Legal Question in Criminal Law in New York

I am great friends with a girl who is 17 years old and lives in new york, I am 19 years old and live in mississippi. On sunday night she deactivated her facebook account and became unreachable. I called her house a few times that night, around midnight and such, which I realize was not a good idea. On wednesday morning I was contacted by a new york police department, and the officer said that because i was harassing the girl, that he was issuing me a no contact order. He said if I attempt to contact her again, that he will phone my local police department and have me arrested and file charges against me.

I was under the impression that a court could only issue a no contact order. Also, I feel that the girl was bullied by her parents into filing this report against me, by threatening to take electronics and shut down her social life. Her parents really dislike me, but only because they've never met me in person and don't trust internet people. Can her parents forbid who she can speak to, since she's 17?

I just wanted to know, what can I do about this situation? I just need to contact her one time to find out if she did this of her own free will, or if she did this because her parents forced her. If I contact her, will I get in trouble? I've looked up harassment laws for new york and it seems based mainly on intent. Such as intent to harass, harm, threaten, annoy, or alarm. If I were to contact her, I would do none of those things. Could I still be charged with harassment?

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