Red Light

Disclaimer: I don't own iCarly

A/N: This is going to deal with a very mature subject, and that is the crash that comes with being involved in internet pornography and prostitution. How it affects the family, friends, school, and so many things. I've had some help plotwise from Lanternfan. If you are not mature enough to deal with this adult subject (no there will NOT be any lemons in this), then turn away now. This is going to be very drama filled, there will be tragedy, there will be sorrow, there will be so much that goes into this. If you give this a chance, you will enjoy this. This will be like no other fanfiction you've seen, at least by me. Now the title was inspired by the song "Roxanne" by The Police (or better yet, Moulin Rouge), listen to the song and you will understand perfectly! It begins.

A/N: Yes, this makes everybody 18, and it begins in the month of May.

Chapter 1 (Shock and Disbelief)

Freddie and Melanie were walking home from their date, enjoying the scenery and listening to the sounds of the birds chirping. They had spent the majority of their day at the park down the street from Bushwell Plaza, so 'home' was Freddie's apartment. He was planning to move out, like Jonah and Valerie had done, and get his own place, but it would be a while before he did that. Jonah and Valerie had been granted the right by their parents to room together near the college they were going to, on the trust that the two were not having sex. They upheld that pretty well. Melanie rested her head gently on Freddie's shoulder and smiled pleasantly as she tightened her fingers around his hand. Her beautiful aroma wafted into his nostrils and he lightly kissed her head.

They had been dating for three years, and were very much in love. They had a great example of how a true loving relationship should be through Jonah and Valerie, along with Melanie's parents. Of course, in the recent year, their friend Carly had a boyfriend as well, but their relationship didn't seem all that healthy for some reason. Greg Madison rubbed Freddie the wrong way, but Spencer seemed to trust him, Carly loved him, at least that's what she said. Sam got along with him too, and she was probably the only one in the whole gang that was still single. "Hey Freddie?"

"Yeah Mel?" Melanie lifted her head up as they made their way in front of the doors of the Bushwell Plaza. She took his hands and turned to gaze into his eyes.

"Promise me something." He slowly nodded and smiled as she leaned up and gently pecked his lips. "That if you and I ever have any fights, you will at least be understanding of my points." He pursed his lips together and nodded once more. Why would she think he wouldn't? "I heard Sam and Carly arguing with Greg the other day. I don't know what about, but they seemed adamant about something they didn't want him doing…promise me you won't be like he was and you'll listen to my points." His face softened and he gently kissed her lips, smiling into her eyes.

"I promise. Now let's go inside, iCarly's starting any minute now and I don't want to be late. Gibby and the girls depend on me to shoot the webshow, you know."

"Yeah." The two gazed into each other's eyes for a minute before Lewbert opened up the doors and shouted at them for just standing in the way of the doors. The happy couple laughed and ran inside, accidently brushing Lewbert and pushing him to the side. They looked back apologetically as they stepped in front of the elevator. "Sorry Lewbert!"

Within five minutes, they were in Carly's apartment where Spencer was constructing a sculpture of Greg. Greg had short brown hair with slight curls, deep set blue eyes, a light complexion, and a very slight muscular tone that paled in comparison to Freddie and Jonah. Greg was positioned with one arm over his chest and fist curled into a ball, his head tilted into the air and a smirk on his face, his left hand hung at his side while his legs were positioned in a power walk form. "Don't…move…a muscle," Spencer ordered the moment Freddie and Melanie walked in. He didn't want his model to break the pose. Greg chuckled and held his pose as Carly peered over from the kitchen. She was standing next to Sasha, Spencer's fiancé, laughing at a joke she said. She waved at the couple.

"Freddie, Melanie, you made it! Gibby and Sam are right upstairs, if you want to go chat with them. Jonah and Valerie came over a bit ago because they wanted to watch today's iCarly in person." Freddie grinned and began making his way up the stairs. Normally he'd stop and chat, but today he just didn't feel like it. Greg had approached him with something earlier in the day that he had not felt too comfortable with, so right now he was not willing to stay in the same room with him. Melanie met Greg's eyes and looked away, an uncomfortable sensation filled her stomach as she quickly followed Freddie. Greg had approached her earlier and she'd not told Freddie yet.

Upstairs, Sam and Valerie were seated in a corner, looking over a cookbook. Gibby was messing around with the electrical equipment while Jonah was sitting in the car chairs, taking a short nap. "Oh Sam, what do you think about this cookie recipe?" Valerie flipped through the pages to a recipe for loaded chocolate chip cookies, large sized. Sam's mouth formed a circle and she quickly licked her lips.

"Wow, that is beautiful!" Valerie laughed and nodded her head with a smile. She and Sam had struck up a friendship years ago. It was an uncanny friendship at the time, but Valerie needed a friend who would be there for her and stick up for her when times got rough. At the time, Jonah and Valerie had not begun dating and Valerie had been picked on a lot for what she had done to Freddie, made to never forget her mistake. Sam was the one that helped her out of that rut and kept people from messing with her. Once she met Jonah, though, it was even more cemented that people stopped picking on her. He let no one hurt her. She thought back to the memory and smiled at Sam once more. Sam lifted her eyes and glanced at her. "What's on your mind, Val?"

"I just…I don't know if I've ever told you, but thanks for being my friend when I needed one. You know, if I ever can pay you back, I will." Sam smiled and her heart lifted up. She gave Valerie a tight hug and looked into her eyes, nodding her approval.

"I'll keep that in mind if I ever need you for anything." The girls turned their gaze back to the cookbook and Sam let out a slow sigh. She may really need Valerie one day, she could just feel in her gut that Valerie may become something more to her one day. She lifted her eyes and glanced over to Jonah, chuckling nervously. "You know, you may want to tell your boyfriend not to sleep there…He might not like it." Valerie blinked and lifted her eyes up slowly, she raised an eyebrow and glanced over.

"Why?" Chuckling to herself, Sam shook her head and Jonah's eyes shot open. He'd heard the comment and was already starting to think about the reasons Sam wouldn't want him in the chairs. Just as he did, his foot brushed against something round and hard down at the edge of the car. He moved his eyes down and raised an eyebrow, pulling his foot back. His heartbeat increased as he gazed upon the mysterious object. Sam's eyebrows rose and Valerie slowly stood up.

"What the fuck is that?" Whatever it was, Jonah's foot hit some button on it that started it up. Just then, Freddie and Melanie walked in through the doors, in time to see Jonah hurtle himself out of the car seats. He dusted his shirt off and turned towards Freddie. "I'm going to ignore that for the moment…Hey Freddie, how was your date?" Melanie grinned as Freddie and Jonah exchanged high fives.

"It was great, man."

"Glad for it. So, is today's iCarly really going to be shorter than usual?"

"Yeah, Sam and Carly are going to the movies with Greg and some other guy, I think." Jonah's eyebrows lifted briefly as Freddie moved over to the camera. Melanie made her way over to her sister and Valerie, folded her arms over and smiled at Sam.

"Sis, why don't you get a boyfriend? You should."

"I don't want to. Besides, what would I do with a boyfriend?" Sam leaned against the wall and half smiled at her sister. Her heart sank a bit and her shoulders rose up. Melanie closed her eyes and sighed as she rubbed the back of her neck.

"You know, a guy can help you out with certain things. Like earlier with Freddie…" Sam raised an eyebrow as Melanie shifted her eyes to the side, recalling something that happened to her in the park a few hours prior. Some random guy whistled at her and made some weird sexual gesture with his hips, Freddie nearly pummeled the guy, but he kept Melanie from getting too worked up over it. "There were a few catcalls my way earlier…Freddie kept me sane."

"What?" Sam's eyebrows rose sharply and quickly turned her eyes to the car seat. She was beginning to hear the object, as it was banging against the metal. "Excuse me…" She quickly hurried over and reached in, flicking the button off, then looked back to Melanie with a frown. "So somebody was hitting on you?"

"Yeah, it was so weird too…I didn't even know the guy!" Melanie felt a sudden hand on her shoulder and looked back to see Carly smiling at her.

"I'm sure it was nothing Melanie. Don't worry about it and enjoy iCarly, okay?" Melanie's heart beat hard for a minute, then relaxed. She didn't want to think about that memory, and Carly was right, she just needed to enjoy iCarly. What happened earlier wasn't important at all. It was nothing.

"You're right, I'll do that."

As everyone started to get in places, Valerie began making her way to the car seats, but Jonah quickly grabbed her out of the way. He didn't want to tell her what it was he saw, though, because she was a sweet Christian girl and he didn't want to offend or worry her. With how she was, she would begin to really worry, and that wouldn't be good.

Greg entered the room halfway through iCarly and stepped behind Freddie. Jonah and Valerie were hanging on the other side of the room with Melanie while Gibby was awaiting his cue to enter the scene. Freddie glanced at Greg, who winked at him, possibly about the idea he had earlier. He groaned inwardly and looked back to the girls.

When it was all over, Carly squealed for joy and ran off with Greg and Sam, they were overly excited to be going to the movies. Melanie had gone downstairs with Jonah and Valerie while Freddie and Gibby hung out upstairs and went though some of the reviews. Freddie was reading them out loud while Gibby rested on a bean bag chair and through a small tennis ball into the air. Freddie started reading one then stopped abruptly. "What the hell?" His body became tense and Gibby sat up, looking at Freddie with concern.

"What's going on?"

"This review…I don't understand it." Gibby grunted and pushed himself up. He hurried over to Freddie and looked at the screen. Seeing the review in question, his jaw fell and his eyes grew wide in shock.

"Whoa. What the fuck?"

"Why don't you show your tits here?"

"Gibby, who the fuck would write that about the girls?"

"I don't know dude, but is there a way to delete it?" Freddie pressed his lips together and moved his eyes around the screen, he saw no way to delete the review. It was out there, and it would probably not go over well if anybody read it. Gibby's phone alarm went off and he quickly checked it. Freddie glanced over as the boy groaned sharply. "Man! I have to go, grandpa just drove his car into a pole…" Gibby ran to the door and took a deep breath.

"Is he okay?"

"He's fine, but the car's busted. I have to go pick him up and call a tow." Freddie slowly nodded as Gibby ran down the hallway. Melanie sidestepped him in the middle of the hall and glanced at him momentarily before walking into the studio.

"Where's he going in such a hurry?"

"His grandpa drove the car into a pole." Melanie winced slightly and looked back to the door.

"Is he okay?" Freddie nodded and continued his nervous plight, searching for a way to delete that review. Melanie saw how tense he was and moved behind him, rubbing his shoulders. "Are you okay? You're so tense…"

"Yeah…" He slowly breathed through his nose as Melanie read the reviews before he could scroll away in time. Her jaw fell and she quickly shook her head, unsure if she just read what she thought. Freddie winced as she quickly pulled a chair next to him.

"What is that all about?"

"I don't know. I'm actually starting to wonder if it has to do with Greg in any way…" Melanie raised her eyebrows as the sickening feeling entered her stomach once more. Freddie cracked his neck and sighed. "He was trying to get me to check out this porn site so I can see what it's like…in case I wanted to join the industry or whatever…" He was so nonchalant, as he wasn't interested in it in the slightest, but he didn't think how that would affect Melanie. She paled visibly as the nausea washed over her.

"Y-You too?" Freddie's heart froze and he quickly looked over at Melanie who had her eyes shut. She seemed rather calm on the outside, but inside she was flaring up. "He came to me earlier about a porn site. For some reason he ran the idea by Carly and Sam, and they seemed very adamant against it. I don't think they would like the idea of the porn industry anyway…I wonder if Carly knows that her boyfriend's like that." Freddie looked back at the screen, trying to push away the anger rising up in him. How dare Greg suggest something like that to Melanie! It was disrespectful as it was ignorant.

"Yeah, I'm tempted to just see the site. Prick says every couple watches the junk."

"So do it." She spoke very bluntly, very direct. Freddie was stunned. She placed her hand on the mouse and sighed as she moved the keyboard over in a very nonchalant motion. She didn't want to see any porn, she hated the idea of it, but something was telling her to look. "What did he say the site was?"

"A-Are you serious?"

"Just humor him, I guess. I don't like the idea, but just…I don't know, something's there…" Freddie moaned and clenched his eyes shut. Melanie placed her hand on his and smiled slightly. "Porn is disgusting, so I just want to see why he seems so adamant about it. Don't you?"

"I guess…" Melanie groaned at the domain name and typed it in the address bar. She wasn't planning to look at anything, truthfully.

"No more than one video, okay?" Freddie nodded his agreement and Melanie slowly glanced over her shoulder, hoping nobody would walk in on them. "Choose one and fast, Freddie."

"Okay…how about…" He skimmed the links on the page with growing disgust. Each of them were derogatory, disgusting, filthy, and greatly disturbing. "Who the shit would watch these, much less participate?" Melanie shrugged as Freddie's eyes fell upon a link that seemed less troublesome than the one. "How about this one…Golden Samantha plays with a silver bullet and a hairy man for money…"

"Hmm." Melanie's eyes moved to the link and she hovered the mouse over it. She wasn't too sure if she wanted to click it, something inside of her was telling her not to, but there was also the feeling in her gut that was telling her she had to. "I'm afraid to click it, Freddie…"

"Then don't. Don't click it and leave the site, right?" She closed her eyes tightly and her index finger began shaking erratically.

"As much as I would like to, there's just something…I can't explain it."

"Whatever you do, I'm right here with you, Mel." He smiled at her and she smiled back, kissed him on the cheek and turned her attention back to the screen. She took a deep breath and stared at the link.

"Okay, here goes." She clicked the link and it opened up two tabs, one was a sexual profile of the porn actress, Samantha Golden, and the other was of the video itself. Freddie and Sam groaned as the first thing they saw was the actress pushing a silver dildo inside of her, her feet were on the hood of a yellow car. Melanie's eyes narrowed and her eyebrow rose.

"Wait a minute…that car, that girl's voice…"

"What?" Freddie tore his gaze away as Melanie looked to the car seats and back to the computer. She recalled the vivid memory of Sam reaching in the car to turn off whatever was making a buzzing sound. Could it be? Her eyes widened and her heart started to pound.

"Oh my god, I think that's Sam!"

"What?" The statement hit Freddie like a ton of bricks. He chuckled nervously and slowly shook his head. That didn't seem right, it didn't seem right at all. "Sam? A porn star? No…"

"Freddie…" Her voice lowered to a harsh whimper as she watched the screen, paling whiter than white out. Her body was frozen solid and her heartbeat was the only thing heard. "Look at the video…"

"I'm telling you, Mel. Sam is-" He looked back at the screen and his eyes widened in shock at what he was seeing now of the ten minute long video. Sam was now in full view, kissing someone they didn't know. She was in the nude, as was this man. "…A porn star…" In the background was another moaning sound. While hard to see, in the corner of the screen was Carly and Greg on the equipment table. Melanie's hand cupped her lips and tears began to break her eyes as the bile threatened her throat. Freddie saw Carly and Greg, shouted with disgust and nearly fell back in the chair trying to back away from the table. "Fuck! I don't believe this!"

"Freddie, my sister…that's my sister…" Freddie growled and quickly reached over, stopping the video and closing his eyes tightly. He felt betrayed. How could Carly and Sam do this? How could they participate in this! "That's my sister…" Melanie whimpered and started shaking her head. It made no sense to her. How could Sam do this to her family? How could she do this to herself? Why would she do this? Thinking fast, and trying to remain strong for Melanie, Freddie clicked over to the profile of Samantha Golden as she was called and saw a 'live chat' button that was flashing.

"Isn't she supposed to be at the movies?" Melanie slowly began to come to and started gagging. Thinking fast, her boyfriend grabbed the trash bucket and held it in front of her. She placed her hands on her stomach, and with a loud moan, she began to vomit. After a minute of this, Freddie set the bucket down and Melanie stared at the screen, still trying to overcome her shock. Her heart was still pounding, albeit faster now.

"Click it, Freddie…" He frowned as he did what she said and clicked the live chat button. It opened a pop up which opened a webcam image of Sam sitting cross legged on a blue and green bed. Melanie gasped and quickly dialed her mother. She wasn't sure if she should tell their parents about this, but they had to know. Their father, Dave, was at work, so it would just be Pam. When she answered, Melanie was frantic. "Mom! Sam's not at the movies…"

"What do you mean she's not at the movies?"

"Mom, I…" Melanie turned her eyes to the screen to see Sam laughing and talking to random users who were viewing the webcam. She was sitting with two other guys. Carly and Greg weren't there.

"I don't do multiple guys at once, j-dawg. Carlotta Bush does, gladly, but I'm just not that much of a risk taker. I will kiss them though…" She laughed and started to passionately kiss the strangers. Melanie choked and she quickly reached for the bucket, afraid she might vomit again, but she stopped and looked at her sister one more time. Sam was wearing a lacy red lingerie, which barely covered up her nipples and her vagina. Melanie whimpered and closed her eyes, it was too much to bear for her. Too much pain. Sam pulled back and looked at the users who were cheering her on and asking her questions. She squinted her eyes slightly and smiled. "Carlotta and her boyfriend stepped out for a minute, they'll be back in…maybe ten or fifteen minutes."

"Mommy, you're not going to…" Even she couldn't believe it, and she was having a harder time understanding it. "Why would she put herself out there like that?" She didn't mean to say it out loud, but it slipped. Pam was confused and concerned for her daughter, both of them. She was sure there was nothing to worry about, but Melanie didn't often get like this unless something really bad was going on.

"Baby? Are you and your sister okay? What do you mean 'put herself out', Melanie?"

"x-load dot com, look up…Samantha Golden…" The mother blinked for a moment, trying to register the words. It sounded like her daughter just asked her to go to a porn site, at least she recognized that from one of her husband's reports. He said there were a lot reports of underage girls and boys on that site and he was going to have some agents look into it.

"What? Why would you ask me to do something like that?"

"Just do it mommy…I'll talk later…" She flicked off the phone and stared at her sister on the screen, who was no flashing her breasts and showing them off. Disbelief and anger surged through her veins and Freddie watched his girlfriend with growing concern. Melanie quickly grabbed the mouse and licked the 'name' box. Freddie's eyes widened as Melanie typed in how she wanted the 'guest' name to appear and came up as Mel-P.

"Melanie, what are you doing?"

"Relax Freddie, I just…I have questions, okay?" Freddie understood that, he had questions too. How long had Sam been at this? Why would she do this? What purpose did it serve? Melanie narrowed her eyes, the war was on, and she was going in guns blazing. Her fingers moved at such a rapid pace.

Samantha, turn off the webcam now and go home!

Freddie glanced at the door, hoping nobody would enter. He'd just have to keep watch while Melanie did this. Sam raised an eyebrow and moved her finger along her screen. She scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Really? Mel-P, who are you? Some jealous girlfriend or something? Your boyfriend watching too much porn?" Melanie gasped at the scornful words coming from her sister's mouth. Freddie coughed and his eyes widened in surprise. Did Sam really just say that? How could she? Melanie was furious!

No you didn't! I'm telling you this for your own good, go home now! Your mother is probably worried sick!"

Sam read the comments and laughed. Some of the users in the chat room were beginning to protest and call Melanie all sorts of names, telling her to go away. Melanie ignored them the best she could, right now, her focus was on Sam. "My mother can cry me a river for all I care." Freddie's jaw dropped and Melanie felt her face flush.

Sam! I swear to god…why are you doing this? What purpose does porn serve to you?

Sam scoffed at the question and smiled vaguely. "What's it to you, really? Carlotta and her boyfriend got started because they wanted the fame aspect of having a sex film and they convinced me to get started because I needed money…"

So you're selling your body? Sam…I look up to you! Your school looks up to you, your friends care about you, your family loves you…why? Why would you do this? Melanie was beginning to cry, her tears stung her cheeks. Freddie felt her pain while also feeling the bile rising up in his throat.

Sam rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, becoming more irritated by the minute. Users were starting to leave the room as well, seeing as how this was definitely not what they had gone there for. "Great, you're making me lose my viewers!" Melanie narrowed her eyes and growled, typing back furiously.

Good!

"Damn it! Look, I don't know who you think you are, if you're some crazy stalker or whatever, or maybe you're a religious person trying to convert me, but spare me the bullshit." Melanie's face darkened and she slowly closed her eyes.

Sam, really? Your best friend is a Christian!

At that, Sam's face softened and her demeanor shifted slightly. Valerie was really the one that meant the most to her, she could never intentionally hurt her. She didn't meant to insult Christians as a whole, and definitely not insult Valerie. After a minute, her expression changed to shock and anger, she was starting to become a bit nervous about how this random person knew so much about her. "How the hell would you know that? And don't you dare bring her into this! Who are you?" With that, Melanie couldn't hold it in anymore. Freddie frowned and gently placed his hand on her shoulder. He knew she had to do what she had to do.

Sam…I'm your sister, Melanie, and I think you need to come home. Now. You have a lot of explaining to do…I told mom.

Almost instantly, Sam's face went white as a bed sheet. Her eyes widened to the size of saucers and her body froze up. The men that were next to her, rubbing her arms, quickly backed away. The rest of the viewers in the chat room logged out and Sam's phone began ringing, the ring tone was the tune she selected for her mother. She was too stunned to move, too scared to pick up that phone. She merely sat there, staring at the camera, looking as much like a ghost as she felt she would become if she wasn't careful with her family.

Thus begins the very dramatic story. I'm doing my best on all my stories, but with school over now and summer beginning, you should see updates for each of them, including this one. Please be serious when you read this, I mean it is a mature and serious story, it isn't meant to make humor of anything. There is going to be real drama, real feeling going on in here. As you can see towards the end, relationships really will be near destroyed. It can only get worse from here. So you know, Nevel will make a brief appearance, but what he does while with good intentions but accidently does something that sets off a chain reaction that may destroy Sam and Carly here. This begins the downward spiral, where everything spins out of control. Read on and enjoy this, again, a story like you've never before seen!