The two stepped through the door, bumping into each other and being unable to actually enter the vicinity. The other woman let out a huff, but Trisha smiled innocently. “I was totally here first,” she said, giving her flimsy excuse. Blake grumbled, not believing her for a second, but before Trisha could make a retort back Rosie hollered at them. 

“Well look at the two of you under the mistletoe. Fortunately you two ended up together. Kyle ended up under it with Truman and the shades of red he turned! Could’ve stopped traffic.” Her laugh came out loud and boisterous, but they were quickly ignored as Rosie made her way back home now that the town meeting had ended. 

Trisha’s laugh echoed after Rosie, but she paused and saw Blake staring at her questioningly. “What? You’ve never been trapped under mistletoe before?” 

Blake made a move to push past their little traffic jam, but she grabbed the woman’s arm before she could retreat. Trisha rolled her eyes at Blake. “Come on, Blake. It’s just a holiday tradition. It’s not a big deal.” 

Tipping her head up towards Blake, she pressed a kiss to her lips. It was supposed to be a quick peck, nothing too scandalous, but something kept her lingering against Blake’s lips. And the fact that Blake hadn’t pushed her away in disgust, Trisha couldn’t help but kiss her for just a little bit longer, her eyes falling shut. 

She pulled away slowly, eyes fluttering open. She was embarrassed to admit her heart hammered a little harder in her chest as she met Blake’s eyes. “See? No big deal,” she breathed out. Trisha shoved her hands into her jacket pockets, feeling self conscious all of a sudden. Blake didn’t stare at her like she had just grown three heads for kissing her, but there was something that crossed over her features. Something that made Trisha’s stomach do a little flip flop. 

The two separated, Trisha stepping back so Blake could go first. The brunette seemed to pause before thinking better of whatever it was and headed towards the diner. Her eyes followed after Blake’s retreating form as she questioned what the hell had just happened. It wasn’t a big deal. Blake turned as if sensing her and Trisha quickly averted her gaze, face warming. 

“Are you alright, dear?” 

Someone passing by had stopped, looking at her in concern. Hopefully they didn’t see me staring at Blake. She shook her head. “Y-Yeah. I’m good. Everything’s fine.” Everything is just fine... She snuck another peak in Blake’s direction. 

21. Keep Going by The Revivalists

I honestly… think this made my list as a result of a character playlist. I mean, it’s a jam, for sure, but I do think it made it onto a character playlist that I was listening to a lot while playing Xbox… and something about the little vocal breakdown made it so I kept looping the song. I’m genuinely surprised it’s this high on the list, though.

38. Drake’s Dad by Arkells

I honestly just love this song. It cracks me up because it’s… literally about that Drake’s dad… kind of. It’s titled after him, but mostly it’s just about a crazy trip down to Nashville the singer took for his buddy’s bachelor party. I just love the story behind it. There’s no deep level to this song. I honestly think this is another one that made it so high on the list because it was on a character playlist. “Some Peter Pan shit we’re trying to work through” was a line I related to the character… that and “I do my best thinking, thinking in the shower. Sometimes I do my pre-drinking, drinking in the shower.”

43. Almost (Sweet Music) by Hozier

I fucking love word play, honestly, and Hozier does a fucking rad job of working in a bunch of different song titles and references into this song and I just love it. It’s really that simple.

56. Grave Digger by Matt Maeson

I’m pretty sure all of Matt Maeson’s music made it onto my top 100, because it was all I was listening to for like two months, and then on top of it, I had major character vibes with his shit, so it got listened to even more than what I was already listening to for it. The music isn’t particularly haunting, but Matt’s voice has this quality to it, and then he’s got this kind of raspy growly tone at one point when he’s belting it out, and then just goes into this soft “mmm mama” and I just fucking… love it. I love all his music. If you haven’t listened to him, I highly recommend checking him out.

65. The Art of the Handshake by Hilltop Hoods

More Australian hip hop, and my top artist of the year (for the third year since joining Spotify in 2015, apparently). I think other than Drake’s Dad, everything up to this point has been new music to me, this year. This song was probably on my first Wrapped, back in 2015, or whatever year it came out, if it wasn’t out then. This song actually makes me think of my dad and one of my cousins, because they have this super long, in depth handshake, “and it just goes on, and it just goes on, and it just goes… on.”

73. Down the Road by C2C

Okay this was definitely like one of my top songs last year, if not my top song, last year, and I honestly think this is kind of residual listening… It’s still a jam, though, and is one of those songs that if I’m up and in the kitchen, when it comes on, I will start dancing, no matter what. It’s kind of got the same vibes as the Moby’s Play and B-Side tracks I used to (and still) dig…

89. Unconditional by Matt Maeson

Not my favorite of Matt’s songs, but I love it, nonetheless. I honestly don’t even know what to say about it other than that.

95. Shotgun by George Ezra

This song is so fucking catchy. I’m kind of amazed it’s this low on the list, but at the same time, a lot of my listening to it was on Youtube. It always started with me watching the video for Listen to the Man, because Ian McKellen is fucking adorable in that music video, and I’d just go off from there.

100. Rollercoaster by Bleachers