Last night was bound to be somewhat interesting... at least I had hoped. A wing and I decided to accompany an old friend of mine and her little sister to an 18+ club. We were a bit put off, but decided to go. It's an old friend of mine and we figured we could just not stay too long and do some warm-up sets. Well... we stayed much longer than expected... while waiting in line. =\ I figured while we waited in the ridiculous line I'd warm up. It was a warm set of my friend, her sister, and a few other girls. Came in and intros went around. Made a few comments about the line and how it was ridiculous. Made a few jokes about it and made some girls laugh behind us as they listened in a bit. Later overheard one of the girls behind us mention she had to pee, so I turned and opened the set telling her that she's probably gonna have to find a hiding spot to pour it out. She laughed and agreed. Had a short conversation, escalated kino for a bit, then exited and went back to the original group. Turning back from time to time. We finally get to the front of the line where the bouncer tells my friend that he can't wear Nikes. After a "debate" about his shoes we finally leave (which, to me, was a godsend). We head back to midtown and hit the bars. We hit the first bar for a little bit, but it was a bit of a sausage fest with some mixed sets. Neither of us are really comfortable hitting mixed sets yet, though we hear they are actually easier. Any words of wisdom on this? Also, I was getting tired since I lacked sleep and worked early. We chilled at the bar for a minute, talking, observing the room from time to time and watching Sports Center. We finally decided to head to another popular bar. Much better scene right off the bat. Packed with people. We go in and head up to the bar. Traffic is high... with only 2 bartenders. We stand behind a couple of girls who end up getting surrounded by about 4 other guys. They start talking, but one of the girls ends up opening my buddy and buying us beers. He ran with that set for a while and I observed the rest of the bar. After their talk died down we made a lap. Finally came back and I noticed a couple girls standing at the bar ordering drinks. My buddy vetos me to do it and walks off. For one reason or another, my nagging approach anxiety just wasn't there.
I stand behind them for a moment and then touch the blond'es elbow. She turns and I smile asking if she's waiting to order or just hanging around. She said she already ordered and move away from the bar to let me slip in. I stand in and make eye contact with her friend. Brunette girl with a good number of tattoos. Monroe piercing above lip with rich red lipstick. I don't normally go for that, but I just thought that was sexy for one reason or another. Opened up with, "Jesus! This is my first fucking drink all night and it's after midnight!" She laughs and tells me good luck because there are only two bartenders and they are slow. Told me she had already been waiting 10 minutes. She asks me why it was my first. I told her the above story. I'm a pretty good story teller so she showed a good response and was entertained. She asked why we picked a so club far away (it was 3 or 4 miles from midtown... midtowners almost never leave the neighborhood). I told her she must be a midtowner. She asked if it was because of her tattoos. I told her that would have been it, but what really gave it away was the fact that she was lazy enough to think the next area over was "far." She laughed and and proceeded to tell me that she actually does leave from time to time to go into the south area. I mentioned that that was my area and we both had related on the issue of gas and mileage. Conversation was good. Constant talking and she was showing a few IOIs as things went on. Started twirling her hair at one point and making more solid eye contact. Since the bar was packed I had already been escalating kino right off the bat by touching her arm and hand from time to time both overtly and "incidentally." Also putting my hand on the small of her back. At this point I was a little worried about her friend potentially doing the mother hen, but instead she told her that she was headed out to the patio and to find her whenever she wanted to. The conversation went on into past history. She told me she grew up a pretty angry kid who hated the world and got into a lot of fights. Used to like to go out and find them. At this point I dropped the nickname feisty and tried some disqualification by telling her she might be a little crazy for me. She got on the defensive and said she doesn't do that anymore and has calmed down a lot and she's no longer violent. I told her "We'll see..." she smiled and kept going. Following the "first 15" rule, I waited a while before formal introductions. Shortly after this point I reached for her hand and asked her name. We introduced, joked about our names and moved on. My buddy came up to wing for a moment asking where "Michelle" went. I played along and told him she was off and hopped to another bar but said she'd be back a little later.
I noticed one main thing last night that was new to me in the field. I feel as long as I was doing things right and taking the right steps, she'd be working for my attention. Every time the conversation started to die I saw her working around in her head for something new to talk about. She'd figure it out and enthusiastically continue into the next subject.
She continued into football. Told me she her team and I neg'd her on it. Made a connection about her being feisty, with a violent childhood, and being angry, then said, "Typical ______ fan!" We both had a laugh and started small trash talking here and there. I also DQ'd her about her team and being "one of those fans" and she responded with how she wasn't nearly as bad as the rest of them.
Just to try to not show too much interest, and help me if I didn't do it right here, I looked around the bar from time to time to see if I could make eye contact with any other sets and try to prime the approach with a wave or raise of the glass (I also figured that having a lively conversation with a woman was good for pre-selection/proofing). Though, none were found. Also, made sure to watch my posture and form. Kept noting to not lean in, etc.
From time to time a couple other guys had come around, but it seemed her friend liked me and was comfortable with me so whenever they'd come to but in, she'd start talking to them and keep them over where she was. Also, she didn't pull her along to the bathroom whenever she had to go, just left by herself. Possibly good signs? Toward the end after last call, another guy came up and asked if she wanted to share his Vodka since he, "Just ended up getting way too much of it." She declined and turned back to me. Finally, her friend said she was hungry and asked if she wanted to go grab a bite at a nearby Taqueria. She agreed and started to get her stuff. She took her time a bit, I noticed. Then turned to me and told me she had fun talking to me. At this point I pulled out my phone and told her I was in midtown/downtown a lot with friends to watch football. Said to let me get her number and we could all get together sometime for some games. She seemed pretty good about this and right away leaned in over my screen and told me the number, making sure I typed it in right. We parted and a little while later I texted her, calling her feisty and joked about her team losing this coming Sunday. She responded pretty quick. We went back and forth for a little bit before the conversation ended with me joking about her team falling apart in the 2nd half "as always" and her responding, "Ohhhhhh hush, hun." I responded a little bit later about her trying to tell me to hush again after Sunday. By then it was well after 2am. She didn't respond back. Figure I'll wait a day or two to get back again.
All in all, a good end to the night. Any tips on text/phone game?

tl;dr, Went to a lame club, waited in line real long, didn't get let in for friend not in dress code. Went to midtown. 2 bars. 1 Sausage fest. Too pussy to open mixed sets. 2nd bar was packed and good. Opened set of 2 girls. 1 left to patio and target was isolated. Easily escalated kino. Good negs. Incorporated DQ for first time. Showed a few IOIs. #Close. Short text game after.