I'm very upset right now...one of my best friends just died.  He was a little corn snake and I loved him SO much.  I don't have any real life friends and so my pets mean so much to me.  Nikki was the cutest little thing ever.  Whenever I walked into the room, he would poke his head out of the little cave I put in his cage for him and then he would come over to see me.  Now, he's just not there anymore.  I feel like there's an empty space in my life now.  I just can't get over the fact that he's gone forever and I will never see him again.  If only there was something I could do for him or to make sure he's in a better place now.  I don't what went wrong for him.  He wasn't sick and he had been eating just fine.  I guess I'll never know.  Rest in peace, Nikki!  You will always be one of my best friends even if you aren't with me right now.