I'm in uncharted territory here

I typically stay by the book: meet girl, set date, wait till she texts then set next date, etc

I meet this chick 3 days ago, set a date in person and met out with her the next day. We walked our dogs and kissed at the end, nothing crazy. I tell her to text me

She invites me out with friends for trivia night at a local bar. I'm a recovering alcoholic but she doesn't know this. Plus, wtf meet her friends after 3 days? I'm thinking she's suggesting this to "cock block" me into friend zone, or show me to her friends to get their approval. Idk... I felt it could go bad. Maybe a lot of pressure.

But who am I? Why am I scared of meeting some chicks friends? Because I'm subliminally being outcome dependent? Because I feel I can't handle a group? Cause I want this chick to like me?

Yes, maybe those things. But fuck that. That's who I used to be. That's the pit I crawled out of. I know what to do.

Plus, I want to reward and reinforce her texting me and wanting to see me. I want that foundation laid early.

Anyway. Ringing in my head: "don't treat someone you're dating like your gf"

Ok so I'm going solely for myself. I know to work the group. She's just there for all intents and purposes.

I get there on time but don't see her so I just sit at the bar and drink a root beer with a lemon. Talk to some chick ordering a drink next to me.

I'm like fuck man, I fucked up. I don't see her, I imagine her sitting with her friends forgetting about me. But she texts me about 10 minutes after we were to meet asking where am I? So I say, I'm here find me. I want her to come over and get me rather than I just impose myself into the scene. She finds me and turns out her friends aren't here yet. Nice, better than expected.

She's sitting at a table with stools but I can't lean back on this thing so I go and grab a high chair with a back for body language reasons.

We talk a bit, I'm just treating her like a friend. Her friends show up, a dude and his gf and another dude. I go high energy and shake the hands of the guys and address the other girl. I keep my body language not facing my friend as I do not wish to stifle her with my presence. I'm turned more towards the group. They get drinks. Trivia starts

I just get focused on the trivia and get hyped on getting the correct answers. I'm addressing the men mostly, sometimes the women. But I know I need to get "in" with the dudes.

Well luckily for me they're all drinking about 2 beers each. So as the trivia goes on, it just gets easier to jive with these guys. I just ask questions and remain interested in the conversion topics. All smiles.

So I'm kinda unsure of where I'm at with my lady friend, because her body language kinda mirrors mine, very neutral. She's across from me.

Trivia ends, and the couple start to get ready to leave. I see my friend getting her jacket so I'm like ok, let's see what happens now. I remain seated. The third guy is still there but he's getting ready too. Well the couple leaves, then the other guy eventually leaves as well. Nice. No cock block. My friend was there waiting for me to move so we walk to her car.

We're joking but she's standing close so I just grab her and we make out in like freezing temperatures. She asks "so so you still want to hang out? Not tonight but like in general?" Too cute. I tell her yeah of course. So, I walked, but she offers a ride. So I get in the back of her car like an Uber and she's all "nooo, get in the front!" Ok, ok.

We're about to kiss and I say what if I told you don't kiss me? As our lips are close. She goes you don't want me to kiss you? I say no. She pulls me in. Nice

I think about inviting her up but she mentioned she can't hang out more tonight so I refrain from posing a situation where she says no to me. Not worth it right now. Too soon for any type of "no"

So I say kiss me one more time and she does. I tell her to text me (always tell her to contact you) and I get out and go upstairs.

Pretty good night. This chick is cool. Let's see when she texts me. My first experience meeting friends like this. Always learning.