Alright about a month ago, this entourage of people walk into my office to go over a project with my supervisor. Older woman, older man, and a younger woman, probably my age. Don't really talk to them, I can't even remember if we introduced ourselves. As they're leaving, I see the younger woman take a glance at me. HHHHHHHHHmmmmm....

Fast forward to sometime last week. I'm at the local gym gettin' my swole on </sarcasm> and I see her down at the free weight area. I finish my set and move to bench slightly closer to her. I wasn't trying to show off, but looking for a good opportunity to approach.

She finishes a set and I approach her, tapping her lightly on the shoulder.

Me:"Pardon me, but you work for Public Affairs for blah blah hospital?"

Her:"Yeah"

Me:"You came into my office with so and so looking at the video project"

And so on and so on. Flash forward to Yesterday. I'm at the second level of the gym doing laps and I see her come up to the second floor. I don't think she sees me. I finish up my workout and go to my truck to grab my clothes as I've got to shower at the gym. As I'm walking back I see her walking in my direction. I say hello and ask her about her workout and she tells me about how she broke her ipod. Very light banter back and forth but I knew I had to make some kind of forward progression.

I wouldn't say that I neg'ed her but I'll definitely take your input on this:

Her: I was trying on my bathing suit for summer and I wasn't happy with the way it looked and that's why I'm going to the gym.

Lean in, hold her eyes

Me: Oh? Are we a little self conscious?(I have no idea why I switch up to the collective pronoun, it's just something I do)

I then try to DHV when she talks about how she usually goes to the gym by herself because her friends think it's boring or they're lazy. I mention that I rock climb and kickbox to mix up the exercise. She starts talking about how she wanted to try kickboxing and how she went rock climbing last week(not real rock climbing, she was scrambling). See an opening and tell her we should get together. I snag her number.

Right before we seperate, she says "are those the real colour of your eyes or are you wearing contacts? They're really pretty."

I should really learn how to deflect and not answer the question directly. Oh well. something to keep in mind.

Me: Yes they're contacts, but thank you and you did a great job of finishing this conversation with a compliment!

She then mentions something along the lines of "Now you'll be talking to all the girls" or something. Didn't really catch it. I say goodbye, hug, and go take a shower. Later that night I sent her a text so she'll recognize my number.

TL;DR Bumped into a Colonel's daughter at the gym, she had REALLY easy signals to pick up(they were all over the place) and number closed her.