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mellamaet 
"Definitely." Lyra said in agreement, grinning back at him as they walked into the stadium "I've had to deal with the same thing at school too. Way too many girls named Emily or Dominique running around the halls." She said with a laugh "You would think parents would manage to think of more original names than reusing popular ones." At the mention of work, the blonde glanced up and asked "What kind of work do you do?"
"Let's make sure to have a good time then." She said with a smile as she hooked the handles of the bag through her other arm, holding it like a satchel.
She then glanced towards the still relatively empty stadium and watched the children zip through the air before pointing towards the field where a bunch of kids decked in green and blue uniforms were warming up and said "I'm guessing those are the Moon Frogs." her eyes then flew to the other side of the field where a group in pink and white Quidditch robes were doing the same and pointed towards them "So they must be the Pygmy Puffs."
"No, unfortunately not." The woman answered with a small frown "Last time I checked, there wasn't a single Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes store in France where I can buy one, and I'm not sure if the fuzzy little creatures could stand travelling via portkey if I buy one from here." Then she rolled her eyes before adding "I could keep them here, at my cousin's house while I'm away, but, for some insane reason, my niece isn't very fond of Pygmy Puffs and so that shoots down that idea."
At the thought of Benjy not thinking that he was good in Quidditch, Lyra let out a small laugh before replying "That's nonsense." She then rolled her eyes at him humorously and said "You wouldn't be in your University's reserve team if you were any good, would you?" Then she shrugged "Mostly relatives. I don't have any siblings, so I spend my time playing one-on-one with my cousin, Cath. and sometimes, when my niece is home from Hogwarts, we fly together and I teach her how to play Quidditch."
"How 'bout we just stay here?" She suggested with a smile as she sat down "We might have a hard time coming back to our seats once the game starts if we walk around." Then she checked her wrist watch and added "Besides, the game's about to start anyway."
"I think if I were to have kids, they wouldn't be the typical names. I really don't know why parents just reuse names... you'd think that after a few, you would get tired of the names." Benjy grinned as he shook his head slightly. About the work...
"Well, currently I'm doing odd jobs along with roofing for a former muggle neighbor. I'm hoping to get a job at the ministry soon." Grinning he turned towards Lyra.
"What about you? What do you do for work?"
Benjamin simply nodded as his date adjusted the bag.
"I'll have to trust your judgment with the teams, but we'll know for sure when they announce it." He looked first at the frogs and then toward the puffs as they warmed up before their match.
"I'm guessing that you live in France..." The red-head smiled.
"So what brought you to great diagon alley?" It seemed like a fairly long distance to be traveling on a daily basis... granted, Benjy had somewhat forgotten that you could use apparation or floo powder to get place quickly... that's what happens when you live in a muggle neighborhood and walk to work every day.
"I don't think I've ever met someone that didn't like pygmy puffs." He replied laughing a bit.
He just grinned at Lyra as she joked around with him about his quidditch stuff.
"Well, I could make the reserve team and still not be good if the main team was no good." Laughing for real, he glanced between the warming up players and his date.
"I see. I have no siblings anymore either. I like playing with my young cousin as well as occasionally with university classmates who were on the reserve team with me. So what year is your niece in at Hogwarts?" "That would probably be a good idea." Benjy replied just as the official blew his whistle to signify the end of warmups, meaning that there was only five minutes before the match began. He made sure that he was comfortable in the seat, also glancing over to see if Lyra was also comfortable, before placing his arm around her.
"Who do you think will win?" he asked quietly as the game started and the little kids zoomed around the pitch.