NEW MOON: Chapter 5-Cheater

CHAPTER SUMMARY: Bella buys motorcycles for some odd reason and takes them to Jacob to fix. That's about it. I really don't get the title of this chapter, I'll explain why after thoughts.

NOTES/THOUGHTS/REACTIONS:
We begin this chapter with Bella at work where we FINALLY get an idea of where she works: some sort of sporting goods/hiking gear store....huh? I cannot picture Bella demeaning herself by working at a sporting goods store nor having any interest in it because um...doesn't she hate stuff like hiking and whatnot? She's hardly qualified to work there...oh wait, Mike works there. Never mind. It's totally clear how she got the job now. Ten bucks says Bella told some sob story to her friends about needing cash and Mike pulled a few strings at his place because you know, he's still obsessed with Bella. I still think Meyer could have had her working at a bookstore or something, or a fast food place like all the other teens but that would probably be too demeaning and normal for her Sue, so instead she puts Bella in a place that seems illogical for her to be working at. Personally I think she decided to have Bella working there just so she could hear the exchange between the hikers about dangerous looking animals in the forests which in case you guys don't know is an epic forshadow.
Bella gets into her car and drives around and I think it's pretty clear here that Bella is depressed. I will say this, Meyer did get how a depressed person feels down pat. Unfortunately, Bella doesn't get help for this depression and the depression isn't even acknowledged so I ask you, what's the point? How do I know she's depressed? These lines:

I wished I could feel numb again, but I couldn't remember how I'd managed it before.

I curled over, pressing my face against the steering wheel and trying to breathe without lungs.
From New Moon, Chapter 5

Yeah...we have depression here folks. Actually, it's kind of overdone still, which seems to be Meyer's style, so there you go. Again, she does a good job of capturing the depression but she doesn't do anything with it. This could have been a great book about learning to deal with depression and learning to move past it and becoming a stronger person. But no. Meyer couldn't do that, that would require difficulty for her characters. Plus, you know a plot other then romance.
So Bella mopes some more (and cries some more) and suddenly sees a pair of old motorcycles for sales and decides that this must be fate, therefore she must have some. Yeah. On one hand, I can kind of see how Meyer came up with this idea. On the other hand it's kind of stupid. But whatever, Bella sees the bikes and decides she must have them. Because having one is apparently stupid and reckless and she wants to be stupid and reckless. Sigh...I am trying to ignore the fact that once more Bella is being a brat and am going to move on.
So Bella gets her bikes (and because it's Bella, she gets them for free) and she wonders about where to get them fix up. The local garage is out because the guy is way too expensive. Then she remembers the cute Jacob Black she flirted with in the first book and thinks "yeah, he'll do!". Random scene where she calls Charlie to get the Black's address. He offers to come and join her but she says no. Because you know, heaven forbid she spend time with her father. Ew.
So she goes to the Blacks (insert vivid description here) and oh, Jacob has gotten even cuter. Billy is also there but not for long, it immediately goes back to Jacob and Bella. Bella asks him to fix her bikes and, being a guy, he's all game for it. He refuses payment of course, so Bella trades him the extra bike and lessons because she can't ride motorcycles. Good thing she got two of them, isn't it? My mind (and probably many other readers) went to a dirty place at this line:

"Wait a sec-are you legal yet? When's your birthday?"
From New Moon, Chapter 5

No seriously, she asks him that and it's not at all about sex or drugs. I would commend Meyer for the cleverness if I didn't suspect the joke was totally lost on her. Jacob agrees but worries about parts which Bella tells him not to worry about. She'll just use her college fund. Again, great role model Meyer. Really. College is totally skippable girls if your boyfriend dumps you and you're heartbroken. More reason that I don't buy this Bella is intelligent crap. Anyway, chapter ends with Bella being thankful for Jacob, the end. Now you know why I'm confused about the title of the chapter. No where in here does she cheat. Even if it's a reference to her hanging out with Jacob it's stupid because she and Edward are not together anymore so it's NOT CHEATING. So chapter title=stupid.

WORD LIST: buoyant (second offense use for this word, she used it in Twilight).
POSSIBLE EDITS: Please change the chapter name, it makes no sense.
GENERAL ANNOYANCES: The Blacks house was vaguely familiar-How can it be familiar exactly? She's never been there right?
I recognized the symbol on the grille at least.-Um...I thought this girl didn't know anything about cars? How can she know what a car part is? Also, a grille refers to ventillation parts, not the front of a vehicle where the symbol of VWs are usually found.
Embry? Seriously Meyer? Where do you find these names?