InsaneJournal

Tweak says, "my name is Inigo Montoya"

tough_tonks (tough_tonks) wrote in strugglewithin,
@ 2008-12-18 19:24:00

Entry tags:

nymphadora lupin, september 1997

Book Shopping...
Who: Tonks and Open
Where: Bertha's Books, Hogsmeade
When: September 18th
What: Tonks tries to keep busy on her evening off.

Tonks used to enjoy staying late at work. She loved her job, loved serving the ministry and loved keeping the people of England safe. And when she and Remus first got married, there was so much work she rarely left the ministry early. But since all of the changes, since she and Greylin were taken off the Potter case, there just wasn't enough work to fill the day. People didn't trust her, at least not the type of people who were controlling the ministry, so when five o'clock rolled around, she punched out and left as quickly as she came.

She normally went straight home to shower. She felt greasy after days in the Auror's office, like she was dirty, caked with the misery of the dark wizards running the place that she loved. So she'd go home, shower, get all of that off of her flesh and forget it. Tonight, however, she couldn't stand the thought of going home to an empty house. Not again. So she began to wonder. She took herself to Hogsmeade, hopefully a bit further out of society and away from the messy crowds of Diagon.

She considered the bar, but she knew too many people in the Hog's Head. So the book shop it was. Not the nice new one, but one of the older shops that stayed open by a few loyal customers alone. She pushed the old creaking door open, breathing in deeply of the slightly musty smell and incense that filled the room. It slightly turned her stomach, but there was an odd, comforting nature to it also. She pushed the hood of her robe down off of her mousy brown hair and walked the rest of the way inside. Her gray eyes flickered over the various sections listed on the outside of shelves. She didn't supposed they had anything on parenting as a witch, but she might as well look.

(Post a new comment)

cowarrington
2008-12-20 07:03 pm UTC (link)

Caleb was browsing through a pile of obscure books on animal husbandry. Somehow a nasty strand of Muggle Strangles had gotten into his herd and the eldest of the geldings was having a hard time of it. His head stable elf was at his wits' end. Hopefully one of these old books would have some potion or home remedy in it.

The stack he was shifting through was less stable than he thought and he ended up juggling the ones that had slid down into his arms. As he was juggling, he very nearly elbowed the witch passing behind him.

"Pardon me," he muttered before something about the woman's face drew a second look. "Auror Tonks?" He didn't recognize her without her trademark bright hair.

(Reply to this) (Thread)

tough_tonks
2008-12-21 12:32 pm UTC (link)

Tonks jumped a bit as she quickly saw a body coming in her direction, juggling a few too many books, and almost on a crash course with her torso. She was fast enough, however, and jogged back out of the way. One of her hands quickly came up and rested on top of his stack of books, balancing it before it toppled from his arms.

Then she actually blinked, hearing her name from the lips of the man she didn't immediately recognize. She narrowed her eyes at him, scanning through the list of trainee wizards from the Ministry -- ahh, yes, he was training as a hit wizard. She gave him a quiet smile, her expression tired but doing it's best to be warm,

"Indeed, Trainee Warrington, is it? Don't worry. And we're out of the office, just call me Tonks." She stopped correcting people about her married name, she wasn't really using it any more anyway,

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

cowarrington
2008-12-21 02:44 pm UTC (link)

He nodded. "It is. Caleb Warrington." He shuffled several of the books back onto the shelf. He watched her from the corner of his eye. Even with as little contact as he had had with the woman, he could tell something was off about her. She looked tired, but that could just be the increase of work loads caused by all of the Ministry's new proclamations.

"Looking for something to read?"

Oh, good going, Warrington. Could you ask a more obvious question?

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

tough_tonks
2008-12-21 08:34 pm UTC (link)

Tonks gave him her best attempt at a real smile. It was good to be polite, in the very least. She stepped a bit away from the parenting section, which is where she was headed, not needing anyone to question why she was getting those sorts of books, especially someone from work. The longer work remained unaware of her current condition, the better.

"Caleb, that's right. How is your training going? Are you enjoying it? Hit Wizard...it's a hard job. I admire those who can do it." Not that being an Auror wasn't hard, but it wasn't so morally difficult. Or it didn't used to be, the ministry was changing now adays.

His question made her frown almost guiltily, really not wanting to reveal the books she was in here to find. "Ah... yes. Something to read. Just browsing, I suppose, you know."

(Reply to this) (Parent)