Chapter 6, Friends Summary

The first day of motorcycle fix-up is a surprising success. Bella gets to meet Jacob's friends Quil and Embry, who stop by Jacob's garage to say hi. She sits in Jacob's unfinished Volkswagen Rabbit to watch them work. She listens as they talk and tease each other. When it is time for her to leave, she discovers that she actually enjoyed herself. As she walks away from the boys, and hear them hoot in the background, she startles herself with her first giggle in months. She feels alive and happy again.

Later that evening, Bella is convinced she'll have another nightmare. She is surprised to awaken the next morning to find that not only did she not have nightmares, she did not even dream. She and Jacob spend the day together, sifting through the dump for parts and then working some...