A/N: Alright, so this is a one-shot Songfic (I got bored, so I tried one) with the song Stricken by Disturbed. This is supposed to be Bella and Edward, Edward represented with the normal text and Bella represented with the bold. The song lyrics are in italics. It actually goes pretty well with the song itself too, which is awesome.

DISCLAIMER: I'm not Stephenie Meyer.

Stricken In Your Love

I watch you walking into the classroom, your head down, your heart pushing blood into your cheeks, and even as you meet my gaze, my hateful gaze, I can see the suffering, the terror in your face, in your eyes, as you look out the window longingly at your new home.

You walk on like a woman in suffering

Won't even bother now to tell me why

Your blood wafts across the room, entrancing us all with the scent of your liquids, your life. We all close our eyes, trying to resist the cursed scent, but I feel my mouth watering, my lips curving into a smile as I imagine what it would feel like if I closed my teeth around your neck and devoured.

You come alone, letting all of us savor the moment

Leaving me broken another time

The scent hits me so hard, so terribly screwing with my mind that I have to clench my teeth together, have to clench my fists, my body, have to resist with all of my will, to not run across the room and snap your neck in one fell swoop. I can't resist for much longer, that's true.

You come on like a bloodstained hurricane

Leave me alone, let me be this time

I look into your eyes, seeing only hatred in them, but somewhere, sometime, I can feel the fear, feel the internal emotions that draw you closer to me, draw me to you as well.

You carry on like a holy man pushing redemption

I don't want to mention, the reason I know

Somehow, I've fallen irrevocably in love with you. You're irresistible; you're so great to be around . . . I can't go on much longer. Not without you. I don't care what you are, monster or no. I need you like I need air to breath.

That I am stricken and can't let you go

When the heart is cold, there's no hope, and we know

If you leave me, I can no longer go on. There's no more that I could do than you could. I could try to run away, but I wouldn't get anywhere. You've instilled in me a sense of courage that would reach out to absorb any sort of curiosity.

That I am crippled by all that you've done

Into the abyss will I run

How is it that the scent of you can rip me apart? How can you, a simple girl, tease me beyond compare, tease me beyond where I can keep myself together? How can I survive after what has happened here?

You don't know what your power has done to me

I want to know if I'll heal inside

Can I go on without seeing your death? Can I sit there silently as you laugh at me from the heavens because you're dead and you finally realize that I can never be with you? Because of what I am?

I can't go on with a holocaust about to happen

Seeing you laughing another time

Even as I sit here, thinking about how you could be safe without me, your face continues to haunt me, to make me want you and only you. How can you have this sort of power over me? I can't allow it.

You'll never know how your face has haunted me

My very soul has to bleed this time

I always thought that I was strong, but now, I see that strength isn't the issue. I can't live without you, just as you can't live without me. I love you, and there's no way around it.

Another hole in the wall of my inner defenses

Leaving me breathless, the reason I know

With my cold heart, with my cold hands, I love you somehow. I can't let you go, because I've fallen harder than ever. I can't do anything about it.

That I am stricken and can't let you go

When the heart is cold, there's no hope, and we know

All of your efforts to keep me here, all of your efforts to keep me by your side, to learn my idiosyncrasies; they've worked. I should keep away from you, for your safety, but I can't do it. I can't run fast enough.

That I am crippled by all that you've done

Into the abyss will I run

Every time I get close to you, I can tell that you suffer; your teeth clench and your fists ball up. But I can't stay away from you because you won't tell me why. What's going on, why do I affect you like this?

You walk on like a woman in suffering

Won't even bother now to tell me why

Your family all watches as you walk to me, as my friends look at me in amazement, as you beckon to me with one single finger, and all I can do is walk closer. I am mesmerized. And yet, I need you just like I need air to breathe. As soon as you go away, I am dying again.

You come alone, letting all of us savor the moment

Leaving me broken another time

Your moods, they change so often that I can't comprehend it at all. Sometimes I think that I wish that I'd be better off without you, but I can't truly think that, not about you.

You come on like a bloodstained hurricane

Leave me alone, let me be this time

I know that you're a vampire. I'm not afraid of you. It doesn't matter, not at all. None of it matters; it only matters that you're here. And you're with me.

You carry on like a holy man pushing redemption

I don't want to mention, the reason I know

They say love is a disease, and I've been stricken with what you have. All of you seems represented in my heart in some insignificant way. And yet, I know that it's simply not to be.

That I am stricken and can't let you go

When the heart is cold, there's no hope, and we know

And yet somehow, I can't run away from you. Despite the fact that I know that you're here and that you and I aren't supposed to end up together like Jack and Sally, I can't stay away from you.

That I am crippled by all that you've done

Into the abyss will I run

Bella . . . I can't run away from you anymore.

I'm still as interested as I was from the first time. I can't let you go.

Into the abyss will I run

I can't let you go

Yes I am stricken and can't let you go