See chapter 1 for disclaimers.
Part 2
by OldScout
Buffy looked away from the bar before the woman turned toward her. She wanted to at least pretend she hadn't seen the exchange between her and the bartender.
"Mind if I join you?"
Buffy looked at the new comer, not only did she have bright red hair, but she had electric blue eyes that seemed to glow. "Not at all," Buffy replied turning on her brightest smile and motioning to one of the chairs that did not contain packages.
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As Tonks approached the American she had seen her look away from the exchange at the bar. So she knew she was here for a reason and was trying to pretend not to. Tonks held out her hand as she sat down "I'm Nymphadora Tonks." She saw the woman's eyes widen a bit. "Everyone just calls me Tonks."
The woman grasped her hand and maintained her smile "Don't worry about the name, my parents named me Buffy."
"Buffy....?" Tonks led for the rest of the name.
"Oh, Buffy, Buffy Summers that's me." She said with a bright smile. "What can I do for you, Tonks?" and took another sip of butter beer. Did she deliberately leave a touch of foam on her lips?
"Ah, my friend Tom at the bar there told me there was an American visiting and he knows how I've always wanted to visit the states." Tonks lied. "He figured I might like meeting you."
"Cool. Hey, would you like one?" She pointed to the nearly empty butter beer.
"Well..."
"Great." Buffy held up tankard for Tom to see and 2 fingers. Tom nodded and started pouring. "So tell me, what's the what out back? I see most people coming and going through the back door."
Tonks still had no idea if this was a witch or a muggle. If she was a muggle, then she was familiar with magic if she was a witch then things were just different in the States. "That's the entrance to Diagon Alley, shops for the local witches and wizards." Tonks figured if this was a muggle, she already had to do a memory spell; might as well just go with it until she was sure one way or the other.
Buffy's face lit up again. "Shopping? That's my favorite past time." As she spoke, Tom delivered the two butter beers and Buffy handed him some pound notes and dropped the change on the table.
"So where are from in the States?" Tonks tried to maintain her cover story. "I've always wanted to visit Salem."
"I grew up in California, never been to Salem, you know, wrong coast and all. Now most of my friends are in Cleveland." She thought for a second. "I've got a friend who grew up in Boston, I wonder if she's ever been to Salem."
"Is she a witch?"
"My friend from Boston?" A visible shutter seemed to go through the American. "God no, we had enough trouble with her as it was. So you came in from Diagon Alley, do you work in one of the shops? Maybe you can show me around, I still need to find something cool for my sister's birthday. She loves magic jewelry like amulets and stuff. Hey, do they have a book store? My friend Giles is trying to rebuild his library."
Tonks just stared wide eyed as the woman went on about magical stuff she wanted to buy. If this was a muggle, she might not know of the wizarding world, but she was very familiar with magic. "Why does he need to rebuild his library? Did he have a fire?"
"No.." she hesitated for a second. "He lost it in an earth quake."
"I suppose I could give you the 5 knute tour." Tonks said then gestured at the packages. "You could leave these here with Tom, I'm sure they'd be safe." She figured it wouldn't take long to decide Buffy's status and make a decision once they started shopping. It would be nearly impossible for a muggle to hide her reaction to the sites of Diagon Alley.
"Cool." Buffy took one last gulp of her butter beer, finally wiped the foam from her lip, stood up and started gathering her packages.
As the women headed out of the pub, one of the regulars who had been seated near Buffy didn't need any more time to decide. He and his associates would take care of this nosey muggle and teach the stupid Auror a lesson in how to deal with muggles who didn't know their place.
to be continued....................