James walked home from his Muggle job. It was actually pretty good, he had to fix computers.
He only used magic occasionally.
Suddenly, a massive black dog bounded up to him and licked his face. James stumbled back, laughing.
"Hey Sirius!" he stroked the dog and carried on walking. The dog followed him, panting with his tongue lolling out, staring up at him at adoration.
They reached the house and James walked through the unlocked door, disabling the magic wards with a flick of his wand. He jumped on the sofa, kicking his feet up on the arm. He felt above his head for the remote and turned it on. QI was on. The dog curled up in front of him. He didn't ask why Sirius didn't turn back into human-form. Sometimes he just liked being a dog. James laughed along with the audience as the host retold a story of how he had mistaken a hamster ball for a football and had kicked it, thinking it was a football.
Would you believe it, it wasn't a football.
He sat there for half an hour until Lily came in from her job. She went straight to the kitchen, checking to see if her idiotic husband had put dinner on. He hadn't. She poked her head into the living and smiled.
"Hey James, Sirius." she smiled.
Suddenly, the door opened and Sirius strolled in.
"Sup, Lily." he jumped straight on the other sofa and began watching TV.
There was a pause. Sirius slowly raised his head and looked at the dog, who was looking at him in great interest.
"Um, James?" he pointed to the dog and looked at Lily.
"How could you try to replace me?!" he said dramatically.
James looked between Sirius and the dog.
"Ah," he muttered. Then he spoke up and looked at Lily.
"I may have stolen someone's dog..."