Chapter 2: Half Moon Cay and a day at sea

When Zuphixy got up the next morning he saw that the boat had stopped a few meters away from the shore. Zuphixy and his caregiver went to the buffet for breakfast to see what they could find for Zuphixy’s diet, which was harder than he thought. But after looking for a long time he ended up having a custom made omelet.

Around the same time Wilson's family also got up to learn where they had stopped. To prevent Elijah from getting overwhelmed they decided to have room service bringing them breakfast to their room.

It just so happened that the Wilson's family and Zuphixy with his caregiver, took the same elevator. They were going to the deck of the boat where they get off the ship and take a tender boat to the island. Once on the island the Wilson's family took a ride on what looked like a six person golf cart to the far end of the island where it was quieter for Elijah. Now the six person golf cart was not accessible, so Zuphixy had to be pushed by his caregiver as far down the beach as she could. Once the Wilson's family got to the part of the beach that was quiet, Micheal was taking Elijah’s discarded clothes. When Elijah was nude he ran away down the beach so happy to be free of the sensitive clothes. He saw his caregiver helping Zuphixy change, Elijah stopped and asked why Zuphixy needed help changing, as Elijah never saw an adult need help in that way. Only because Elijah stopped to talk did his family catch up with him. As Micheal was apologizing to Zuphixy, Elijah ran away again before his dad could catch him, and went skinny dipping.

Now even though Zuphixy was embarrassed that he needed help for the things that he needed help with, Zuphixy also found it funny that Elijah was running around in the nude in this hot weather. He wished he could do the same but he knew that it was against the law. Zuphixy made a joke to Micheal about how nice it would be to be nude in the hot weather. Then Zuphixy with help from his caregiver got into the ocean and went swimming until it was lunch time. After lunch Zuphixy went to the souvenir shops that were on the island and got himself a sweatshirt. After that Zuphixy and his caregiver went back on the cruise ship as it was getting too hot for him again. Zuphixy with help from his caregiver had another cool down shower. After lunch. Elijah went skinny dipping again while his sister went souvenir shopping. After the shopping was done the Wilson's family went back on the ship just in time to have dinner, which they had in their room.

After dinner, Elijah went to the arcade room on the ship with his sister, and played a game of billiards. Elijah enjoyed the game that he got hyper focused on playing that he did not notice that the captain of the ship had interrupted the game. The captain was talking to Zendaya, who had seen the captain in the hall and was wondering what the ship had for autistic kids. She didn't want to see her brother always stressed. Because he was her uncle she felt safer talking with him then any of the other crew.

While Elijah and his sister were at the arcade, Micheal went back to the gym where he ran on a treadmill before doing more weight lifting. He also went for a swim that was in another part of the boat from the gym.

Meanwhile Michael's wife was gambling until she ran out of cash. Then she went back to their room and found that none of her family was there. So she went looking for them hoping that Elijah was not being too much of a trouble maker. She did not find any of her family. When she got to the arcade her kids had already left and took a different way back to their room. Micheal was on his way to the pool, but it was so busy in the hallway that his wife didn't see him. So she went to the bar and had as many drinks as the bartender would let her.

That evening Zuphixy had a message on the ship. As Zuphixy was waiting for his turn he learned that the other passengers were saying how messages on the ship were overpriced. Which Zuphixy and his caregiver didn't have to worry about as it was included in the free trip. Meanwhile Jacklyne van den Berg used the time while Zuphixy was getting the message to get a full makeover, getting her hair and nails colored.

The next day was a day at the sea so Zuphixy and his caregiver slept in. Zuphixy with help from his caregiver had another shower. After that they had a custom made omelet again for breakfast in the buffet. They went to a concert that played songs from the Mamma Mia movie.

That same morning Elijah got up at the same time as he did the day before. He snuck out on the balcony while he was in the nude to check where they were. Meanwhile his parents were busy fighting about how bad gambling was, and his sister was on her phone. Then the family went for breakfast in the buffet when it was less busy. A staff member of the cruise came to them and told the family that the captain wanted to give them a behind the scenes look at how he controls the ship. As the captain was a relative of theirs, he thought it may calm Elijah to have something to focus on.

After the concert was done, Zuphixy went with his caregiver to the gift shop where he got a map of where the cruise was going on a travel mug. Jacklyne got a sweet shirt. They both got some other small items for people they knew back home in the Netherlands. After that, it was lunchtime so they went back to the buffet to find something for lunch, but it was even harder to find something safe for Zuphixy's diet. All he could find was a salad that was not filling enough. Elijah would only have cake for lunch after he saw the cake stand at the buffet, even though the rest of his family wanted him to have a different lunch. They even tried to offer him pizza instead, which at home was his favorite. But he refused, and his mother gave in because she was scared that Elijah was going to make a scene. She didn't have the patience to deal with it.

After lunch Elijah and his sister went to play some ping pong in the arcade. Then the ball bounced into the pool, where Zuphixy had gone for a swim while Jacklyne sat in a lounge chair reading a book. Jacklyne saw the ball splash beside Zuphixy. Lucky Zuphixy was a good swimmer and was not in any danger. But Jacklyne didn’t know, and she was scared that Zuphixy was in danger. After making sure Zuphixy was ok, she yelled at the kids to be more careful which upset Elijah. He started to sway back and forth while covering his ears and ran away. Elijah's sister had to go after him because she was responsible for her brother. As she ran after her brother, she texted their parents what had happened so they could help her calm Elijah down again.

Micheal was on his way back to their room after going for a jog around the jogging track when he got the text from his daughter about how Jacklyne van den Berg had yelled at his children, and how Elijah had responded to the yelling. Abeba had gone to the spa and had forgotten her phone in their room after it had charged, so she didn't get the text from her daughter. After Elijah and his sister had left, Jacklyne realized her mistakes and felt bad for yelling at Elijah. She told Zuphixy that in her anger she had not recognized that it was Elijah, but now she wanted to find a way to make it up to the Wilson's family.

Elijah had got back to their room before anyone else had, and he jumped into the shower. Just as his sister got in the room, she saw her mother's phone on the desk. Micheal got to the room and found his daughter crying on the bed. He heard the shower running and figured that Elijah probably had taken a shower as a way to wash away his stress, which is something he did at home when he thought he was in trouble. The sound of the shower seems to sooth Elijah. Micheal then sat beside his daughter and gave her a father's hug and tried to reassure her that they had not done anything wrong. Zendaya was crying more out of fear that her mother may be drunk and show her anger in a bad way when she reads the text later. Micheal promised his daughter that he would make sure that Abeba would understand that he had handled the situation and that she could ignore the text.

As Micheal had promised, when Abeba got back a little later Micheal had a talk with her in the hall about what happened and because Ababa had just got relaxed from the spa, and to everyone's surprise, she took it very well and even praised her daughter for how well Zendaya had handled the situation.

Soon after, it was dinner time and it was required that you wear more fancy clothes. Elijah likes the idea of wearing a suit but his sister who was more of a tomboy started complaining about having to wear a dress. Micheal made a comment about how Zendaya was acting like she was the autistic one. He told her to act her age before her brother changes his mind.

Jacklyne van den Berg and Zuphixy also got dressed up which Jacklyne liked doing, but Zuphixy didn't as it was harder to get a suit on. He wished, because of his disability, that they could make an exception. But he was told before coming that there was no exception in the dining room. But he could have room service. Jacklyne and Zuphixy decided that it would be harder for Jacklyne to help him eat in their room so they agreed to get dressed up and go to the dining room.

When they arrived, Jacklyne van den Berg decided that she would offer to pay for an item from the gift shop to each member of the Wilson's family to show them that she was sorry for yelling at the kids.

Micheal declined the offer of gifts, but did accept the apology saying that no one outside of the family could have known how Elijah would have reacted.

After the dinner Zuphixy and his caregiver changed back to something more comfortable before they went to see a performance. It was not as interesting as they thought it would be, so they went to the library instead.

Wilson's family children also went back to their room and got more comfortable while Abeba gambled some of her husband's cash. She won a lot back. Micheal had gone to the library to meditate, as he was tired of the way that his kids had been acting.

Sometime later Wilson's family except for Abeba went to a quiz show that was on the boat. It was surprising how well the children knew the history of movies. Micheal thought that Elijah was too young to know, even though he is autistic. But Elijah with help from his sister got most of them right. Meanwhile Abeba kept gambling but seemed to break even with the amount that she came with.

Once the quiz show was over Micheal, Elijah and his sister went swimming, which they all found was a good stress relief. Elijah was having such a good time in the pool that Micheal didn't realize it was past Elijah's bedtime. Until suddenly, Elijah started to act tired and even asked to go to bed. Zendaya didn't want to go to their room yet, so she decided to act the way her brother does when he has a autistic meltdown in public to get her dad's attention. Micheal responded by saying “If you keep acting inappropriately in public, then as a punishment I will send you to bed at the same time as your brother instead of staying up later and playing pool with me.” When Zendaya realized her actions were getting her in trouble she abruptly switched her actions and started acting like a perfect angel which made her brother laugh at her.

Zuphixy and his caregiver had decided to go to the pool just as Wilson's family were leaving and they witnessed Zendaya getting in trouble. Zuphixy thought that maybe both children had autism. Jacklyne van den Berg could tell from how Zendaya had switched to being obedient and recognized that it was not a normal autistic meltdown.

Jacklyne Van Den Berg had an idea which she passed by Zuphixy, before they both went to Micheal and asked to talk to him away from his children. He agreed, thinking that she was going to complain about Zendaya. Micheal told them that he was sorry they had to see Zendaya acting inappropriately and stressed that he had never seen Zendaya act like that before. Jacklyne van den Berg then said “I can see that your daughter is overwhelmed with her brother, so we thought that we could give her a break by letting her take care of Zuphixy while I take care of her brother for a while tomorrow.” Jacklyne Van Den Berg showed Micheal that she had a degree in taking care autistic children. Micheal agreed that Zendaya could help out with Zuphixy care as long as he wasn't legally responsible if something went wrong, which every one agreed to. Then they went back to the children and told Zendaya what they had agreed for her to do the next day as long as she agreed to not act out inappropriately for the rest of the trip.

Meanwhile Abeba had got back to their room and was shocked to find that the rest of her family were not there, as it was well past Elijah's bedtime. Abeba started to walk back and forth from anxiety. About one hour later Micheal and the children came back and Micheal had to explain to his wife why they were late, which included how Zendaya had acted in public. Abeba gave her daughter a look of disappointment until she learned what was required of Zendaya the next day. Zendaya could not look at anyone while her dad told their mother what had happened, because she was so embarrassed. Zendaya then agreed with her parents that because she would be busy the next day being a caregiver that she should make sure she would not be too tired by going to bed earlier than first planned.

Zuphixy and his caregiver also decide to go to bed early as the next day was going to be a busy day. They weren't sure how long things would take with Zendaya helping him to do things the next day.