The most memorable moment that took place in my section was when Reef was assigned to volunteer at the same Rehabilitation center that Leeza was currently in. When he first got there, he was given a tour of all the different units the center had. When he was asked to choose a unit he would like to work in, he chose the musculoskeletal trauma unit, which coincidentally is the unit that Leeza had been placed in after the car accident. Since he was a volunteer, he was assigned the help out patients by reading, playing, or even talking with them. A nurse at the center introduced Reef to a patient he would be helping, which turned out to be Leeza, accept he didn’t know she was the same girl from the accident. After introductions, they had a few laughs, but Leeza began crying. She started to remember memories of her sister Ellen, who passed away due to cancer. What was shocking is that the old Reef would have got someone else to comfort her, and leave. But he didn’t. He stayed, and handed her a tissue instead. They began talking about why she was crying. He learned about the emotional pain that she went through with her sister, and he found himself talking about his grandmother, who also died of cancer. Reef’s friends are the type that wouldn’t understand how he’s feeling. His friends aren’t the type that talks about how they feel. But he talked to Leeza. Really talked about how he felt. And I think that was the most memorable moment, because later on throughout the book, that’s all he could think about. How Leeza was different. How he couldn’t stop thinking about her, and wanted to talk to her all the time. Throughout the novel, Reef transformed into someone completely different, and it was all because of that one talk with Leeza.
