So I am at a party at my friend's apartment and we are playing a couple drinking games to start the night. It starts off slow then a few more people start arrive. That is when I notice HB8 let's call her "M". I'm talking with a couple of friends, but keeping an eye on her. I see her standing with "T", a girl I know. So I approach T we hug then I asked her "how she's been and why I haven't seen her in a while." I then turn to M and introduce myself.

Hey I'm Crimjust and you are? She replied "I'm M, how are you? What year are you?" "Yeah I'm well. I'm a sophomore" Talk about some school stuff Forgot to mention that I am maintaining eye contact throughout our conversation. She then asks me about my eye color and how she thinks it is pretty. I say thanks and mark down an IOI. Didn't know how to respond to this. At this point I'm thinking that I need to kino a bit, but my mind is too scared to do it. Now I am a few drinks in and realize I forgot her name. So I step away for a minute and ask my friend for her name he tells me. I reenter but have nothing to say. My mind just blanked I couldn't think of anything that I read or watched. That's when her gay guy friend comes up. I introduce myself and chat for a bit, but she then walks away with him.

Now it's around 00:30 and two of my friends asked me to go clubbing. I reluctantly agree. I am completely sober at when we arrive. We get there it is pretty crowded and very noisy. I say to myself I'll just observe for 2 minutes then start dancing. 10 minutes go by and I am still observing. Eventually get on the dance floor, but too scared to dance with a girl so I am just dancing myself. After a couple minutes, I back out frustrated that I don't have the courage. Meanwhile my two friends that I came with are dancing together. While I was just being a wallflower, I notice this one girl, HB5, who was dancing glance over and we made eye contact. I count to 3 and try to go, didn't work. I wait like 2 minutes before moving towards her. I then make it over I grab her hip and we start dancing. We dance for 10 or so minutes, but I didn't know what to do from there. That's when my friend tells me that we are heading out.

What I learned. I am good at maintaining eye contact during conversations, and can hold a conversation to an extent. Still need to figure out when to kino escalate. Club game is really hard when it's loud and dark.

Next time I see M what should I say? I really want to get to know M.