Kaine: Cass Jesse: Rebekah Billy: That he can live on his own and not at the orphanage or a foster home. Tauriel: That she's free to do what she wants without having to consider her duty to her kingdom.

She's probably the coolest adult she knows in terms of not being terrible to him. Obviously he thinks she's gorgeous too but also really nice. Probably too nice in that he thinks she might be a little naive.