They hadn't taken her yet because she hadn't gone there yet. She went to try for the police force first because that was closest to what she had been doing at home.
Unfortunately, Auror training didn't translate well.
"Tea is fantastic." So with that, she smiled again and motioned with her head in the direction that she knew the shop to be. Then Tonks paused, "Are you sure you're alright, then?" He was acting different than the other time she had met him. Not that people couldn't act different, but it was all herky-jerky. Not smooth. And she sort of picked up on those things.