Alright, so currently I'm hooking up with 2 HBs. One is pretty much at my beck and call...meaning I can call her at any time and have sex with her. The other has been a bit more of a challenge, though things are going well. Can you guess which one I like more (cat-string theory in action)?

This post is concerning the hard-to-get HB, and up to this point my game has been pretty tight. In fact, this is probably the first HB in which I've thought out every move in social-dynamics, PUA mode. So far so good. If you care to check it out, here are two posts I made concerning how we met and our first date (which ends with me spending the night). They contain info on how our relationship has progressed so far:

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Anyways, since this date I've had a second one with her...in which I spent the night again. This time we made it to oral sex, so that's progress. I've gotten nothing but fantastic IOI's from her as she has, on both dates, left her friends to hang out with me. Anyways, I'm interested in progressing the comfort of our relationship, so my goal was to cook dinner with her this week. I began a TM thread that went as follows:

Me: Do you by any chance know how to cook salmon?

Her: In the oven you goof!

(she texted me a few hours later with this response, so I waited until the next day to continue)

Me: An oven? I'm dating a culinary genius apparently. A culinary genius who wants to help me cook the alaskan salmon sitting in my fridge...

(tried to word this so I did not ask, I assumed she would do it)

Her: Ha! Can't tonight. Out xmas shopping!

Me: Tonight? Tonight I karaoke! I meant sometime later this week...

I have not yet received a response to this last TM. I don't think this break in the thread is that meaningful as my IOI's have been too strong so far, but it is the first time I have gotten anything but the utmost of compliance with this girl so I want to take a step back and evaluate how I should proceed. I also understand my last TM was vague and did not particularly require a response, but I expected one anyways. As I see it, I will be calling her for our next interaction and not TMing. Here are the options I've come up with.

1) Wait a couple of days and try again (gut reaction and very AFC, this one was chucked)

2) Call her before the weekend with a funny DHV story or quip and pretend the salmon incident never happened.

3) Call her at the end of the weekend or next week as punishment for not complying immediately to my request. Note: I would not have a problem doing this except I go on a 2 week vacation Thursday of next week and another goal of mine was to see her for one more encounter before I leave. Breaks like this can kill fostering relationships as the time apart can lower interest on her part (and my part, for that matter).

I'll admit, I'm probably overthinking this situation and can probably safely call her without lowering my value. My game has been airtight up to this point, though, so I thought I'd use this forum to see if anybody else has an alternative game plan that could intrigue her, invite her out, and still retain my value. All opinions are welcome, but PUAs with experience in these matters are who I'm directing this post to.

-Esperanto