Splashed iPod Speaker Problem?

I have an iPod touch 4G. I took it into the shower so I could hear music. I used to put it on the toilet next to the shower, but today I thought I should put it in the shower window so it would be closer to me and safe from the water, but it got a little splashed at the bottom in the process. I thought it was nothing because usually when it gets splashed you can wipe it off and it's perfectly fine. Then I tried to play music out of the built-in speaker like I was doing right before it got splashed. IT WAS NOT WORKING. The volume bar was completely disappeared and I could no longer enjoy music in the shower. I plugged it in my iHome dock and it played my music fine, and when I took it out, the volume bar appeared, then disappeared a little after, then reappeared again. I thought it was going to work, but alas THE SPEAKER STILL WILL NOT WORK. If i plug in my headphones when the volume bar is visible, then I can listen to my music with headphones. But as you can imagine, I love to use my speaker all the time and now I can't unless I have my iPod plugged in my iHome. PLEASE HELP! HAS ANYONE EVER HAD THIS PROBLEM?! My parents will be really mad if they find out I broke my iPod AGAIN. And it's the new expensive one.