Page 85 of Break the Fall

Emma smiles before giving me a hug. “Thanks for picking me up,” she says and then releases me.

“What are best friends for?” I wiggle my fingers at her, like we used to when we were kids. She wiggles them back, just as my score is posted. A 15.3: exactly what we needed.

“Superstar,” Chelsea says.

I smile, sitting down and yanking off the grips and tape around my wrist as the leaderboard reshuffles.

1.Russian Federation

90.1

2.People’s Republic of China

90.0(-0.1)

3.United States of America

86.3(-3.7)