I improved my SMV and now I have noticed some things happening to me. This girl gives me IOIs (cute looks, follows me to talk, etc) and her friend keeps asking me if I talk to her. So I ask this girl to lunch and she tells me she is busy that day - OK so I wait another day, and another, minimal texting just when she hits me up. Then I ask her if she likes bubble tea, she does, so we set up a date for the next day. Well, she fades me and doesn't show. Her friend says she feels bad and I havent approached her about it because next. Well her friend keeps bugging me to ask her one more time, and I just keep saying "nah". Eventually my buddy chimes in and says she should just ask me or get off my dick. So far I haven't heard anything. The girl is a solid 9 and I would smash but I have put forth 2 tries and I'm not a pushover.

On the other hand, this "annoying" friend seems to always find excuses to talk to me about the subject girl and she is exceptionally flirty with me and one time she called me "the one and only". Anyways I think I could easily bang her (she's a red head). Only thing is, how should I play my cards here? Should I continue ignoring the main girl and just go for her friend, or keep talking to them both? They are both interested and I want to keep it that way while escalating and getting bases.