A/N: Wow! I'm so glad that this story is getting such great reception! Here's Bianca's chap, in the POV of poor, confused Nico. Set in the Lotus Hotel!

"Bianca! Bianca!" I turned to my sister excitedly. "Look, I got a high score on-Bianca?"

Bianca looked...really angry. "What's wrong?" I asked. She sighed.

"Come here, Nico." And she hugged me really tightly. "People have been annoying me today. Someone was playing too loudly on a game next to me." She hugged me tighter. "I love you, Nico."

"I love you too, Bianca." I was really scared now. "Bianca? What's going on?"

"It's OK, Nico," said my sister, smoothing down my hair. "I'll get whatever scared you."

"But...Bianca, you're hurting me."

"What?" She sounded enraged. "Who hurt you?"

"You," I managed to choke out, "hugging...too...hard..."

"Oh, I'm sorry, Nico," Bianca cooed. She still didn't release me.

"Help!" I cried, sure that she had gone insane. My sister was the most level-headed person alive.

"Aww, what's wrong, Nico?" I got squeezed again.

A Lotus attendant came out of nowhere. "Miss di Angelo? Mister di Angelo? Is everything alright here?"

"I can take care of my little brother just fine," snarled my sister. I was completely terrified.

"Something's wrong with her!" I wailed, trying to wriggle out of her grasp. "She's been angry and thinks something's scaring me but it's really her and she's been hugging me really hard and I'm really scared and-"

"I think I know what's wrong," said the attendant. He looked a little bit sick.

"Don't you dare cut my brother off!" exploded Bianca. She started toward him menacingly, but he had apparently already called for someone else. A blonde woman appeared at his side.

"I've got it here, Dave." She turned to Bianca and gently pried her fingers off of my shoulders. "Come along with me, Miss di Angelo. I'm Linda."

My mouth opened and closed in horror. I couldn't speak. Finally the words came. "W-Where are you taking her?"

"I'm not leaving Nico," said Bianca defiantly. But the blonde lady whispered something into her ear, and she suddenly gasped and covered her mouth.

"Come on, Nico." We followed the attendant. I was holding Bianca's hand.

"Here," said Linda kindly. "Mister di Angelo, you can stay in our waiting room. Miss di Angelo...?"

She led Bianca into a room filled with other girls. "Bianca's becoming a woman," she explained. "But it will only take about thirty minutes to explain how. It's nothing big."

I frowned. "What about me? Do I have to-"

"Oh, no," came my response. "This only happens to girls. Just wait in here for a little bit and we'll call you back, OK?"

I shrugged. "OK. See you in a minute, Bianca." Bianca and I had been separated by the staff a couple times before for various reasons (like this), and we had always gotten back together.

"Be careful, Nico," she replied from inside the doorway. I turned to the nearest machine and began to play, just and the door swung shut and a woman's voice began,

"Now, I'm not sure if all of you have noticed the blood yet..."

A/N: My chapters are getting longer and longer. Interesting. Next is Artemis (which should be very cool). Yes, goddesses can have PMS...in my world.

Sneak Peek: "...it's ichor. Satisfied?"