Loreta Benitez, 70 years young, has been Miss Sharon's constant chaperone for the past 25 years. Reticent and guarded as all women in her profession are the Mega-yaya nevertheless grants a rare interview about her Mega-Baby. [ More on Yaya Luring] Here we are having burgers and fries with Miss Mega's two assistants: young Yvonne (who has just joined the Mega-Entourage six months back) and Mega-Yaya Luring (who has been Shawie's constant chaperone for the past 28 years). Inside Jun de Leon's studio, Yaya Luring's famous ward is clowning around, hamming it up, toying with a camera, for the Mega Up-Close poster. Yaya Luring, chubby and cuddly, offers the burger in the bun to a bemused reporter. "Hindi siya kumakain ng palaman," Yvonne explains. "Gusto ko lang tinapay," Yaya Luring quips. Okay. Yaya Luring refuses to say a single word. If her alaga is the most loquacious, Yaya Luring must be the most reluctant interviewee in the universe. It took more than a little coaxing. We only found out her real name after going through the Rumpelstiltskin routine. Meet the Mega-Yaya: Loreta Benitez, native of Pangasinan, mother of two and grandmother of four. Yaya Luring's own children (a girl and a boy) were already grown up when she started taking care of Mayor Pablo and Mommy Elaine's Unica hija. She must have been 42 then, her alaga only five. "Nakatira kami noon sa Tolentino," Yaya Luring recalls. "Kinder pa si Sharon. Mommy at daddy niya ang una kong hinawakan. No'ng umalis ang unang yaya ni Sharon, ako ang pumalit. Sa kanya ako na-destino. Mga five years old na si Sharon no'n." Her main duty then was to accompany Shawie to and from school. "No'ng elementary, hanggang Grade 7, sa Saint Paul's Pasig siya. 'Tapos lumipat sa Saint Paul's Manila. 'Tapos sa IS." When Miss Sharon eventually went full-time in the movies, Yaya's duties were expanded to include out-of-town shoots and late-night recordings. "Sanay na tayo diyan," Yaya Luring insists. " Kahit saan pa ang shooting." "Sa akin lumaki 'yan," Yaya Luring says with more than a tinge of pride. Shawie the kid she describes as "malambing, masayahin." "Mga six to seven years old, no'ng una kong mapansin na mahilig kumanta. Saka mahilig maglaro mag-isa. Walang ibang ginawa kundi maglaro nang maglaro ." Sharon and Chet were inseparable when they were kids. "Nagmamahalan silang dalawa," Yaya says. "Minsan kaming tatlo lang ang naiiwan sa bahay," Kids being kids, Chet and Sharon were a tad hyper then. "Pag umakyat sa puno si Chet, sumusunod si Sharon," she giggles. "Nandoon pa kami noon sa Tolentino." After school, Yaya Luring and Sharon would run off to the then burgeoning Ayala Commercial Center. "Kaming dalawa lang, naglalakwatsa," she relates. "Wala pang Quad noon. Naglalakad lang kami galing sa bahay nila (in neighboring Dasmarinas Village). Tumatawid lang kami ng EDSA." Without telling another soul, Yaya and Shawie would play patintero with the speeding buses bound for Baclaran, sneaking off to an afternoon of popcorn and balloons in the commercial center, Yaya Luring, who's wearing two wristwatches (one is Sharon's famous gold Rolex which she cannot wear during pictorials), is a bit uneasy about her new uniform. Before, it was a white blouse and matching skirt. Now, it's one l-o-n-g dress. "Parang pajama," Yaya says, gently. "Mabait siya," Yaya describes her Mega-Alaga. "Kung ano siya noong maliit siya, gano'n pa rin siya ngayon. Mas tahimik nga lang siya noon. Ngayon, bungisngis. Lagi niya akong binibiro." Yes, she misses her alaga whenever they don't see each other. "Kahit ano'ng mangyari, mahal ko siya," Yaya says, simply.