What do we do now

A/N: Jocelyn is NOT going to be a Mary Sue. I despise

them and would never write them. So I hope that reassures some people who

where concerned.

Chapter Fourteen: And the Truth Comes Out

Severus stood in his doorway with his thinking of slow and cruel ways to

torture Minerva. He could smell a set up a mile away and this reeked of it,

although he had to give credit to her for trying.

“Come in. I suppose that your mother asked you to bring it down to me”

Severus said to the flushing woman standing in the door rather embarrassed

at being caught in her mother’s schemes.

“Yes she did, but she didn’t tell me why I was bringing it. And I am sure that

you can imagine my reaction when she handed me a bottle of muggle liquid

foundation.” Jocelyn said as she followed Severus into his living room.

“Yes, I can imagine all of the things that you would be thinking of why I

would need such a thing. But rest assured it will not be used for some

nefarious purpose.” Severus stood and walked toward his son’s room. “

There are some things that you should be made aware of about Daylan. I am

sure that once you see why I wanted the makeup all the rest will become

remarkable clear.” He said as he sat on the edge of Daylan’s bed. He was

still asleep and Severus wanted to keep him that way so he quickly cast a

sleeping charm of the sleeping child. He carefully brushed the black hair

away from the recognizable scar.

“Oh My!” Jocelyn squeaked. “You weren’t kidding when you said that it

would become clear why you needed it.” She watched as Severus lightly

applied the makeup to the boy’s forehead and after a few applications of it

the scar was no longer visible.

Severus then cast a waterproof charm, a semi-permanent stay-put charm, and

then a notice-me-not charm on the area covered with the makeup. Now for

the ultimate test he thought to himself. He licked his thumb and rubbed it

across where the scar was trying to see if it would become visible. It stayed

hidden. He tlooklooked behind him at the still in shock woman standing in

the doorway.

“I suppose you would like to know what is going on?” He asked quietly and

then turned back to Dayand and lifted the sleeping charm; he shifted a little

but stayed asleep.

“ Only if you think you should tell me. I just have one question really.”

Jocelyn said as she regained her senses. She followed Severus back into the

living room and sat across from him on the couch. The fireplace crackled

loudly in the silence of the room. Even with all the heat it was putting out

she still felt chilled.

“What would that one question be? I will try and answer it truthfully if I am

permitted to.” Severus said as he sunk into his chair. Sitting in this chair

always made him relax.

“Is he really your son?” Jocelyn asked bluntly.

Severus stifled a chuckle; she was definitely Minerva’s child, bluntness and

all. “Yes he is my son. Lily and I where married. James was a decoy to keep

Lily safe. I was a Deatheater but I turned from it after I met Lily. I then

started spying for Albus. It was not safe for Daylan to stay with me so we

kept the ruse up that Daylan was James’s son, and he was placed with Lily’s

muggle sister.” He took a deep breath and then summoned a house elf.

After he ordered some tea for himself Jocelyn requested the same.

“Why didn’t he stay at his Aunts?” Jocelyn asked as she quietly sipped her

hot tea. She felt like her brain was being overloaded with information.

Severus glared at his teacup before he answered her question. “ It came to

our attention that he was not being cared for there. I went and retrieved him

and when I brought him back Poppy examined him. It was then that we

found out that he was deaf. Poppy thinks that with proper nutrition and a

series of potions he may be able to gain his hearing back partially.” Severus

said watching Jocelyn out of the corner of his eyes. She looked thoughtful at

everything that he had told her and had yet to start flipping out at his

revelation that he had been a Deatheater.

“You ought to check with a muggle doctor first about his hearing. Potions

may give him some of his hearing bact tht there is always the chance that

he wouldn’t react well with those especially at his age. We tried the series of

potions with me but it only helped for a short time before my body became

immune to them. It was then that we turned toward a muggle specialist. I

was a good candidate for the implants and I have never regretted having the

surgery done. I can hear almost as well as you, the only problems that I tend

to have is when I am in a crowded place it is hard to distinguish someone

talking to me from the background noise. But that is when lip read

comes in handy.” Jocelyn replied watching Severus become more and more

interested in what she was saying.

“How would I be able to get a hold of one of these muggle specialists?”

Severus asked very curious if Daylan would be able to receive these

implants as well. This would definitely be something to look into.