Hey, so there's this girl I know from work, there's definitely something between us...
She's coming over tomorrow, we want to study together.

We'll probably drive to my place, then might eat something together and eventually study. I'll then probably drive her back to town...

Any [escalation] tips / things to avoid?

Cheers,
me.

Is it ON between you two? Do you flirt constantly? If not then you should get this started before you get to your place the second time.

It would be best if you pick her up to go straight to your eating area, but before you do say you forgot something at your place. Go to your place, make no moves, just get the thing that you forgot and leave. She's now comfortable being in your place.

Go get some lunch, then say let's go back to mine to study, I can only study at my place.

At the lunch begin teasing and flirting. Check her compliance levels and be unapologetic in your hitting on her. Be touchy feely, so touch her a lot, right from the start. Get her comfortable touching you. Employ little games like Thumb War or whatever, childish little games. Tease her some more. Kino escalate.

Get back to your place. Calibrating to her compliance, tell her you can't stop thinking about kissing her right now. Check her reaction. If she smiles but says I don't know, you're in, it's just a matter of time and comfort. Get her on the couch, put your arm around her, hug her tighter. Look deep into her eyes and talk about your studies, with an undertone of "I just wanna fuck you right now," but keep talking about your studies. See how she reacts. If she keeps eye contact and smiles, she knows it's on. Tease her for the kiss. Don't give it to her. Move in closer and closer, and then pull away if she doesn't reciprocate. If she reciprocates with your moving closer, kiss her as you have your arm around her. And if you do end up kissing, see how far you can take it. Escalate further and further, hold her face, with the other hand hold her leg by the knee and move upwards. Lightly, then grope her harder.

"We should study," but keep making out with her. Lean in and see if she is compliant to lie down on her back.

The rest you can find at Vin Dicarlo's Escalation Ladder.

Good luck!

Well if this is your first date with her, I would say a little flirting and kino should do it for you. Before you can kino escalate, you need to build trust with her. She has to be comfortable with you.

I'm not really sure if you will end up kissing or f-closing her on very first date. If I were you, I would take one step at a time and see where it goes.

Thanks for your replies!

Yeah, I was actually a little concerned with the taking her to my place concept altogether... We've just arranged a study "date" so far.

Is it too much to tell her that we're "now going to my place" ...?

Could come across as too pushy and shy her away...

Or should I suggest it and see how she reacts to it?

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@ Tr@veler:

My place is in another town, so we can't just go there to pick something up...
If we go to my place, we'll stay there.
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Dude, just be congruent in what you want. As long as you stay congruent and don't take her shit it will be fine. If you like her then set the vibe to that. Don't be afraid of her reaction to you. Being to pushy is fine, being needy is not. Difference.

She already agreed to come to your place, right?

Cook lunch together, that's always a great idea. Listen to some music. Then shift your gears.