Hi, I'd appreciate if you guys could give me some ideas as to how I can get a day 2 with this girl (let's call her HB7). I number-closed her, so now I'm looking to possibly get a day 2 with her. I'm stuck because I'm unsure of the right method to lead into it and what conversational topics/routines to use. Also, is there anything I should ensure is in place before asking her out?

Here's the story:

I met this girl at the club 2 nights ago, we danced with each other, most of the time face-to-face (front grind). The one time she turned around to use her ass to grind me, I took her hand and spun her half a round to face me again (useful technique I've recently been using to transit from a ass grind to a more interactive position) and her facial expression was positive.

Main examples of positive interest and attraction:
1. She was from a all-girl 5-set, and despite one of her girlfriends trying to pull her away from me while we were dancing, she kept holding on to my hand and each time she lost grip, we would resume the hand holding soon after. Soon, that girlfriend of hers gave up (probably understood that HB7 wanted to dance with me).

2. HB7 asked if I had a girlfriend. To which the convo went something like this.

She: "Do you have a girlfriend?"
Me: "Do you have a boyfriend?"
She: (smiles and shakes head) "No, do you have a girlfriend?"
Me: If I had a girlfriend, would I be dancing with you?
She: (Laughs with a "I don't know, maybe" kind of shrug).

3. (This may or may not be a IOD). At some point, I attempted to kiss-close with Mystery's line "Would you like to kiss?". She pointed to her cheek (bad), so I understood she wasn't ready and went for the cheek, and then she immediately (good) returned it. I thought she was one of those who hadn't lost her first kiss so maybe she's hesitant about it. And I had a good idea in mind to try for a day 2 with her so I was also half-hearted in pushing for the kiss-close. Kiss-closing may result in buyer's remorse and she might not want to meet again.

4. Some random guy tried to disarm me by greeting me and shaking hands with me first WHILE I HAD HER IN MY ARMS, and asked if she was my friend (I said yes). After that, he proceeded to talk to her by asking for her name and age and basically tried to hit on her in front of me. I stayed calm and just held her. She responded to his questions but shown no sign of interest --> body language cues, she continued dancing with me, facing me, and back towards him.

5. At one point, she suddenly walked off to join her group of friends close behind, without warning. I was surprised and thought something I did might've blown it. Trying hard not to allow it to get to my head, I held my position and didn't follow her, for a long 5 minutes, thinking about what I might've done to blow it. Then, she came back towards where I was standing, this time with THAT RANDOM GUY following close behind her. So I thought to myself "Shit, so I really blew it and she's now interested in him". To my surprise, when she saw me, she happily waved me over (like 1metre away) and so I resumed "locked bodies" position with her, effectively busting that guy out. I asked her where she went and she told me she went to dance with her friends, and added "Why didn't you follow??" So that was when I was quite sure I didn't blow out.

I don't know why, but she randomly told me she was working at some frozen yoghurt chain. And I said "Maybe I'll visit you one day" and she told me which outlet she was at (compliance). And I jokingly told her it was too far away (push-pull).

So with these indicators above and many subtle indicators which I felt rather than being able to tell in a story, I got the feeling she was interested/attracted.

I texted her asking her if she got home safe after that, and then she replied in the morning. We texted a bit and found out we had some mutual friends, so maybe that could build some sort of connection. But I felt the conversation was going stale and going nowhere so I decided to stop replying (also to build tension, hopefully). Now I'm thinking of resuming the conversation and leading it to a day 2, but I have no clue how to.

I saw from her instagram that she has a boyfriend, so why did she tell me she didn't have one? Well as we know, it's usually the other way around, girl tells guy that she has a boyfriend (regardless of whether she had one or not). I now suspect this is the reason she was hesitant about the kissing. Apparently a kiss on the cheek will not eat into her moral conscience as much as a full on make out will. Also, the name she keyed into my phone was different from her real name. I found out her real name because the SPAM notification showed her real name and I found her profile on fb.

It seems to me you are overthinking everything. Now, in your situation, I would call her instead of texting, saying something like "remember me? The cool looking guy? " and than say some funny/interesting story. Then say you had a good time and you want to see her today, then give her location and time when you are available.

Thanks for the reply and help! Yeah I have been told by friends that I tend to over think over-analyze a lot when things are actually much simpler or that some things are actually insignificant. Personally I'm not the sort who is comfortable with calling, I feel more at ease with texting and that it puts less pressure on the other party too, hence lessening chances of rejection from the pressure.