2. The Dream

"Rogue?"

She turned around and saw that Storm was standing in the doorway into her room. If she somehow had been able to forget what had happened, then just one look at Storm's face would had make her remember, but she could never forget it. She could still feel him inside her, even though it was so many hours since he had died. Storm came over to her and sat down next to her in the window frame.

"Are you okay?"

Rogue shook her head as she focus her eyes on a falling star. Quickly she made a wish, even though she knew it was too late.

"No, I already miss him so much that…."

She cast a quick glance over at Storm and saw she shed a tear.

"… I can still feel him."

Storm wiped the tear away.

"What do you mean?"

Rogue told her about Gambit's last wish and ended her story by taking one of the hankies, which were in front of her, and threw it out of the window.

"…and now this happen every time."

The hankie exposed in the midair.

"But doesn't it normally just stop after a while?"

Rogue looked down on her hands.

"What if I don't want it to stop?"

o-

He cast a glance down at his mobile phone as he emptied his coffee mug with a sigh. Max should have called him hours ago. It couldn't take that long to check it. He looked down on his watch and saw that it was getting late. Maybe he should just drive out there. No, he needed the information. He shouldn't expose himself without a reason. Especially if it just turned out to be a mistake.

The phone began to ring and he quickly answered it as his heart began to beat faster.

"Yes."

It was Max.

"You were right, sir. He can… or could have been the one. It took me a long time to check his past as he… well, let us just say, that he isn't a good boy."

"So, you are sure?"

"Yes, I believe you, Louis, but there are still some holes in the story. This could still be a scheme to take you down. Are you really willing to take that chance? Just to find a ghost!"

He didn't have to think about it, as his heart already knew the answer.

"I have to know. I can't just leave now that I'm so close, besides I feel that I'm so close to him now."

He could hear the person in the other end take a deep breath.

"Okay, I trust you to make the right decision, but remember that…"

He interrupted him.

"I know!"

He ended the call and stood up as he cast a glance at his watch. It was now too late, but tomorrow…

o-

"Rogue!"

She turned around and saw that he was standing behind her. She ran over to him and laid her arms around his neck.

"I miss you so much!"

He smiled and caressed her cheek. First she was afraid, but then she discovered that nothing happened. He could touch her.

"Why, chere? Gambit has been here all the time."

He kissed her. She didn't want it to end, but it did as he turned around and walked away.

"Please, don't leave!"

He stopped and cast a glance back on her.

"I have to go. Couldn't stay longer."

He was just about to start walking again, when he send her blew her a kiss.

"I will always love you, Rogue."

The fog absorbed him even before he had said the last words. She tried to run after him, but then she discovered that she couldn't. Something held her down to the ground, so she couldn't move her feet. For a while she tried to fight it, but then she gave up. Immediately she felt the hold on her feet loosen and she felt down on her knees, where she gave in to the tears.

She cried for a long time. Feeling that she never could stop, but then she sensed someone close to her. She looked up and saw her.

"Who are you?"

The woman came over to her and wiped Rogue's tears away with her sleeve.

"You know who I am, since it was you, who asked for my help."

"I don't…"

The woman smiled and pointed up at the stars.

"You made a wish and now I'm here to help you."

"But I don't understand."

The woman smiled again and helped her up.

"Yes, you do, Rogue, but first you have to wake up from this dream."

The woman placed her hands over Rogue's head and began to say something, which Rouge couldn't understand. Rogue felt it like something was pulling in her, but then everything went dark.

She opened her eyes and discovered, that she was lying in her own bed. It had just been a dream, but it had felt so real. The kiss… Her heart began to beat faster as she thought about it, but he was gone forever now. She once more began to feel the tears coming up in her eyes, but then she suddenly knew what she should do.

Quickly she step out of her bed and got dressed. She had to act quickly, since there was still a way to save him, but the clock was ticking. She really hoped that it was going to work, because she couldn't live without him.