Chapter 14Nationals is almost an anticlimax after the emotional roller coaster that was the Grand Prix Final. But Danny texts with Noah and Noemi the whole ride up, and he’s able to muster up some excitement by the time they get to Zug. “Can I do the quad Lutz?” he asks Nico as they wait for a cab.
“You don’t need it,” Nico says. “I don’t want you risking injury for points you don’t need when your technical base score is ten points higher than anyone else’s.”
“It’ll be good practice for the Euros,” Danny counters. “And if I fall, my advantage is high enough that I’ll probably still medal.”
“You could fall twice and still win,” Nico says. “That doesn’t mean risking your neck makes sense.”
“Any time I jump, I risk my neck,” Danny points out. “I don’t want to slow my momentum down for Nat
