Middle part of the trackpad isn't working

Hi,
So earlier, I dropped ONE drop of water on my trackpad, and now the middle part, around a centimeter and a half, doesn't work. For example, if I drag my finger from the top to the bottom of the trackpad, the pointer would go down, then stop at that part, and then go down again once its passed it. Tap to click doesn't work there, but pressing it does, which kind of makes me think that its a minor problem. The problem started earlier, but then it went away after I wiped the water off and it went back to normal, and then I put it to sleep and went out. Now I'm back home and the problem is back, and it won't go away. The first time I opened it after I came back I restarted my laptop. It was still there, so I shut it down and got it back again, then the mouse was literally spazzing and I couldn't do anything. So I just put it to sleep and researched on my phone and tried to clean the sides with a thin piece of paper to absorb all the moisture. I'm not sure if it properly helped, but the spazzing stopped and now it's just the middle part not working. However, when I do press on the middle part for a number of times, it goes spazzing again like crazy. This is extremely frustrating because I'm a student and I won't be able to afford the fix with my own money, plus I don't live in the US so there's no Apple Care here. I also edit videos and pictures A LOT on my laptop and have gotten very very comfortable with the trackpad, so just using a mouse won't work too well for me.
Is there any way to fix this? I have Macbook Pro Mid 2012, OSX Yosemity.
I'm currently just using the top and bottom part of my trackpad. There are no problems with anything else, though. Everything else works fine.

FIrst rule out if it is a software problem. If a Reset doesn't work, it might be a hardware problem that requires replacement (if still under warranty) or a fix.
Try to Reset your device. 
Press and hold both the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears (ignore the Slide to Power Off that shows up first).

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