I'll attempt to keep this FR as short as possible, but please let me know of any questions. The setting is at a large college with me and my friend (HB5) walking towards the commons for a bite to eat. I noticed as we were walking that a girl (HB8) who sits two seats down from me was walking very closely behind us so I turned around and asked her how she was doing on the homework. We had already made little bits of contact in class so it was not awkward for me to do this (Although it should be said that it wouldn't have mattered if we have interacted before or not). A little small talk was exchanged and then I said, "Let me see your phone." She quickly handed me her phone to which I played with the lock for a second and then gave it back to her and said, "Actually here you should give me your number." She did and she also exchanged numbers with HB5.

That afternoon I texted her this: Me: Hey HB8 it's Puddipuddip do you want to hang out around 10 tonight and work on the math hw? Her: Hey I got a bio test tomoro....do u wanna do the homework tomoro? I gotta study today Me: Sure but it would have to be late I have work is that ok? Her:ya thts fine wid me Me: Ok see you then Her: :) just text me when u get off from work and where u wanna do the hw Me: Okay well I live a few blocks off campus so how about your place? Her: I live in a dorm.... do u wanna do it at the library? My roommate has crew so she goes to bed early Me: Sure I'll call you when i'm off! Her: Sounds good :) Me: :)

NEXT DAY (Tuesday) Go about my day and then head to work. Fortunately work is super slow and I end up getting sent home early. The text exchanges are as follows: Me: Hey good news I got off early what time did you wanna meet up? Her: Wanna meet up around 7? Me: sure see you then Her: see ya Me: Hey i'm upstairs near the bathrooms Her: sorry m kindof late ....will b there in 10 min Her: Wat floor? Me: 2nd! Her: Where are you?

She finds me and then we start our homework. I was sure to dress nicely (like I always do) and had my daily go-to cologne on. As we are doing the homework I'm throwing out jokes and generally having a great playful time with her. More specifically we were laughing about how every time we got a problem right on our online homework it would give a word like "great job!" or "fantastic!" and I would repeat it energetically and give her a huge high five. kino and being close were important while doing the hw

While we were doing the homework my friend calls me and asks if I want to come over and grapple. Sounding excited I tell her we can finish this another time and ask her if she wants to come watch me learn how to fight. She was excited and comes along. We get there and she sits quietly on her phone while I quite literally get the shit beat out of me. (I'm only 5'6 and 125 lbs btw...working on that) She had a great time from what she was telling me and we left around 10:45. On the ride home she told me how fun it was and how she hasn't ever done this with some one she just meet before. After asking what she was doing that night I asked her if she wanted to come back to my place to watch a movie. She responded with a polite no and said that we should save the fun for next time. When we got to her dorm I said, "let me see your hand" and I took it and moved in close and slowly went in for the kiss. She reciprocated nicely and she left with a huge smile on her face.

A day later (Wednesday) and we're in math class and I ask if she wants to do the homework right after class. She says yes and we go to the library after eating lunch (She bought my lunch with her campus card money thing) We then continue doing the homework and finish and I walk to the bus stop. When we get there I gave her a big hug and once again went in for a very intimate kiss. Once again a huge smile on her face.

On Thursday I texted her:

Me: Hey wanna go see an irish pub band play tonight around 10 tonight? Her: Tht sounds lik fun but I got plans wid my friends for tonight ...sorry Me: Alright have fun Her: :)

It was left at that and I wasn't really worried about it. I ended up not even being able to go because of some timing issues that night with a buddy of mine and it got a little too late.

The following day (Friday)

Finally just yesterday we were in class and it's a pretty boring lecture so I text her for fun/to see if she wants to hang out after class: Me: Pssst Her: So sleep Me: too tired to help me with the hw??:P Her: Tht and m busy.... going home to spend the weekend wid my family Me:Ok!

So that's about it. Not really sure how I could have gone about the escalation better. She seemed like a pretty fun person so I'd say my goal was to LTR if she proved herself to me. Thanks for reading!

Things I did Right * quickly and nonchalantly grabbed her number * made intentions clear that I was interested in her * Spontaneous and fun/high energy

Things I did Wrong * Too much time spent with her in one week.
* May have come off as needy/outcome dependent on her.
* Slight one-itis even though I am fully aware of the one-itis state.