Missed chances

(In house where retired NFL greats call home:
MARINO is found sleeping in his bed. He is having a dream. The Dolphins have won the Super Bowl, and MARINO is lifted up on the shoulders of his teammates after winning MVP. The players then suddenly evaporate, along with the trophy and crowds, and he falls on the bare grass. This wakes him up. He pouts as he crawls out of bed and heads to the kitchen.

AIKMAN is already in the kitchen. He is sitting on a stool next to the island, eating cereal. YOUNG is also in the kitchen, making coffee. MARINO stumbles in, rubbing his eyes.)

AIKMAN: Hey, rough night, Marino?
MARINO: Yeah, I had a really weird dream.
AIKMAN: Oh yeah?

(MARINO grabs some milk from the fridge and turns back to AIKMAN.)

MARINO: (pause) Troy, if you got the chance to go back and do it again, what would you do differently?

(AIKMAN thinks. YOUNG's attention is distracted from the coffee, pending AIKMAN's reply. AIKMAN raises a spoonful of Wheaties to his mouth, and a ray of light glimmers from one of his Super Bowl rings. He smiles.)

AIKMAN: Nothing, Dan.

(MARINO looks down at his bare hand. YOUNG chuckles, but looks back to see coffee all over the counter.)

YOUNG: (cursing inaudibly)
MARINO: Whoa, got that, ace?



This is the type of thing I think about in the shower.