Chapter 7Before the Grand Prix Finals comes Nationals. The train to La Chaux-de-Fonds is only an hour and fifteen minutes. As has become tradition, although thankfully not for much longer, Danny spends it frantically doing homework, writing out his physics lab methodology on top of his textbook while his rinkmates either chatter away or, for the younger ones, do the same. The hotel is within walking distance of the train station, so they all load themselves down with luggage and make the trek. Danny is bunking alone this year, which is a relief; honestly, he thinks his days of roommates at competitions are behind him.
He catches sight of Noemi in the hotel lobby and sneaks up behind her, wrapping his hands around her eyes. She jabs back with her elbow and laughs. “No one else uses that co
