"Girlfriend? What is a girlfriend?"<br/>She felt a little stupid  to be asking such a  question, but he seemed kind and she was sure he wouldn't tease  her about the question.<br/>"So you never  had anyone meet your mother before. Why am I the first? Is it because you think she can help me? Or, perhaps that  I am  really special to you even  though we  had known each other  for a short time. And..well..I don't know why it was that when I was  so mean to you at first. I am sorry about that. My father told me  everyone but him was bad. I believed him. But, well I couldn't help thinking something was  missing in my life. That maybe I should be brave and  face the mean people,  and  maybe...just maybe find a  way to make them  be kind. It seems with you, I do not have to work hard  to make you that. You are already that way."<br/>She blushed  a bit, twitching feeling nervous. She comes out of all her years believing everyone was bad, wanted to hurt  her and this water spirit asks  touch her? She really didn't know what to say.<br/>"I..I guess you may touch me..."