"A secretary? Me too! Well, not quite. I go by receptionist, but they're almost the same thing, right? Taking messages, greeting people, trying to stay organized and the like. It must be exciting to work for the Aurors, with all sorts of things happening all of the time. Sports are boring,"

Now Benjy knew why, other than there mere fact that she was a girl, that River had wanted him to meet Plum. She had a job rather similar to his, although she worked at the Daily Prophet. For the Sports Department apparently. "The jobs are similar yes. And it has its exciting moments. But there are plenty of boring ones too. Not to mention the Aurors themselves. I work with the field agents, who are all cocky as hell." That was quite possibly the longest Benjy had ever spoken to a girl without stuttering, and he was even smiling. But that was how much he loved his job. It overpowered his utter fear of girl-folk.

"It looks like a pleasant enough party,"

Benjy followed her gaze around, wondering if maybe he had said something wrong. It wouldn't be unusual. "Yeah, ummm, I guess." He raked a hand through his hair, suddenly feeling very nervous again. "Do you want to ummm... go... that is... we could go over there and ummm... talk to everyone else." Behold the return of the babbling idiot.