Chapter 2

Leonard and the guys were sitting around the apartment, waiting for Penny to get home before they order dinner.

"I don't think sex with Superman would kill her." Leonard defended his argument.

There was a knock on the door and they all stared at each other, wondering who would knock at that hour. Penny would simply walk in as she always did. Sheldon glided to the door and slowly opened it.

Pris stood in front of him patiently. Penny was nowhere to be seen.

"You are not Leonard Hofstadter." Pris stated.

"How amusingly observant of you." Sheldon replied. "Who are you?"

"I'm Leonard Hofstadter." Leonard stood from his seat and walked closer.

"I know who you are, Leonard!" Sheldon snapped. "I asked her."

"Sheldon, sweetie," Penny poked her head into the apartment. "Go play with your P-S wee-box-thingy."

Penny slipped in around Pris and gently pulled her into the room.

"This is Leonard. Leonard, this is Pris."

"What an unfortunate name." Sheldon commented, drawing everyone's attention to him.

"It's short for Persephone." She told him.

"Shut up Sheldon." Leonard hushed him before he could comment. "Hello Pris. How can I help you?" Leonard was confused.

"You might want to sit down." Pris stated.

"Did someone die?"

"No, but someone might." Penny whispered. "Sit down, Sweetie. You might also want to be alone."

"What's wrong?" Leonard started worrying.

"You can say anything in front of us. We're here for support." Howard chipped in.

"Tell me what is going on. I'm not sitting down." Leonard urged.

Penny looked at Pris and gave her an encouraging nod. Pris took a deep breath and chose her words. She closed her eyes and started talking.

"Several years ago, Dr. Hofstadter, your father, went to Seattle for a Anthropology conference. He met my mother, a singer, and started a social experiment. He wanted to know if smarts and good looks would make better offspring. And I was the product of that Experiment."

Leonard stared at her, not completely understanding what she meant. "What?"

"I'm your half sister." Pris explained.

"You're a product of an experiment?" Leonard asked slowly.

"That's what you took from that?" Penny squeaked.

"You're my sister?" Leonard managed.

"Half sister." Sheldon corrected but everyone ignored him.

"What do you want, Persephone? (wife of Hades, goddess of the afterlife)" Howard asked Pris suddenly as he stepped closer. "Money? A Kidney?"

Pris glanced at him and sighed.

"I don't want anything from you. My dad is publishing his findings in his book next month, I just wanted to come tell you before you find out about it in the book. That's not exactly how I would want to find out about it. Here" She pulled a large thick book from her shoulder bag and handed it to Leonard. "You can read more about it in this."

"You call him: Dad?" Leonard asked.

"Well, I outgrew the term "daddy" when I was five years old." She stared at him for a second. "You don't call him dad?"

"I call him: Father. Dad was too informal."

"I only got to see him once a year." She tried.

"It isn't a competition, you know." Sheldon chipped in.

"Shut up Sheldon!" Leonard and Pris said together and finally the ice broke. They laughed and relaxed. Leonard took the book she held out for him and gestured for her to take a seat.

"Do you want anything to drink?" Leonard asked.

"I'll get us sodas," Penny said and walked to the kitchen.

Leonard sat in his usual chair as he studied Pris's face. She looked a tiny bit like their father. They had the same eyes. He hardly noticed or cared when she sat in Sheldon's spot.

"That's my spot!" Sheldon complained and stepped closer.

Pris looked up at him defiantly. "I don't care."

"Excuse me?" Sheldon squeaked.

"Sit somewhere else." She stated and then ignored him.