Feel free to take pictures
By: Ryan Winford

eXT. house-early morning
We see a mid-twenties man, CHARLIE, walking out of his house to grab the morning newspaper.  He is dressed in a robe.  He stops, looks up to see CRAZY EARL, standing in the middle of the street, pointing a camera on a tripod up towards his upstairs window, where Charlie's Girlfriend GINA is seen getting dressed in the window.
   charlie
What the HELL you doing, Crazy Earl?
Crazy earl
I'm taking a picture.  What?
CHARLIE (angry)
That's my girlfriend!
CRAZY EARL (flatly)
Yeah. She's hot.

Charlie begins to move toward Crazy Earl, but Crazy Earl stands his ground.
CHARLIE
Damn right she's hot!  But what the hell are you doing taking a picture of her?!
CRAZY EARL
But...she's hot.  And besides, I'm just taking a picture. 
CHARLIE
Yes, we've established the fact that Gina is hot, but we still haven't established why the hell you are taking pictures of her!  She's practically naked!
Charlie moves in and takes the camera from Crazy Earl.
CRAZY EARL
Hey, what are you doing?
CHARLIE
What am I doing?
CRAZY EARL
Yeah, what are you doing?  That's my camera!
CHARLIE
I'm stopping you from spying on my girlfriend.
Just then, Gina steps out of the house wearing a robe, with her arms folded.  She has a concerned look on her face.
Gina
What's going on out here?
CHARLIE
Oh, I'll tell you what's going on here-
CrAZY EARL
Yeah, you're boyfriend doesn't think your worthy enough for me to take pictures of you.
ChaRLIE
What, but hey-
gINA
Charlie, did you say that?
CHARLIE
No, of course not-
craZY EARL
Yeah, he was saying that you're not hot.
CHARLIE
No, I-
giNA
I'm not hot?
CHARLIE
I didn't-
GINA (angry)
What is he talking about, Charlie?

       craZY EARL
Oh, nothing, I was just admiring your beautiful body through the window there, and thought that it would be best to capture it on film, and Charlie doesn't think you're worthy of my film.
GINA
How dare you, Charlie!
Gina slaps Charlie on the face.
chARLIE
What was that all about?
GINA
You wouldn't let him take pictures of me!
CHARLIE
So?  I thought your body was for my eyes only.
GINA
Yeah, well you were definitely wrong, you self-centered jerk!
CHARLIE
But Gina-
GINA
No!  No buts, now I'm gonna go back upstairs and get undressed, so if you love me, Charlie, you’ll let him 'capture my beautiful body on film'.
Gina takes the camera out of Charlie's hands and gives it back to Crazy Earl, and storms back into the house.
CHARLIE
This is ridiculous!
crAZY EARL
What?  How is this any different from when I took pictures of your last girlfriend?

CHARLIE
That was different.  I was paying you to do it.
FADE TO BLACK