My weekend was fairly so-so. Got 2 dates set up, but ideas for how to handle my first k-close rebuff would be appreciated :)

Friday night: went out with 2 buddies to a house party. I had high hopes for this party, but it turned out to be a massive sausage fest. I helped buddy 1 by winging for him with one of the few cute girls there that he was into. He ended up getting her number but says he doesn't plan to call her. I hate that :)

Saturday night: went to a massive, awesome house party thrown by a friend. TONS of hotties. I was doing fairly well with a very cute girl but lost track of her (it was a massive party) and when I saw her later that night she was already paired up with another dude. I moved on to another girl, a slightly homely but very attractive latina. I ended up talking / dancing with her for most of the night. Lots of IOI's and kino, holding hands, kissing, etc. Going out with her tonight.

Last night, went out to a bar with a couple buddies. Met a couple latina hotties. My buddy took one, I took the other, and was doing well. Strong kino, good conversation, she was cracking up at my jokes, etc. She knew some guy there who kept trying to horn in her, but he was acting a little too desperate. He would put his arm around her and was clearly trying to deflect me.

She was obviously not that interested in him, but knew him pretty well and wasn't pushing him away. I did pretty good in blocking him out, it was a little awkward since she knew him. I just powered through and ignored him. He finally left near the end of the night. Me and my buddy walked her and her friend back to her car. She gave me her number and agreed to go out Tuesday night. We shot the shit for a while in front of her car.

I was trying to get her to come back to my place, and she seemed interested but had to drop her friend off way up north so it didn't happen. Our conversation got pretty sexy for a while, and she seemed really into it which surprised me because she seemed a little prudish earlier in the night. I gave her another big long hug and went in for a kiss. She cold stopped me, and said "no, on the cheek like we do in Mexico".

Yikes! I am hoping it was because her friend was right there, but it was the worst snub I've had in a long time. I said something like "that's not the kind of kiss I was looking for" but it didn't change her mind. She texted me later that night and is definitely good to go for our date tomorrow night, but I am looking for advice. I'm thinking of just going straight for the kiss early on in the date, as soon as I get a strong buying signal, along with maybe a slight heckle.

So... minds of Seddit, your advice or reports on what you've done after getting negged for a k-close is much appreciated! I'm thinking I probably just need to run my normal game, except for trying to escalate a little faster and light heckling for not kissing me when she had the chance. What's worked for you in these situations?