All these answers are kind of autistic. Just kiss her and make out and touch her body, in a natural way, push and pull, you gotta be aggressive but also know when to pull back and push her away a little and feel her pull you in more, it should all come naturally. Really this is an instinctual thing all people should have, just don't overthink it. Kiss her, touch her, if it gets really heavy put her hand on your dick if it's hard over your pants... grab her ass, try to start taking her shirt off... it will come natural. Just do it and don't think too much and remember being rejected or told to slow Down is infinitely better than having never tried at all

At this rate we'll eventually fuck, but i wanna quit beating around the bush.

It's not a given. She will eventually get bored and fuck a guy who takes her.

I havent been the smoothest with this girl, but i think theres more leeway cus we both so young (16), and shes really into me

ok.. you're young..... slow is fine but keep up the momentum. AND FUCKING WRAP IT.

So im just tryna get some experience at this point, and she still seems really interested so imma make the most of it. So whats like a method of escalating after kissing?

Ok.

Imagine a progression of steps...... literally write this out. Roughly this:

kissing touching her waist squeezing her thigh squeezing her ass hand brushing over her tits squeezing her tits rubbing her pussy over clothes rubbing her pussy directly taking her bra off

you know..... a progression. more intimacy, more invasive, closer to sex with each step.

now here's the trick:

forwards/backwards.

up the escalation ladder...... down before she objects......up again a bit further....... back you go.

this is a constant exciting tease and breaking down of barriers.

what most men do is terrible: go further until the girl stops them, then stay there.

remember that "no" means "not yet" and you'll be fine.

Watch a horror movie with a lot of jump scares in a place where sex would not be difficult.

It sucks that you're a minor and cannot drink, and also at 16 you're probably living at home.

Remember this 5 years from now. Once you're an adult, a horror movie at your place and 3 glasses of wine is a slam dunk