**After the EB episode last Saturday, November 11, 2017, I found myself thinking of so many questions. Loopholes in the KS story line made me think...this is FICTION....a way for me to be at peace with the "backstory" of our beloved characters....
FICTION
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It's the Christmas holidays once again and the Zobeyala household is spruced up. Alden, Maine and their kids Charmaine and Chino (Richard Nidoro) were coming home to celebrate with family.
"Ate! Ayan na sila!" Lola Tinidora exclaimed when she heard the familiar sound of the car horn.
The Lolas, Nidora, Tinidora, and Tidora rushed to the door to meet the family.
"....kamusta na kaya sila....ang mga apo natin...." Lola Tidora excitedly wondered. It had been several years since the family had last come home for a visit.
Alden and Maine alighted from the van and greeted the Lolas. "Mano po...Merry Christmas po!"
"Merry Christmas! Kamusta ang biyahe?"Lola Nidora asked, craning her neck at toward the van.
"....okay naman po..." Maine replied.
"....di naman kayo napagod?" Lola Tinidora asked.
"Okay lang po....medyo sanay na rin po kami sa pagbiyahe...." Alden explained.
"Ahh mabuti....eh yung mga bata?" Lola Nidora was looking for her grandkids.
"....nasa van po....nakatulog po papunta dito....sandali po...." Alden said and went to get the kids.
"...okay naman ba kayo, Maine?" Lola Nidora spoke with Maine while Alden, with the two other Lolas, went to the van to take care of their luggages and the kids.
"...okay naman po....honor po lagi sa school si Charmaine...." Maine said proudly.
"Aba! Ang husay! Eh si Chino...kamusta naman?"
"Okay naman po....kailangan lang po talaga bantayan kasi nga po....."
"Chino!" Alden shouted and darted toward where Chino went.
"Hayaan mo na....Rogelio! Sundan nyo at bantayan si Chino ng mabuti...." Lola Nidora called out and asked her bodyguards to watch Chino while the family went inside the house.
".....ganun po talaga si Chino....mahilig magtatatakbo....pero pag nakafocus na sya sa isang activity, nagagawa naman nya....."
"Eh anong sabi ng mga doctor?"
".....he has PDD-NOS.....kaya si Alden naging exercise buddy nya....nag-j-jogging sila sa umaga...." Maine explained.
"Ano yun?" Lola Tidora asked.
"Pervasive Development Disorder Non Otherwise Specified....nasa Autism spectrum sya....yung ginagawa nyang pagsisigaw, pagtakbo, paggalaw ng kamay.....stimming ang tawag dun....parang way nya i-release yung anxiety nya sa paligid nya....pero naiintindihan naman nya ang nangyayari sa paligid nya, di nya lang kayang i-express yung sarili nya tulad natin...."
"....ahh mabuti naman....o sige, hayaan nyo na muna yung mga Rogelio magbantay sa kanya....malawak naman ang garden para sa kanya...." Lola Nidora said.
".....puntahan ko lang po sandali at kakausapin.....nakakaintindi naman po basta kalmadong kakausapin e...." Maine excused herself and walked toward the garden.
"Ahh ganun ba....o sige....Charmaine....let's go inside so you can eat...." Lola Nidora invited Charmaine inside the house. "....Inday....dalhin ang mga bagahe sa taas...."
"Opo, senyora...."
"Charmaine....what do you like to eat?" Lola Nidora asked.
"...uhh..pancit....I like pancit....po" Charmaine timidly answered, smiling.
"Aba very good! Dapat laging maging magalang sa matatanda..." Lola Tinidora said as she served the little girl.
"What do you say?" Alden said. He had returned inside the house while Maine was in the garden with Chino.
"....thank you....po...."
"You're welcome...."
"O Alden, dun kayo sa kwarto ni Maine matutulog ng mga bata....sa susunod na linggo, mag-a-out of town tayo...."
"Po?"
"Out of town...mamamasyal tayo....." Lola Tidora excitedly said.
"....uhhmm....balak po sana namin magpahinga muna ni Maine....si Chino...."
"Ahh oo nga pala.....magsasama tayo ng mga Rogelio at mga yaya....."
"....ganito nalang....si Charmaine nalang isama nyo....." Alden suggested
"Sigurado ka?"
"Opo....ako na pong bahalang mag-explain kay Maine...."
"O sige....kausapin ko rin sya mamaya...."
"Ano po yon?" Maine had returned from the garden. "Ate....pwede pong humingi ng kiddie plate para kay Chino?" She said to the helper who was pouring water.
".....mag-a-out of town daw sina Lola....sasama nila si Charmaine....tayo, staycation dito sa mansyon...with Chino...."
"Ahh....okay.....Charmaine....you behave when with Lola Nidora, okay?"
"....I'm going with Lola Nidora?.....where are we going?" Charmaine turned and asked Lola Nidora.
"....we will go out of town for a short vacation....3 days...."
"....how about Mommy, Daddy, and Chino?"
"....baby, we'll stay here in the mansion....you go with Lola and enjoy yourself...." Maine told Charmaine.
"....okay...." Charmaine nodded slowly.
