yay! third chapter! lot more romance in this one... kinda corny. wen i reread it i almost gagged. wat a crappy writer i am... sigh. PLZ REVIEW!!!!!!!!! even though it's crappy i worked heca hard on it almost all last night! i freaking worked till... about 1 o'clock a.m. so plz review!

Mixed Signals and Crossed Wires

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of it's characters. they all belong to the FAVULOUS J.K. Rowling and warner Bros. Inc. the only thing involving Harry Potter that i own are the all 5 books :pulls out all books and piles them in arms and starts to shake: and the 2 movies that are out :throws those on top of books the topples backwards only to be left smooshed by the weight of it all:

Chapter 3: A Small Surprise

Cho looked at Harry astounded by the sudden question, but nevertheless she looked happy.

"Yes!" she whispered in his ear and kissed him on the cheek. Cho then walked away to the entrance/exit of the library.

Harry stared after her with his mouth hanging open and his hand over where she had kissed him. What did I just say? I didn't ask her out did I? Harry asked himself, but he knew the answers. He had asked her if she would go out with him and he did ask her out.

Harry sat back down next to Ron and tapped him on the shoulder. Ron stuck up his index finger signaling for Harry to shut his mouth. Harry stared at him as he mouthed words silently until he finished the page.

"What?" Ron whispered aggressively.

"I hope you're happy!" Harry whispered back.

"Why would I be happy? I'm going to fail whatever subject this books about and it's your fault."

"You'd be happy because without realizing it you pressured me into asking Cho out and I did just now so now you have to ask out Hermione," whispered Harry back, dropping his voice so Hermione wouldn't hear her name being said, "and it's not my fault your failing! You can do that perfectly fine by yourself!"

Ron glared at him and buried his nose in the book again, almost like Hermione. Harry got up from the table again and looked in the aisles of books to find one for Potions, and once he found one he furiously opened it and started scanning the pages. It was silent in the library for the next three hours with all the fifth years studying and Harry couldn't stand it. He got up from the table he was sitting at and noticed Ron didn't have his nose buried in the book reading, but he had leaned so close to it that his head was slouching and his bangs were covering his eyes just enough so Hermione couldn't see he was sleeping. Harry shook his head and walked out the door, towards the Fat Lady's portrait, into the Gryffindor common room, and to the window to look outside.

He gazed at the Forbidden Forrest meaninglessly. He thought of what he would have to do later. Now that he had already asked Cho out, he couldn't just cancel it. He had to think of something to say and a place to go and when to go! He had all the time in the world, considering Quidditch could not be his after class activity anymore. Well, they could go by the lake, he thought. Just sit by there and talk. Maybe Harry could find a way to sneak some food out of the Great Hall... or maybe he still had some Muggle snacks or snacks he got on the train left in his trunk. He got up and ran up the stairs to the boys' dormitories.

He ran to the foot of his bed and opened his trunk. He tore through the contents of it and looked almost desperately for some kind of food in it, but found nothing but a very dirty dirt flavored Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Bean. Harry sighed in annoyance and crammed all the items he had just thrown out of his trunk back in. He growled under his breath and walked back to the common room, and out the portrait hole to the outside. He walked out past the entrance hall and outside the doors. He walked out to where his father, Sirius, Lupin, and Wormtail had sat under the tree and sat there himself thinking.

I can't believe myself! What've I done? What if she expects me to kiss her? Oh crap! He thought. I don't understand a girl's mind like Hermione! He continued to think. He buried his head in his arms and hands.

"Maybe this could be a good thing," said Harry optimistically. "Yeah! This could be a great thing!" he continued, his head still buried in his hands.

"Oh, glad you're here Harry!" said a sweet voice and startled Harry. His whole body twitched, surprised from the voice and he then lifted his head.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you!" continued a slightly shaken Cho.

"Oh, no. It's okay! I was just... thinking..." he said in a far off voice.

"Oh? How interesting... at least I have the reassurance that you have a mind!" she said playfully knocking on the top of his mop of black hair. He smiled and said, once again without realizing what he was doing from the enchantment that Cho brought upon him, before he could stop himself "When would you like to go out? Today, tomorrow, 3 days from now? You know I have all the free time I could ever want."

"Hmm," Cho said thoughtfully and she thought about it the necessary time for her: one moment, "Today, at 7 o' clock. You decide where"

"Here, by the lake. By this tree okay?" Harry pointed to the tree above him.

She smiled, "Okay." She sat next to Harry and he started to feel uneasy, excited with butterflies in his stomach. He looked at his watch and noticed it actually was almost 7. Noticing Harry do this Cho put her head on his shoulder.

"I see you've noticed the time," she said sweetly and pulled out a pocket watch from her own pocket and flipped it open to show it to Harry.

Harry felt so nervous and happy at the same time. Now he was actually pleased that he had asked her out. She was kneeling so closely to him it made his heart skip a beat. He'd just have sat there for the rest of the night if he could, but no. He knew he couldn't, sooner or later they'd have to get up, but he'd rather make it later.

With her head still on Harry's shoulder she made a motion. She inched closer to him and held his hand. His heart skipped several more beats and he felt his face grew warm but hoped it would stop. He didn't want the heat to inch down his face and neck to his shoulders so Cho could feel how nervous he was. They were sitting like this for probably about 30 minutes. Harry squeezed Cho's hand for a second then got up, still holding Cho's hand. He had to show her the lake, how beautiful it was. That could make this date perfect.

"Well? Come On!" said Harry excitedly pulling on Cho's hand.

"Where?" questioned Cho.

"I already told you, silly! The lake!"

He made an abrupt halt at exactly where he had stopped to show Ron so he would ask out Hermione. He spun Cho with his free hand and she gasped.

"Oh my gosh, Harry! It's so beautiful!" gaped Cho. She had a wide smile on her face. "And romantic," she continued still sounding astounded.

Cho turned toward Harry and let go of his hand. She then gave him a big hug and let her head fall on his shoulder. Harry was surprised and his stomach was now full of butterflies, he hugged her back. "Thank you so much, Harry," she whispered in his ear and kissed his neck. Harry blushed uncontrollably. He had to fight to keep his knees from giving way even though he felt light as air. Cho let go of Harry and gazed at the lake again. She crouched down and stared at the sparkling water, the surface looked as if it were skimmed with stars like the night before. She was really happy to be there. Just kiss him, just do it, she thought angrily, wondering why she couldn't do it. She really liked him, possibly loved, and she knew he liked her. So why can't I jut kiss him?

She turned to Harry again and noticed he hadn't really moved from his spot. He was really red in the face. She smiled, he looked so cute like that, so embarrassed as his emerald eyes glimmered in the little light that was left of the day. It was now or never. She stood up again.

Harry looked at her happily. He stepped up next to her and turned to her. He put his hands on her shoulders nervously. He sighed and before he could even close his eyes Cho closed her own and pressed her lips against his. She had surprised him and he felt his ears get a little warm. But this time he didn't care, he was kissing Cho Chang and he was happy. Harry finally closed his eyes too and they kissed for three whole minutes. Then there lips departed and he opened his eyes, so did Cho. Neither of them spoke for a minute or so. The two of them smiled though. They wouldn't stop and couldn't if they wanted to. They were still facing each other, still smiling, still happy. Cho leaned her head onto Harry's chest. A tear escaped her eyes and she gave out muffled cries through Harry's robes and shirt. He looked down at Cho's head and saw her shaking from tears.

"Oh no! What's wrong, Cho? Did I do anything to upset you?" asked Harry alarmed at her sudden tears.

She wiped her eyes and smiled. "No, it's not that. I'm not sad at all," she started and sniffed. "I really like you Harry, and I haven't been happier than I am now for years." She gave him another long kiss on the lips and Harry held on to her.

"So I didn't do anything wrong? Nothing to upset you?" Harry asked, this time not in alarm, but in curiosity.

Cho buried her head in his chest again. "No, of course not Harry." She hugged him again; she truly was so happy that she was in tears. "It's not nine already is it?" she asked Harry. He looked at his wristwatch. (If you recall from the series, 5th years can stay out only until 9 o'clock.)

"Oh crap! It's almost nine o'clock!" he said alarmed.

"Oh no! I don't want to lose points for Ravenclaw!" said Cho alarmed too.

"Okay! Bye, Cho," Harry said. Before Cho could say Good-bye back, he finally kissed her hard on the lips.

"Good-night," she replied with soft eyes and the two ran off towards the entrance hall and once inside the school, the two parted ways and ran off towards their own House common rooms, smiling. How would Ron and Hermione react to this? Harry thought as he went through the portrait hole. Ron and Hermione were speaking with very concerned looks on their faces. When Harry crawled out of the hole both Ron and Hermione ran up to him and yelled "Where have you been?"

"I told Ron in the library. I asked Cho out," replied Harry calmly. Hermione then turned to Ron and tried to ring his neck with her hands.

"You told me you had no idea!" she screamed while chasing Ron.

"Sorry! Sorry, sorry, sorry!" pleaded Ron while plopping on a chair and covering his neck.

"You made me worry until I was sick just because of your short memory and intention span!" she said knocking on Ron's head rather roughly.

Harry watched the two fight. The smile on his face still wouldn't disappear. He had been sure now that Cho liked him back.

Ron and Hermione fought rat her roughly for 10 minutes then Harry broke it up before they could injure each other too seriously. Ron had a scratch or two on his face and his arm and leg were bruised. Hermione had a scratch on both of her hand and wrists and her arm had a small bruise. Both were rather flushed in the face but at the end they had satisfied look about their faces.

"You've got a little blood, right there," she rubbed her face on the cheek where Ron was bleeding. He rubbed the opposite side.

"Oh come on, Ron! Can't even wipe blood off your own face. Honestly, what do u do when you get bloody noses?" said Hermione as she took out a small packet of tissues from her pocket. She plucked one from the package and rubbed Ron's face with it where the blood was. She then put the tissue and packet back in her pocket. Ron had a resentful look on his face, as if his own Mum had just licked her thumb and wiped a speck of dirt of his cheek, but the corner of his mouth upturned in a smile afterward.

aww how cute! lol, i did write it but still... lol. pl tell me if u think my story's crap or not. the button is just somewhere down there... :points down: sry i didn't get to Draco even though i promised. but during Cho and Harry's whole date i wanted to be a bitch and toss Draco in to insult them and ruin their date. man am i mean... i still want to scroll up there and shove Draco in... i cant really promise wen draco'll come up. but i'll try to put him in the next. REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIE REVIEW REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! plz!!!!!!!!!

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