on any given day, 500 teens and young adults called the streets of austin, texas, home. the streets can drive you crazy, definitely. >> reporter: many are women. for one woman, the streets are a playground, an escape from reality. >> you can do whatever you want i don't have like a cell phone bill. i don't have a car payment. i don't have insurance to pay. i don't have to wake up at 6:00 in the morning and get yelled at by my boss. >> reporter: another woman will do just about anything to get on her feet. >> when i get off the streets -- i'm sick and tired.

i'm so tired. i have taken solicitation into consideration. >> reporter: the dramas of street life are daily. >> it is hard. tiring. >> reporter: to cope, many seek solace in alcohol and drugs. >> sometimes i have seizures from withdrawals. >> oh, my god. i can see straight. >> reporter: meet two women who ran away from home to live their life on the streets of austin. >> could you spare any change? can you spare any change? big money. big money. >> when i was a kid, i thought that i was going to marry a rich guy, a lawyer, doctor. have a fairy tale -- can you

spare any change today, by any chance? okay. no acknowledgement. no change or acknowledgment. my name is nikki. i'm 21. and i have been running away from home since i was 14. >> reporter: nikki like most austin street kids makes her home on the drag across from the university of texas campus. >> we drink, panhandle and get harassed by the cops and college students every day. i don't know why we waste our time. we do. >> reporter: on the drag, the street kids, known as drag rats, can blend in with the college students and hit them up for

money. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: in the heart of the drag is renaissance market scare, home of the university co-op, street vendors and meeting ground for the drag rats. >> i have been in austin on and off for three years. as soon as i turned 18, i came to austin. kind of rebellious, i wanted to do whatever i wanted to do. i would just run away. it wasn't like my home life was horrible or terrible. no one was beating me or anything. >> while nikki is still in contact with her blood family, she said she's much closer to her street family. group of mostly homeless and trance kept kids known by a collection of offbeat names. shroomy, sleezy, dave, gage, katy and nikki's boyfriend called a.k., as in ak-47.

>> i love you, too. family out here. we help take care of each other. we argue just like you would with your blood family. and we still love each other. we have to watch out for each other. and we are like brothers and sisters out here, really. >> my name is stacy. i'm 21 years old. i am homeless. it really sucks. >> reporter: unlike nikki, stacy, better known on the drag as chocolate, no longer sees the streets as a free, romantic place. >> actually, notice a lot of people that choose to have this lifestyle. i can't understand it for the life of me. it is hard. gets tiring. it is not a game. at first you think it is a game. >> reporter: chocolate says being on the street just made

her consider doing things she never thought she could. >> when you start asking for money, always expect them to proposition you. always expect them to want something in return. people on the streets tell me i don't know why you are broke, chocolate. the woman's body is a gold mine. it is a gold mine. i am sick and tired. i'm so tired i have taken solicitation into consideration. i'm that tired. >> reporter: chocolate says she hasn't resorted to prostitution but she has sold drugs to make money. now she wants to leave all of that and the streets behind. and to do that, she recently got a more mainstream job. >> i'm front cashier at taco bell. that's pretty cool. it is better than begging for money all day.

when i get off the streets, i want to go to college. and i want to write poetry and write a book. i want to eventually after that become a motivational speaker like a homeless advocate. i want to be that. someone that understands what they are going through. >> reporter: someone that knows what chocolate is going through is her fiancee, brian, a former marine and a former customer. >> i used to -- i used to sell brian his weed. he told me he had a crush on me. it was history from there. >> reporter: brian and chocolate have been on the streets since brian's former roommate kicked him out four months ago. >> brian is a large part of why i'm still going, if it weren't for brian, i would probably either be in a hospital from trying to kill myself or probably relapse completely. my drug of choice used to be powder cocaine, got two years sobriety from it.

>> reporter: it can be hard to stay clean here. drugs and alcohol are a staple on the drag. among the drag rats, marijuana is widely used. but alcohol is the most common and most readily available vice. >> drinking is a big pastime of ours, i guess. of me and my friends, anyway. we usually are somewhere drinking, if not, panhandling, you can usually find us somewhere drinking. >> reporter: nikki's friend, dave, says the drag rats drink as a means of coping. >> sometimes, you know, when we are there, you see a bunch of street kids inking. they aren't always happy. we get rained on, snowed on. depends where we are at. we just drink to have fun and enjoy each other's company, you know. >> reporter: the alcohol they use to cope can often become the biggest problem. a number of the drag rats are severely addicted. >> some of my friends are older and they have to drink. like they will get sick if they

don't drink. i mean, really sick. or they will have seizures. >> i know. dts. >> yeah. i hate [ bleep ]. >> reporter: it is a problem so severe that sunday mornings can look like this. dave, sleezy, katy and some of the other drag rats wait in the square literally counting the minutes before they can buy alcohol. >> this is slum day. they don't sell booze until noon. we are all sitting here like a bunch of retards until noon. miserable! >> how many more minutes? >> 13. >> pretty much counting the seconds. >> i'm not doing too bad but i'm starting to shake a little bit. >> i don't know why we drink so

much. i really don't know why we drink so much. it is a -- it is fun. i guess. >> sometimes i have seizures from withdrawals. but, you know, once we start getting drunk, we start having fun. right now we are not having much fun. >> reporter: when the store opens, the drag rats are first in line. >> you are excited, too. you don't even drink. >> we know we are with to get well and be happy and have fun. you know. >> reporter: it is a scene that will most likely repeat itself. for chocolate, getting off the streets and leaving that life behind is her priority. she has worked hard and needs a break. that break may be on the other end of the line.

>> are you serious? we are off the streets until i get paid?

beer, beer, beer! >> reporter: chocolate is 21 and has been living on and off the streets of austin since she ran away four years ago from dallas. she's trying to get her life together by getting a steady job and saving for an apartment. she can still acknowledge the appeal of street life. >> there is the best part of homelessness. you wanted to experience it. it is the circle, the communion. when they are all chilling, they are all knowing each other, they are all hanging out. i used to be a drag rat. out here 24/7 [ bleep ] hole getting missed on. so many people. do you know how many people i assaulted? i mean, renaissance market is the place. not to mention the access to the drop-in. >> reporter: the life drop-in center is dedicated to helping homeless youth.

it offers food, clothing, internet access, and even a safe place to take a nap. chocolate's biggest source of support and stability is her fiance, brian, a former marine. but brian is a relative new comer to the streets. she worries about whether he can make it out here. in fact, earlier in the week, brian accidentally burned down the tent that they called home. >> this is his first time. i get irritated with him sometimes because i feel like he should know this but then i stop and think, how is he going to know this if he has never been through the situation? >> reporter: it has been a bad week. but a call brings some good news. >> are you serious? we are off the streets until i get paid? we are off the streets. are you serious? >> reporter: a friend has offered the couple a room in his apartment and for chocolate, a

second job. >> i'm off the streets. i got a second job. guess we will be staying there until we can get on our feet. this has been a really good day. this has actually been the first really, really good day i have had in a long time. >> reporter: chocolate is happy to be off the streets. but she knows from experience that opportunities like this can disappear just as quickly as they arrive. >> i can't help but say that i'm not kind of scared, though. because, i mean, every time something like this happens, something happens. you never expect people to do stuff like that. when they do, you are like, when is it going to mess up? but i got a place to stay and for the moment, we are stable. >> it could be references,

addresses, the names. >> reporter: nikki has been living on and off the austin streets for three years. she recently started case management at the life works drop-in center. the center's goal is to help kids transition off the streets. nikki's goal is to get a job but not necessarily because she wants an apartment. >> may mom really wants me to behave and get a job. i kind of just want to make her happy. >> reporter: nikki's mom lives in san antonio, about a two-hour drive from austin. >> what were you doing between those? >> riding freight trains. sleeping behind dumpsters. i don't know. is there something i could say that's not really a lie but a decoration, maybe? i could say i was just traveling around. my friends are like already making fun of me because i want to go get a job. they know if i get a job, then

they know half that money will go, it will go to them. >> reporter: nikki is willing to get a job if only for a little extra money. but she also knows that holding a job means taking on the responsibilities she lives to avoid. it can also mean lifestyle changes. she is not ready to make. >> i need drug testing. i can't pass a u.a. it is not like i'm doing hard-core drugs. i'm just smoking pot. do you know where andy's ice cream is? >> reporter: for the job search, she changed out of her regular clothes and into a clean t-shirt and pair of jeans. >> i have to go take the bus now to go get a job. bye, guys. thank you. i will see you all later. >> reporter: while nikki seems serious about getting a job, she worries about the implications of keeping one.

>> this sucks whenever you have to get a job. whether you start over, you have to get a job you really don't want and you have to keep that job. you have to pay bills and be able to do things like take a shower and wake up on the time and be presentable. i have to get a job because i panhandle in front of these businesses and they all kicked me out or the cops have gone and i have yelled at them. and so i'm not going to have too much good luck. part of me doesn't want a job. i have friends back in town that want me to go travel with them and go to some gatherings. it is really tempting, you know. i mean, i don't know what i will really end up doing. this is interesting. their application. you have to decorate the bag. so this should be interesting. i don't know. i can't just decorate the bag

like all at once. a normal application. they are supposed to be calling people next week. they offered me a glass of water because i was sweating so bad, so, hopefully, i get a call back. >> reporter: nikki heads back to the drag. on a whim decides to take a chance on a local restaurant. >> i really want to apply here but i have been kicked out of here. i'm going to try it anyway. okay. that went better than expected. half of them recognized me. so the girl, melissa, in there, told me to come back tomorrow because they really need to fill the spot. i really need a job. so i'm coming back tomorrow and see how that works out. >> reporter: in the meantime, nikki needs to make money now. that means panhandling. and looking the part. i need to panhandle. if i look clean, no one will

believe i need money. so that's how it works. >> reporter: nikki hits the streets scrounging for money and anything else she might find to get by. >> hey, there are sandwiches. get in there.

nikki's job search is done for the day. the 21-year-old is back home on austin's drag. she has changed out of what she calls her yuppy-flage. it is a subtle change in appearance but one she says is important for her next mission. she and her friend are going to raise money from panhandling. >> asking people for their spare change. some people are good at and it some people aren't. there are all ways to get mone tell jokes. ways to stop people. >> i'm not lazy. >> it's true. that's why we are all out here. you are lazy. it's okay. >> no. it is not a laziness issue. >> reporter: nikki says food is

readily available from charities and shelters. on the way to the spanging spot, nikki engaged a dumpster for food. >> hey, dude, there are sandwiches. get in there. >> stay to the left and dig. i think you just stepped on some. these are so warm. it has that mayonnaise [ bleep ] on it. >> i don't want to get sick. >> someone else can get it. >> i'm not going to grab it. >> reporter: money for food is not the goal. today's objective, alcohol and cigarettes. >> could you spare any change? no. okay. have a good day. no money monday. i just want a pouch of tobacco. can you spare any change? cool. thank you so much. have a good day. i like these spare change people. they look at you like you are from some other planet.

i guess we are. i guess we are like in a metaphor cal sense, we are from a different world. can you spare any change with you by any chance? thank you so much. >> we have $3. we need one [ bleep ] penny. >> you know how long that will last? watch. it is all old. what's in there is old. it is all old and expired. it has mayonnaise and the heat. it has mayonnaise. i'm looking for a penny over here. do you have a penny? by any chance. thank you so much. have a good day. >> reporter: with enough money for cigarettes and alcohol, nikki and gage head down to the drag towards renaissance square. within blocks they run into friends. the group nikki considers family. >> what's up, nikki? >> what's up? >> i love you. >> i love you, too. >> i almost got arrested. >> reporter: if the drag rats

miare a , davis nikki's big brother. >> first time i met her, she didn't have a sleeping bag or blanket or nothing. i have been looking out for her and her for me for about a year and a half. >> nobody is going to look at a guy like me and say, hey, you want to come to my house? come on over. so we are all we have, is each other. so we got to look out for each other, otherwise, no one else will. i love this guy. >> i love my big brothers out here. they always take care of me. being a female on the streets is definitely harder than being a guy. there's obvious reasons. my big brothers are protective of me. hey, guys, see you later. >> reporter: nikki seems to spend most of her time with dave and gage. not with her boyfriend, ak. >> we try to hang out as much as we can but we are always on different missions. we have different agendas and different sets of friends.

cops are right around the corner. >> reporter: with the police around, nikki and gage leave the square. the police are a constant problem for nikki and the drag rats that are ticketed for loitering, public intoxication, and possession of drugs. >> they will give you tickets for anything out here. they target you. there are worse things going on in austin than a couple of kids, sleeping behind a dumpster. >> how much have you had to drink today? >> nothing. >> why are you being confrontational with me? put him in the car. >> everyone is scared of the cops. most of the time i'm not too worried about it. i'm not going to let the cops stop me from having a good time. >> last time i went to jail was for drinking in a public place. i had tickets for, like, sleeping, mostly one thing you

can go to jail for sleep something where. >> reporter: after months of living together on the streets, chocolate and her fiance, brian, seem to be getting a break. >> i am waiting for my friends here. he's going to take me to his house. it will get me and my fiancee off the streets. sometimes i wonder if he's too good to be true, though. he has done so much for us. he has gotten brian a job. he's taken us off the streets now. he's given me rides. i mean -- he's fed me. i love you. >> reporter: terry worked with chocolate at taco bell and runs a remodeling business where brian works. >> this is interesting. >> reporter: terry invited chocolate and brian to stay with him for two weeks.

long enough for chocolate to get her next paycheck, which will give the couple enough for their own place. >> hi. >> we are going to go get you a blowup mattress. and, you know, get you a queen so you can have enough room. they are only like $20. stretch it for as long as we can. >> if i didn't already know you had back problems, i would pick you up and hug you right now. i think this is groovy. this is very interesting. it is better than a tent. i have my own room for about two weeks, until my next paycheck. after my next paycheck i can afford my next place to stay. i think i feel really good about this. it is so cool. i love you. i love you so much. get off my booty. >> my booty. >> i love you. >> i will do what i can. >> the biggest challenge will probably be -- the first thing you think of when you get into this situation that happens is pleasing that person. not making them mad.

not making them feel like they want you to leave, not wanting to step on toes, wanting to do anything wrong that might mess up the situation. you walk on eggshells. we had three different places to stay like this. people just, hey, you can -- we will get you off the streets. terry is a cool person. i don't see that happening with him. >> reporter: chocolate soon begins to wonder how long her luck will hold out. >> i don't care. i'm tired of being [ bleep ] over. every single time we try people [ bleep ] us over.

>> reporter: it has been four years since chocolate ran away from her home in dallas to the streets of austin. a friend has given her and her fiance, brian, a place to stay for the next two weeks. she's on her way to getting her own place. but no amount of progress will ever erase the memory of the first time she left home. >> i got to a point where i was old enough. i started running. me and my family didn't always get along. i barely knew my family, actually. the first time you leave, it is kind of traumatizing you. you are very scared. you are sitting on the back of that bus. you are about to go further away from your family than you have ever been. you are sitting there and you are like, do i really want to do

this? part of you wants to get off the bus and just run home. the other part of you is like no. i can do this. >> reporter: there is no questioning chocolate's determination. she has much to overcome. >> i'm bipolar but i can live my life. this is my life. i'm 21 years old. i'm not 12 anymore. i know what i'm doing. i need to stand on my own two feet. the only way i can seemingly prove that to my family is by not going home and making it on my own. because they are all expecting me to fail. they are all expecting me to come back, oh, i can't do it on my own. i need you all to take care of me. >> reporter: last night for the first time in months, chocolate and her fiance, brian, had a roof over their heads. >> there's no sense of security. i'm never going to feel secure with my situation until i get into my own [ bleep ] and i'm paying rent and my name is on the bills. that's when i will feel secure. can't nobody do me like i can do

me. can't nobody take care of me like i can take care of me. >> reporter: they are staying with their friend, terry. chocolate's already shaky confidence and it takes a hit. >> he made a comment that made me really, really edgy. he's like, well, wouldn't you rather pick something battery operated as opposed to something plug-in just in case you go back to that situation? you are already insinuating i might go back to that situation. suddenly you have to go and be ready to go. i keep my stuff packed. why? because i know how the [ bleep ] goes. i'm ready for it. >> i don't pay the rent here. i just stay here. >> reporter: nikki has camped in the woods and slept behind dumpsters but for now this room in a run-down house a few blocks from the drag is home. for a small price nikki and many of the drag rats can stay there. >> i sleep here. a.k. sleeps letter, gage sleeps here sometimes. a lot of people sleep here sometimes.

not all the time. we are in our part of the house. the spot we pay rent on. >> $50 a week. >> we don't always pay. >> they cut us slack. we will get to it eventually. >> i started staying here in february. this was completely different. we iced to sleep on the other sides. this place has many stories. >> reporter: living here does not necessarily mean nikki is safe from one of the most common problems street kids face. >> oh, my god. i had a dream i had head lice again, dude. i was all screaming and my dreams. no, bugs again. i just cut my hair off. they wouldn't stop coming out. that's -- maybe -- does anybody have bugs? please no. >> reporter: bugs in this case are lice. street kids are especially prone to getting it and other infections. >> i have had bugs a lot. i used to have longer hair, and i had to cut it off because it was so badly infested.

at one point i had bugs and staff. all at the same time. and that was painful. >> reporter: tonight's order of business is drinking. something they do most nights. and drink of choice is called a space bag. >> what a space bag is, box of wine. you take the bag out and then when it is empty, you fill it up with air and use it for a pillow. wait, we didn't hit the [ bleep ] >> you got to smack it. >> come here. >> my friends are crazy. they are pretty different people. they are really unique. i haven't really met any other kids like the kids i have in austin, you know. >> reporter: the next day nikki planned to look for a job but instead she opts to stay on the drag and do the usual, spange for some alcohol money.

>> what's that? is this like a field trip or something? >> orientation. >> orientation, cool. >> i will see you guys a lot next year. >> yea. >> spare change to help me get drunk, ma'am? no, you are not. that's okay, because you have a pretty smile. >> any money? >> reporter: they head to the drag mart to buy alcohol and then to a secluded place to drink it. >> i do need to get a job. this isn't me not getting a job. >> reporter: it is not like nikki doesn't have options. she said she could go live with her family, go to school, get a job, follow the typical american dream but none of that appealed to her sense of freedom and adventure. >> the best thing about being on the streets is you don't have to listen to anyone and you can do whatever you want.

i don't have like a cell phone bill. i don't have a car payment and i don't have insurance to pay. i don't have to wake up at 6:00 in the morning and get yelled at by my boss. >> reporter: nikki acknowledges freedom does come with a price. >> the worst thing about being on the streets is it can drive you crazy because you eventually stop caring about much and you turn into like a wing nut or something. the streets can drive you crazy, definitely. >> reporter: chocolate is working hard to get off the streets. one night on the drag jeopardizes everything. want bladder leak underwear that moves like you do? try always discreet underwear and move, groove, wiggle, giggle, swerve, curve. lift, shift, ride, glide, hit your stride.

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life works, austin's

nonprofit that helps homeless youth transition off the street. has been offering 21-year-old runaway, nikki, case management. it is a process that includes a life works counselor taking nikki shopping for things to help her with her job search. the shopping trip couldn't come at a better time. while drinking the night before, nikki lost her shoes. >> i know i need clothes. something like very presentable like a blouse or just like a shirt or some jeans or something. >> reporter: a week before the shopping trip, nikki went down to corpus christi for a family reunion where she spent time with her sister, five nieces and nephews and her mother. >> my mom wants me to move back with her. but i don't think that i'm ready to move back with her. >> why is that? if i do live with her, i have to do things she wants me to do. and those things consist of getting a job and going to

school. and that's just too much stuff all at once for me. i think i with freak out and leave like i usually do. >> reporter: in addition to the clothes, life works buys nikki a bike so she can get to a job far from the drag. nikki's case management also includes attending a weekly meeting to talk about her goals. >> what did you do last week, jobwise is our main goal here. so let's work on that. >> i applied at a couple of places last week. >> reporter: nikki realizes her drink sing getting in the way of finding a job. and sets a new goal. >> i don't have to drink all day. maybe i will just have a drink after nighttime. >> okay. >> that's mainly -- mostly why-- i lost my shoes.

who loses their shoes? that's ridiculous. that's the reason i can't get things done. i'm going to take a drink break. i'm there for two hours. oops. i just wasted a good part of the day. >> reporter: unlike her friends, sleazy and dave, nikki does not get the shakes or seizures. but she worries that may be her fate. >> i don't want to become one of the people that has to, that has to have a drink when they wake up. sometimes, like, i start drinking too much after a couple of weeks and start waking up feeling worse and worse and worse. it is not just a hangover. it is like something else. i kind of start getting to that point the last couple of days. i'm going to try to take a break from drinking all day. >> reporter: but today is not the day. after a case management meeting, nikki is again trying to raise money for alcohol and nikki's friend, katie, wants her to pawn her new bike. >> we are just going to pawn that bike.

>> no. >> no, we are not. >> we have to pawn both bikes. >> it will be difficult for nikki to quit drinking and get a job since her friends have no intention of doing either. >> my friends don't care if i don't work. my friends don't care if i'm sitting there getting drunk with them all day. they are not going to tell me i need to go get a job and they are not going to remind me to do things i have to. i don't need anyone telling me what to do. >> reporter: unlike nikki, chocolate has a job. for the next up of weeks she and her fiancee, brian, have a place to stay. she's working hard to make a stable life for herself and brian. as much as she yearns to leave her past behind, chocolate, a self-described, old-school drag rat is still drawn to the renaissance square. ♪ no cheese for the big toe ♪ no cheese for the big toe

>> you can't forget where you came from, no. you can't forget the drag, though. >> reporter: for many of the drag rats, hanging out on the drag means drinking. in chocolate's case, the alcohol seems to unleash some anger and aggression. >> can i have the [ bleep ] i asked for? you know what, chocolate is going to get real [ bleep ] fed up and i'm going to [ bleep ] go back to where i was before. >> reporter: drink of choice tonight 190 proof grain alcohol mixed with a sports drink. >> oh, my god. i can't see straight. i have never been this drunk before. >> reporter: fueled by alcohol, the stress and uncertainty of her tenuous living situation boils over. >> i don't care. i'm tired of being [ bleep ] over. every single time we try people [ bleep ] us over. >> chocolate. >> [ bleep ] up. we sit there and we try. we sit there and bust our ass. we sit there and we work our [

bleep ] job. overtime. what do we get? >> what do we get? we get [ bleep ]. then people want us to ask why are you still on the streets, chocolate? because you [ bleep ] me over. >> reporter: she even unleashes some of her furry on terry, the friend who has given them a place to live. >> terry going to want to [ bleep ] us over, brian. i see that. he's already showing [ bleep ] side. $10 for a pack of cigarettes. >> reporter: there is more than her living situation on the mind. the alcohol reveals something even more painful from her past. >> i have a 3-year-old daughter. she is a very good girl. i had her when i was on the streets. and i was -- i had nothing. then i went and found out i was pregnant. and i had her and my fiance, he

came and took her from me. i took really good care of my daughter. >> you are doing good. you are doing good. >> i know i can. i know i can. i know i can take care of her, baby. i gave birth to her. i'll stay sober. i don't care. i'll give up weed. i don't care. i want my baby. [ sirens ] >> the emotional moment is suddenly interrupted. a passed-out drag rat brings the attention of the police and

paramedics. it turns out that chocolate is wanted on an aggravated assault warrant. so brian, ever protective, pulls her out of the square. >> off the sidewalks. >> let michal you back. all right? >> i want my daughter. i'm chilling, soldier. i'm chilling. >> the night will result in more than a hangover. it could threaten everything she has worked for. >> it pisses me off. i'm so angry about it.

in her quest to get a job,

nikki was able to get new clothes and a bike. she resisted the temptation to pawn the bike for beer money, a good indication she is serious about improving her situation. her plan quickly loses momentum when she and her boyfriend get kicked out of the house where they were staying. nikki says it was not that they couldn't pay the $50 a week rent. it was that they didn't want to. >> i am not really too concerned about it. i have slept outside. it is not a big deal. the only thing i am worried about is all this stuff i have now. i don't want to lose any of it. >> without a steady place to stay, nikki's goals seem to unravel. >> the chances of me to get a job are very unlikely. >> reporter: it is unclear whether the housing setback is the cause or just excuse but nikki's response is a radical one. leave austin. >> i am back outside again.

so maybe i should just start traveling again. i have that thought in my head, well, why not? i don't have anything really that i need to like get done anymore. it makes me realize how much i'm not ready for responsibility yet still. >> reporter: chocolate too is having a reversal of fortune. yesterday, she was cautionly optimistic about her future. a drunken night later, she is dealing with the consequences. >> you are looking at a broken ankle. a broken ankle that was broken in the process of trying to get home i was intoxicated. i was drunk and i stepped off the wrong way. all i know is brian was trying to get me back over here to get me into a safe place being extremely intoxicated. it pisses me off. i'm so angry about it. it is going to set me back for about four weeks, to about four

weeks to at the most, a month and a half, i'm not going to have any way to financially put in and once again, brian is going to have to carry the load. i called my job. the first thing my manager says is, well, how are you going to make any money? >> i am like, how do you think i am going to make any money? you don't think i think about these things. i think about this constantly. i will still have nigh job once i go back to work. at the same time, the sooner i get there, the better as it was explained to me. >> as it turns out, a broken ankle isn't the only thing brian and chocolate have to worry about. she says cher dpringing binge wasn't so much her way of coping with her living celebration as it was a celebration gone wrong. >> i took a pregnancy test and it came up positive. so i guess i'm pregnant now. i'm going to go for the blood test just to be sure, though, you know. that is so freaking cool. for about seven months now, i

have been trying to have a baby. when i have my children, i want to break the cycle, when i have any more children. that was my plan with my daughter i was going to break the cycle. >> with the possibility of a baby on the way, chocolate acknowledges she needs to make some serious life changes. she says getting drunk on grain alcohol last night was no big deal. >> i was celebrating. i was so happy. we have been trying so hard for a baby. oh, we wanted that so bad. that is so cool. i'm going to start, let's see, after my first trimester, i am supposed to stop smoking weed. i'm going to. knowing brian, he is mr. do-right. my drinking, it is not a big issue. it is not one of those, i need a drink type things. it is just festive invitations anyway. i guess i will just be drinking grape juice on the fourth of july, whatever.

i like grape juice. >> despite what happened last night and despite losing custody of her other child, she says she is prepared to be a good mother and motivated to get off the streets for good. >> we are going to get our apartment and whatever i have to do to keep that place, i'm going to do. it is my turn now to get out of here and do something with my life. i told him when the get-go when we first hit the streets again, baby, we are going to do this together. he was like, you sure? i don't know if we can do this. i'm like, look, we hit the streets together. we are going to get off the streets together. it's possible.

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