Well, that's what he told himself. He knew that, in actual fact, it had been a bit like this when they first met, but that was because he'd been young, and naïve, and innocent. Sort of innocent, anyway. To have the same feelings now was a little odd. But maybe it was the same as it had been the first day, when he'd missed him so much after only a few minutes. He looked up at Julian and smiled gently. Julian turned to look back at him, eyes steady and enigmatic. Then something happened that neither of them quite understood. It wasn't like in films, with a slow build-up of tension. It just happened. Quickly, spontaneously, they kissed. Noel paused, a confused frown on his face.

"Did that just happen, or am I hallucinating?" Julian looked just as surprised.

"No, I think it happened." He shrugged. "Never mind. We're best mates. Mistakes happen."

"Mistakes? I wouldn't call that a mistake, myself."

"No? Oh." He was silent for a while. "Glad I'm not the only one." Noel found himself grinning.

"I knew it. Second time lucky, eh? I knew you were gonna do it one day."

"Hmm. You know too much about me."

"Probably part of the reason it happened."

"Yeah. Still. You know, we can do that if you want. If you don't mind, that is. I didn't know you were…"

"Me neither. But hey, we'll take it as it comes."

"Yeah. Take things slow. See where we end up." Noel nodded.

"Genius." He grinned as Julian wrapped an arm around his shoulders, both of them feeling more elated than they had for a very long time.

Yay! Finally I bought the slash back. I enjoyed writing it, but what did you lot think? Let me know ;)