okey dokee. heres the next chappie. sry it took so long. i originally started writing this on saturday. thats y theres a reference to Draginball GT. I love that show! lol. tell me wat u think of this chappie. Thank u my reviewers! sry im not addressing u all 1 by 1 but at the moment im a little busy with stuff in my life and gettin ready for skool.

Mixed Signals and Crossed Wires

Disclaimer: I do not own the story of Harry Potter or any of its characters. They all belong to the FABULOUS J. K. Rowling and Warner Bros. Inc.

Setting: during their fifth year at Hogwarts; Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher is still Dolores Umbridge

Chapter 10: Breaking It

"Harry, what are you doing here?" Cho said nervously. Harry looked at her with very sad and disappointed expression. His green eyes shining with hurt.

"I—I" Harry leaned against the wall and sighed, "What did I just see?"

"I...I don't know, what did you just see?" Harry pushed his hair back and covered his eyes with his hands sadly.

"You in Malfoy's arms. You kissing Malfoy," Harry said.

Cho was silent.

"I—I can't believe you'd do this to me! I can't believe you'd cheat on me... I didn't want to believe Malfoy when he told me but--" Harry was cut off by Cho.

"Excuse me? He—he told you?" Cho asked.

"Yeah. I didn't believe him, considering it was Malfoy, then he told me to come and look for myself and I did and..." Harry stopped, not wanting to continue. He was filled with hurt not wanting to believe his own eyes or ears.

Harry continued, "and I saw you kiss him. I can't believe you. I've never done anything to you and—and you do this!"

"Puh! You say this to me when you were cheating on me with Granger," Cho said finally the sadness of that fact tore her inside, even though it wasn't a fact.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Harry asked. He'd never cheated on her with Hermione, he never even had those towards of feeling towards her.

"I saw you hugging her!" she cried, tears starting to stream down her cheeks.

"What?! I never—you mean when her grandmother died? I was comforting her! Why the hell would I cheat on the girl I love with my best friend's girlfriend!

Cho looked stunned, 'Hermione's grandmother had died? Wait—he loves me? Oh my god.'

"I'm... I'm sorry Harry. I thought—I thought you broke it off with me..."

"Well you thought wrong Cho! I can't believe you don't trust me! If you saw me hugging Hermione you should have just asked me about it!" Harry yelled. He was so mad at her, but he was hurt that she would do such a thing to him.

"I'm sorry! I didn't know. It didn't occur to me!" Cho felt the tears stream from her eyes more quickly, her bottom lip quivering and her breathing becoming unsteady.

"But Cho, it should have! You shouldn't have jumped to conclusions!" Harry removed his hand from his eyes to reveal a tear. Cho's knees gave way and she fell to the floor kneeling. At the same time Harry slid down the wall. The hurt inside him surpassed anything else he had ever felt. Everything but the dementors, that is, but it was on the brink of bringing the coldness inside him.

"Oh God.... I'm so sorry Harry, can you ever forgive me?" Cho cried.

Harry felt tears escape his eyes. He was trying his best not to cry, but to no prevail. His face showed pure hurt and sadness.

"I—I don't know, Cho. I don't know." In Harry's head, he was screaming 'Damn it! Damn it all, why the hell would she cheat on me? WITH MALFOY?! Why him of all people? As if my life isn't crappy enough.'

Cho stood up and stumbled away crying. Harry didn't cry, but merely sat pinching his hands with tears escaping his eyes. 'Is this what I get for falling in love with such a pretty, perfect, nice, sweet girl? What I get for falling in love with Ravenclaw's Quidditch seeker? What I get for falling in love with Cho Chang?' he thought sadly.

As Malfoy passed by he gave Harry a disgusted look. Harry gave way to the unfightable urge to punch him with all he had. He threw Malfoy the hardest punch he could at his face but he merely blocked the punch with his hand. Malfoy smirked and pushed him away by his fist and said, "I told you." (A/n Oy! That's what happens when you write a romance fic while watching Dragonball GT. lol)

As Malfoy walked away a burning desire burned inside Harry to hurt someone, anyone. So he punched the wall as hard as he could and he oddly felt better. Harry looked at his knuckles and noticed blood trickle. He shook off his hand and wiped the remaining blood on his robes.

At dinner Harry was very quiet. He poked at his food slowly before bringing it to his mouth with a fork. Hermione and Ron looked at him concerned and repeatedly asked, "Are you alright?" Harry only shook his head. He didn't say anything. He didn't want to say anything. His heart was just pulled from his chest, stomped on, ripped into pieces, and fed back to him bite by bite. He was heartbroken, horrified, depressed, sad, infuriated, and was filled with some feelings he wasn't familiar with. His eyelids drooped and so did his frown. He never knew love could hurt so much. He'd gone through unsurpassable physical pain, and every time he thought he couldn't go through more, he was struck with even more. But this, this pain called heartbreak... it hurt worse than anything else.

By the end of the meal Harry hadn't even finished half of his plate. When he walked out of the Hall, Cho stopped him.

She grabbed his arm. "Please, Harry. We need to talk."

Harry pulled away from her and said, "No. We don't need to do anything."

"Please, Harry."

"NO! Cho, just leave me alone right now ok?" He ran a nervous hand through his hair, "Just give me some time, ok?"

Harry turned and ran up the steps to Gryffindor Tower. A single tear fell from his cheek and he ran into his dorm. Nobody was there, everyone was either in the common room or outside. Harry fell onto his bed and closed the hangings around him. He didn't feel good at all, he felt like he wanted to throw up, but his stomach was too empty for it. Ron who was closely followed by Hermione quickly pulled the hangings of his bed open.

Ron and Hermione sat at the foot of his bed.

"What happened?" Hermione said with concerned eyes.

Harry remained silent.

"Come on, mate. Tell us," Ron said looking from behind Hermione at him.

"Fine. I'll tell you what happened. Cho's been cheating on me," Harry told them bitterly.

Hermione gasped. "Oh, Harry. I'm really sorry." Hermione held his hand and patted it comfortingly. Harry hardly noticed.

"And that's not the half of it. She was cheating on me with Malfoy," Harry said feeling a rush of hate surpass the feelings of sadness inside him.

"Oh, Harry! That's horrible, I can't believe someone as nice as Cho would do that," Hermione said sadly.

Ron clenched his hands into angry fists. "I can't believe Malfoy sometimes! I know he's an arrogant prat but I didn't guess him to be the kind to.... Selfish little git....Why would she cheat on you?"

Hermione elbowed him in the rib, but Harry answered him.

"'Cause she saw me hugging Hermione," he said dully.

"Why were you hugging Herms in the first place?" Ron asked.

"She was crying. I was comforting her. It was just a little after her grandma died," Harry told him.

Ron looked at Hermione and said, "Oooh, so that's why you felt better when you came back in the common room that day."

"I told you that," Hermione said to him.

"You didn't tell me you hugged him..." Ron said.

"Well...Ron, we'll talk about this later," Hermione whispered aggressively.

Harry continued to stare at the ceiling, still very depressed. The feeling of hate had already died down.

"Is there anything we can do to help you, Harry?" Hermione asked with gentle eyes, still patting his hand. "Food, drink, anything, a book?"

Harry shook his head.

"Alright," Hermione gave Harry's hand a final pat and smiled at him encouragingly. She stood up and pulled Ron with him.

When they got outside, Ron asked, "Why'd you make us leave?"

"Did you not see the state he's in? He needs some time!" Hermione told him.

"Yeah... but we still could have comforted him..." Ron said slowly and unsurely.

"He needs some time! So just leave him alone for a while. Ok?" Hermione said while grabbing hold of his hand and giving it a gentle squeeze.

"Alright..." he said with a small smile.

"Good."

They smiled at each other and Hermione put her head on Ron's shoulder as they walked out of the portrait hole and through the school.

ok.... in case no one ever noticed, i havent fallen in love or had my heart broken yet, so basikly that stuff is just based on stuff i've read in manga and books or watched in movies, tv shows, or anime. so that stuff is probably not as good as i could. but hey! im only eleven! how much can u expect frm me! ive only had pety crushes. : P so PLZ RR!