Girls suck in fiction also

So I am reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix. There’s this girl who likes Harry. ‘Cho’ Let me just pharaphase. This is after Harry gets done teaching a class. Pg. 455-456

“No, you go on,” he heard her say to her friend Marietta, and his heart gave a jolt that seemed to take it into the region of his Adam’s apple.
He pretended to be straightening the cushion pile. He was quite sure they were alone now and waited for her to speak. Instead, he heard a hearty sniff.
He turned and saw Cho standing in the middle of the room, tears pouring doen her face. (this is where my said, what the fuck is going on)
“Wha-?”
He didn’t know what to do. She was simply standing there, crying silently.
“what’s up? He said feebly.

A FEW DELETED LINES HERE ABOUT THE DEATH OF CEDRIC

“Miseltoe,” said Cho quietly, pointing at the ceiling over his head.
Skip a couple line
“I really like you, Harry” (why the hell she just didn’t say that instead of fake crying)

This is such crap. this book is writtern by a lady. Why not just tell HP that you like him and get it over with?