Who is Tanner?

The next morning Janet was awoken my blink kissing her softly on the forehead. She smiled and said hello.

"Is something wrong? Cause youse was yellin I cant's help yas in youse sleep. Ise kinda coincerned." Blink said to her.

"I just had this strange dream where this guy named Tanner was screaming for me to help him. I really don't think I know any Tanner's." Janet said then looked to blink who had no expression but you could see signs of hurt and sadness in his eyes. She decided she needed to get up and get ready, so she told Blink that she would like to sell with him today. He said okay and Blink left the room as Janet went and got ready.

"Hey Charlie, Ise gotta speak ta ya." Blink said walking up to him.

"Ok, shoot," Charlie said.

"Uh no ise don' want to shoots you. But anyways you know with this nesia crap well how do you knows when this poision starts membering things?" Charlie looked at Blink with a confused look and tried to answer his question,

"well um," Charlie thought of something quick, "oh yes they start having dreams about people they knew before. Sometimes they start saying things that they did before their amnesia outloud and confusing people. You would know if someone was getting their memory back."

"Oh wow ise think Janets getting her memory back! Shes had a dream last night and she said it was about tanner. Tanner died about 3 months after shes left, and he was me brother, and one of her closest friends. I don't thinks she knows though so don't tell hers anything." Blink said with wet eyes. Charlie nodded and went to the washroom to get ready.

After Janet and Blink sold all of their papers they decided to go look for clothes for Janet. They walked along the street until Janet stopped looking into a store window. "I like this store," Janet said.

"Ise see youse are startin to remember things. This was yours favorite store before youse left."

"I honestly didn't know, but I liked how they displayed the clothes." Janet said and Blink just looked at her with an 'ok' look. They walked in the store and were greeted by many eyes, for they were newsies, and most people thought they wouldn't buy anything because they were so poor. Janet tried on three outfits and decided on a white shirt, dark blue knickers, and red suspenders. She also picked out her own newsie hat which looked perfect on her. She took out her wallet and Blink looked at her money.

"Where did youse get all that's money?" Blink asked.

"My parents are part of the wealthy class," Janet lied as they walked out the door. Herself and Blink walked to central park hand in hand.

"Ise needs to talk to youse about somthin'," Blink said with a serious look on his face.

"What is it Blink? You can tell me anything." Janet confessed.

"Well ise don't need to tell you anythin' ise need to ask you somthin'"

"And what's that?" Janet said knowing that she would have to lie some more.

"Well uh when youse said youse had that dream abouts Tanner...did you know what that was about?"

"Well this guy Tanner was yelling for me to help him. I didn't know who he was so I didn't move. Plus the fact that I was paralyzed." She said closing her eyes to remember the dream. "Why?"

"Well youse probably donts member but Tanner was me bruddah. He was also a really close friend to youse. I don' know if dis helps any but I just wants ta tell ya." Blink said looking sad.

"What do you mean by was?" Janet asked througherly confused.

"About 2 months after youse left the manhttn' boys went to Harlem for a poker game. Some guy named slips or summin' didn't like Tanner, and theyse got into a fights and Slips stabbed a knife into me bruddahs heart. We hasn't been good with them since." Blink said with a single tear flowing down his cheek. Janet lifted up her hand and wiped the tear away. "Ise sorry," Janet said accidentally slipping into her New York accent again.

"uhm well Blink there is something I've been meaning to tell you too."