I opened this HB9 that works at the gas station I go to every morning, that was two years ago. I was complete AFC back then, and I got the cold shoulder. What ended up being great for me, was that I had to keep seeing her every morning. At first I just ignored her for a while, pleasantly. She rarely does cashier, so most mornings avoiding her was easy.

Over these last two years, I've turned that rejection around. I kept my charming attitude and positive vibe, and presented it to everyone else who works there. I'm a regular, so I get to know people easily. A few months ago I was getting coffee, and set my keys down. She was wiping the counter while I was walking around getting other things. When I came back she said "Where those your keys? I moved them down here." I came with a witty response "You could of just tossed them on the floor if they were in your way." and I delivered it with priceless smirk like I can care less what she did with them. It caught her off guard, and her reply seemed automatic "I would never do that."
I scooped up the coffee, turning away to go check out as she said it, looked at her over my shoulder with that same smile and said "Your too good to me."

From that day on, things really changed. If I came in, and didn't move within her range of a greeting, she would come to the cashier's to "talk" about things. I understood then that she was really warming up to being in my presence. I earned it with a positive vibe and charming smile.

This girl watched me change into a different person, over time. She knew exactly what I would buy in the morning, I was a complete creature of habit. About last month she had to be cashier, and I got different things than I had for years. She even asked me "No caffiene?". I had bought an apple juice to mix with my pre-workout supplement. "No, I get enough from the preworkout supplement I'm taking with this apple juice."
She compared me to her boyfriend, saying that he works out. I told her the name of what I was taking and told her she should tell him to try it, because I really like it. She ended up telling me she had quit smoking recently, and I proceeded to tell her "I'm really proud of you." She noticed I had cut back among kicking the caffeine.

That same week, and ever since, she keeps finding ways to compare me to her boyfriend. My price checking out was like "$23.74" and I said "That's a horrible year!" She smiled and asked me what I meant. I put on that confident smile and said "I'm a nerd, I really love Star Trek." She proceeded to tell me "My boyfriend is too, he watches (something else)." I can't remember because I never heard of it before.

I see she's really open to me. And I'm not sure if the boyfriend is just a shit test to evaluate my reactions. Would appreciate some insight on how to proceed, or if I'm missing some point entirely. Thank you

Escalate, kino lightly, tease and neg, keep it going. If you don't escalate and keep it where it's at, she'll soon grow bored. I don't know if the BF is a shit-test, maybe ask another worker there who you're on good terms with and see if she does have one.

I wouldn't necessarily interpret her constantly bringing up the bf as a sign of interest it may be the opposite. If you want her to be the most receptive she'll ever be towards you, have her see you with other women.

I'm unclear myself. But I do know, she always draws similarities, it's never differences. One day she asked why my hands were so dirty, and I told her about how I just put a new alternator in my car. Her comparison then was that all her boyfriends did alot of work on their own vehicles too. Then, the gym was another clear comparison.

I have noticed when she does this, her facial expression turns into her poker face. When she tries to act completely indifferent it shows, like she's suppressing her natural emotional reactions. Most guys shower her with attention there and know her by name like I do, whatever time in the morning someone's always making meaningless small talk with her. I'm not so giving with my attention, so I'm sure I stand out that way atleast.

Well the small talk may not all be meaningless. When a smooth motherfucking operator engages a girl and gets her #, to anyone in the vicinity it could from time to time appear as smalltalk but to the girl it is anything but. Get some #s, go on some dates, and drop by the station with one or two of them. The next time you see her after that, you will probably very quickly find out what her true interest level in you is.

And this is exactly why I came here. Thank you so much! I understand your reasoning with crystal clarity. I noticed the people showering her with attention... everything I witnessed was complete AFC. Recovering from being one myself, I know that behavior, they're interested but scared to jump. So they shower her with attention so she speaks to them, but her disinterest was always clear, she almost never looks these people in the eye, her backs to them. When its me, she always faces me directly. I can see how I can work this to my advantage. Time and again I see some HB9-10 range there (its an active gas station, haha) I could do a opener and #/K-close in front of her. I'm looking forward to the challenge