March 10th, 2005 Valeria Reyes was diagnosed with a brain tumor in Puerto Rico. Right away she came and moved to New York, and had her treatment done at MSKCC. Not a while after that, I met Valeria. I was in the hospital getting my chemotherapy. The first thing that came to my mind was friendship... And it was granted! she became my best friend! i remembered that she would come to my apt. and we would sing together with laughter and joy! She would always be smiling her heart out no matter what!! and thats what i loved about her!! She was a charming girl! After a while we got broken apart by little. She moved to Roosevelt island. I didn't see her very often after that, Sometime if i was lucky i would see her walking on Manhattan streets. Then I discovered one of my school friends was Neighbors with her!! I was so happy to hear about Valeria almost everyday from Danielle. November 19th, right before school started Danielle told me that Valeria might pass away at night time. Of course i was in shock! Part of my heart told me that she is strong enough to survive. The other part was worried. Although, I left school thinking in a positive side always thinking she would be okay the next day... at the same time i was scared. I called Danielle that night asking her if Valeria was okay, Danielle responded yeah. My worries left and i was relieved. The next morning i woke up happy, got dressed and went to school. As Danielle walked me to the bathroom (to put my eye-liner on) she told me about the terrible news! "Valeria passed away...!" I thought at first she was kidding. Then i realized that this was the real world! I came in shock with tears running down my eyes. It was Horrible it was like a nightmare. Turns out that i made Danielle cry too. Nayda (Valeria's Mom) invited both of us to Valeria's memorial. There i met this girl named Illiana that was also from Roosevelt Island and was friends with Valeria and Danielle. We all had something in common to share... we were all best friends with Valeria. That night i remember all three of us crying are eyeballs out!! it was So sadd :( i could never forget her she will always be in my heart.