James, Matt and Charlie may have girls falling at their Converse now, but they've had their share of love tragedy. Grab yer hankies, girls..

What a great start to the day. When bliss walks into the studio, the first thing we clap eyes on is James's bare chest. Matt's swaggering next to him, revealing his pecs in a half-unbuttoned shirt, while Charlie is stuffing a chocolate croissant in his mouth like he hasn't eaten for a week.
When the lads find out that the interview's for our special Valentine's issue, they all groan and roll their eyes. 'We're so bored of talking about that,' says Matt. 'It's complete bull.' But this is different, we insist.
We want to talk about the dark, moody, tragic side of love - love gone wrong - that sort of thing. 'OK,' Matt agrees. 'But I don't wanna talk about Holly - it's too recent.' (That's his year-long ex who he split from at the end of last year.) 'And I'm not naming names,' he adds. 'It's not fair on the girls.'
OK, but before we start, we ask the lads about all the rumours of them splitting. 'Yup - I'm leaving to become a fishmonger,' laughs James. 'No - of course we're not. We're doing a tour and we've sold almost two million albums in the UK - it's never been better for us.'
And the rumours about them hating each other? Complete rubbish. 'We're best mates,' sighs Matt.
James interrupts: 'And another thing I'd like to clear up: we're not 'going adult' either.. well maybe we could move into the adult movie market!' Ahem. Time to move on to L.O.V.E, we feel..

Matt
'My girlfriend tried to change me'
'A couple of years ago I met a lovely girl. We became friends and gradually it developed into something more. To begin with everything was fantastic and we had a real laugh. But she had very definite ideas about what was cool and what was uncool. And firm opinions about what I should and shouldn't be doing.
'I've never given a sh** about being cool, and all of a sudden this girl's telling me what I needed to change about myself to be more cool. After a while I realised I wasn't the same person. I wasn't doing things I used to do, like going out with the lads and acting like an idiot. What I used to think was fun suddenly wasn't any more, because she kept telling me I was 'being juvenile' and should 'learn to grow up'.
'We started arguing, and soon the disagreements became constant. She'd tell me off for behaving a certain way and I'd tell her that I didn't care. Then she'd yell: 'Well you should care'.
'Eventually I couldn't take the arguments any more. I decided I didn't want to be with someone who needed to change me into something else in order to be happy with me. So I finished with her.
'But she took that as further proof I was an immature d***. I wasn't. I'd just had enough of being yelled at. Girls - can't live with 'em, can't shoot 'em..'

Charlie
'My girlfriend dumped me 'cause her friends didn't approve
'I went to a mixed boarding school called Uppingham, in Leicester, and there was a real division between the years - basically, it was really uncool to speak to people in other years.
'I really fancied this girl called Camilla but she was two years above me (I was in Year 11) so I didn't think I had a chance. Then one day she came over to talk to me. I couldn't believe it! She and her mates were doing an All Saints tribute act at a school concert, and asked if I'd play piano. Of course I said 'Yes' - I fancied the pants off her!
'Luckily for me we had loads of rehearsels together. We eventually became friends - but I always wanted more. The girls went down really well at the concert, and when we came off stage we were all hyped up. Somehow, Camilla and I ended up kissing, and that was it. I had completely fallen for her.
'For a month it was amazing. I was over the moon. All my mates were like: 'You legend!' But her mates were giving her untold amounts of sh**, calling her a cradle-snatcher. The criticism was doing her head in and after a month Camilla broke up with me. I was gutted.
'I tried to get over her, but it was really hard. I wrote loads of songs about her including one called Without You. A year later I left school because of Busted, and our first album had Without You on it. When it came out I gave Camilla one last chance and handed her a copy of the song. It did the trick! We got back together, which was awesome.
'Now we laugh about it and I'm also really good mates with all her friends. I think they feel bad about teasing her so much. But we're together and happy and it's thanks to that song!'

James
'I became totally obsessed'
'When I was 13 I was in a youth theatre group, and auditioning for a show. When I got there I caught sight of this beautiful girl, and the second I saw her I was smitten. I prayed we'd both get into the production so I could see her again and luckily we both did.
'Over the next few months I built the crush up into epic proportions, to the point where I couldn't even talk to her without stuttering and blushing. I spent all my time trying to work myself up into asking her out and bottling it at the last minute. Eventually I decided I had to make my move so one day I walked straight up to her and asked her out. She looked at me, blushed.. and said 'No' straight away.
'I really couldn't believe she'd knocked me back: it had taken so much courage! I was completely and utterly distraught. For the next week, I avoided her as much as I could because I thought she'd be laughing at me. But I still couldn't sotp thinking about her. I'd be having dinner with my parents and they'd be asking me all about my day and I wouldn't even hear them - I'd just be sitting there, thinking of her and not even tasting my food. I was totally obsessed.
'At the end of that week, one of her friends came running up to me, and said: 'The answer's not 'no' - it's 'maybe''. So I spent another week in a complete trance, fantasising about how I could change 'maybe' into 'yes.'
By the end of that week I still hadn't seen her, and it was doing my head in. Then the next day she came striding up to me and said: 'I've changed my mind. The answer's yes.'
'I couldn't believe it. I must have just stood there for about five minutes with my mouth open. I was so happy. From then on we were inseperable, and ended up going out for quite a few years. It's actually been my longest relationship to date. So if your crush doesn't seem to fancy you - don't give up hope. It worked for me!'