This is my first post here so please be gentle!!

I've been reading Seddit for a couple of months now and have enjoyed the FR, tips and general info you guys have been providing and last night was my first time putting any advice I've taken to use. Apologies for the wall of text but I thought I should included as much info as possible.

Anyway, onto Saturday. It started with me taking a spin to Dublin with a mate where I bought some new clothes and of course they had to be shown off so we met in town (Dundalk) for "a quiet few pints". We went to our local and grabbed a seat which just so happened to be right beside the entrance to the toilets (helpful, but smelly at times!). We had a bit of a catch up whilst keeping to ourselves and as with every Saturday night the place started to get busy and I met a few work colleagues and old school friends.

About two hours later a group of 3 girls (we'll call them A {HB7.5}, B {HB7} and C {HB9.5}) came in and stood beside our table. I caught A looking at us and managed to hold eye contact and smile which she reciprocated. They eventually got a seat behind us and they seemed to be enjoying themselves. B and C went to the bathroom leaving A on her own so I turned around and tried to make small talk but she was proving shy. I introduced myself (good opportunity for kinoing I thought) and we chatted until B and C came back. I exited their group at this point by wishing them a goodnight and saying hopefully we'll get to see you later.

They got ready to leave shortly after (I thought I might have come on too strongly and scared them off) and my mate said I should ask A for her number. They said goodbye to us, which would have been the perfect opportunity to ask, but we just we said them same. I made excuses as to why I didn't want to interrupt them but he was pretty insistent. Eventually I remembered some FR's I'd read here and thought why not do it!? The worst thing that could happen is that she says no and I move on...! So I got up and went after them but they had left. I took a walk outside but there was no sign of them in the street. At this point I was pretty pissed off with myself for not acting sooner so I went back inside, we finished our drinks and moved to a club.

Again I met a few friends and some cousins and chatted with them for a bit. I'm not a big fan of picking up in clubs as I don't dance (or I dance very badly if I try to!) and I don't think the loud music makes talking to people easy (how old do I sound?!?!) We were having a good night, lots of drinks and lots of meeting people. Around 2am I noticed the same group of girls (A, B and C) had come in so I said to myself I wasn't leaving until I had at least asked for A's number, I didn't care about getting rejected at this stage because it all counts as experience. I took out my phone and left it on the 'add new contact' screen and put it back in my pocket. I also put my beer down and grabbed a Lucozade as I didn't want to come across too drunk (which I was). My mate was talking to a lady friend of his so I went for a walkabout on my own and bumped into A and C. We chatted for a while, never allowing myself to focus on just A so I kept C in the conversation also. She seemed to appreciate not being left out and they were very chatty so it wasn't too difficult talking to them.

I finally manned up, took out my phone and said to A "I might have to go shortly. Give me your number and maybe we'll meet up again." She seemed a bit taken back that I was so upfront but she took my phone and rang her own phone so she had my number also. I saved the number and said I had to go look for my mate to check if he was ok. Turns out he was better than ok so I kept walking. I bumped into the three girls again about 30 minutes later, just before closing, and they were getting ready to leave. C was getting hit on by an absolute mess of a drunk who said to her "Do you know you're the second best looking girl in here tonight?" She seemed pretty offended and I piped in with "Yeah, I'm standing beside the best looking girl!" so I put my arm around A and pulled her in close. She was embarrassed and said she'd never been told she was good looking before but she put her arm around my waist and couldn't stop laughing at what I'd said. I tried to remove her from the group which was easy enough and we talked for a bit. She had to grab her coat so I took her hand and led her to the cloakroom. I suggested we should leave but she said she wanted to get her friends. I told her they had each other and they had Drunky McDrunk to keep them company. I took her by the hand again and led her outside and proceeded to walk her home (only 10 minutes from the club so it wasn't too far).

I wanted to stop and kiss her along the way but I think she was nervous as I was as she was talking about EVERYTHING along the way. We got to her mother's house where she was staying for the night (in my head and heard a voice shouting "JUST DO IT! WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE???) So I went for it and she didn't pull away, in fact she pulled me closer. It was only a couple of minutes but I felt so good!!! She pulled away and said she should get to bed and that she would have invited me in if her mother wasn't at home. She said she'll be back in town in a couple of weeks and we should meet up then. I left to go back to the club and meet my mate (I was on such a high along the way!!!) and she text me "Thanks a million woodsini for being a gent and walking me home. Hope your friend is ok :)" I replied and told her I was on my way home and that it was great meeting her and to give me a shout when she was back in town if she wanted to meet up.

Fast forward to now and the hangover has cleared itself and I got a text from her saying: "Good to hear you got home safe. Pleasure meeting you. May see you in April. Say hi to Mickey" (I work a friend of her mother's).

So my question....what should I reply to her? Should I reply or should I leave it for a while?

I'll finish by thanking every single one of you who have taken the time to post your stories which have made great reading. I love you Seddit!!!

TL;DR Recently single guy reads Seddit, takes notes, put notes to good effect, gets a number and k-close. What to do next?