The Taming of the Sea Monster –

This is my first fanfiction so keep that in mind when you are reading this.

I have read many Nessie/Jake stories and although I like the fluffy romantic ones the angst is so much funner to write. After reading some bratty Nessie stories the idea of this story came to me. In my tale Jake has taken a lot of crap from his brat and has decided to do something about it.

WARNING - this story contains SPANKING of a minor, if you don't like then don't read.

I do not own Twilight.

Chapter 1 – Prologue

Edward's POV

I think that I made a big mistake in the way that I handled Jake imprinting on my only child. Bella, despite her rather violent first reaction, had changed her mind and began to support the close bond that had formed between them. I was not so easily reassured that this was a good thing for my daughter. I still did not trust Jake and knew that things were only going to get worst as his feelings for her would grow. Her love for him, her need for him, her dependence on him were so great that she had just as hard of time separated from him as he had from her.

I made the decision that the best thing would be for them to separate for a little while so that she could learn to depend on herself. The perfect time to do so came after the Volturi left. Within four months we had secured a home in Scotland, a place for Carlise to work and school admission for Bella, Alice, Jasper, Rose, and Emmet. We also decided to bring Seth along. He and I had become unlikely friends during the Volturi crisis and he would provide a link between the La Push Wolves and us.

My mistake was in thinking that Nessie and Jake would benefit from a separation. Instead the separation has broken my daughter's heart. She became a hardened young woman full of mistrust and insecurity. She has had to grow up with no friend to confide in, no one to play with, to giggle with, to joke with. I took away her best friend, replacing him with a friend for myself. (Don't get me wrong Seth and Ness get along, but he does not provide her with a true friend). I even robbed her of the memory of her friend by allowing her misconstrued perception of him to continue.

To make matters worse, Jake has not fared any better. I took advantage of his loyal nature, and convinced him to sacrifice his happiness and stay behind to care for his pack and his father. I resigned two people to half-lives because of my own jealous stupidity but that is going to change because after four years we are going back.

The excuse to move back fell into our lap when Bella got word that Charlie was diagnosed with colon cancer. Emmett, Rosalie, Alice, and Jasper all plan to continue their traveling but Bella, Esme, Nessie, Carlise, and myself will be back at the Cullen property while Seth will return to the Clearwater's old house. We are all excited about seeing Charlie and Sue, and enjoying our favorite American cuisine (both blood and the human food Nessie eats).

While there is a lot to look forward to there are some that I dread about going back to Forks. Despite our efforts we have not been able to change Nessie's attitude about Jake. She has stubbornly refused to even consider having him as a friend and instead states her hatred for him. Knowing all about Jake's imprinting on her as a baby has only led her to accuses us of making her into a "virgin sacrfice" forced to marry the "old" man that loved her mother. Whenever we try to talk to her about him she winds up screaming at us that we are trying to control her. Really these protests about being controlled and professions of loathing are masks to hide her hurt and early rejection.

Ness really is a good girl; she came by her fiery temper and her stubbornness naturally. You know that poem about the girl with the curl? Well that describes my baby. When she is good she is great so sweet, kind, loyal, funny, smart, but when she is bad she is horrid. I will admit a large portion of it is our fault, meaning the whole family. Ness never has learned to control her temper and her tantrums occur whenever she doesn't get what she wants. Ness learned early on that if Bella or I don't give her something she could go to another member of the family. In other words she is spoiled rotten. In the last few weeks puberty has hit. She has been getting more volatile with the hormones. This year she will be ready to start school, as the Cullen's new foster kid, something has to give. Bella and I have tried to give her structure and discipline but the chaos with the others makes it hard. When we move back to Forks her aunts and uncles will be gone,

I keep hoping that when she sees Jake she will change her mind. As painful as it is for me to admit knowing them both so well I know that they would be perfect together. Both are happy and playful, are affectionate and loyal, both love movies, art, and music. Not to mention he will not put up with her shit, which is what she needs.

Jake's POV

I don't even know how to express the joy I am feeling right now. My Nessie is coming back to live in Forks. It has been agony living here the last four years without her. It has felt like a part of me has been missing and I will finally get it back. The obligations I had as my pack's leader and my responsibility to my father held me back from joining the Cullens when they moved abroad (not to mention I wasn't exactly invited). I did feel better having Seth along to keep an eye on her and her family. Seth and Bells have kept me informed on how she is doing and have sent me pictures. Well I'm off to the Cullen's to have dinner; I can feel my body shaking with excitement . . .

What the fuck???? She hates me. I have to admit that over the last four years I have built an ideal image of what an adult Nessie would be. I dreamed that we would begin again where we had left off with a close easy friendship that would lead to falling in love, marriage, and a family. It took me less then ten minutes in Nessie's presence to realize how wrong I have been. My sweet bubbly friend is instead a bad tempered, pouty, spoiled brat.