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Instead, they steal the food they need to make it through the day. >> i dont like asking for money. unless i really need it. i will steal something for me, myself than ask somebody else for money. i dont want to look like a bum, dude. we dont sit in the corner and ask for money. this is like a subway sandwich, dude. >> danielle and carlene often spend their days hanging around downtown san diego. at night, they sneak into local hotels to use the internet so they can send e-mails to their incarce...

>> many of danielles friends oppose her relationship, warning her that slick is a womanizer, but danielle doesnt believe him. she says they are destined to be together. slick wont allow the cameras to record the visit, but afterwards danielle leaves in good spirits. >> it went good. he thinks -- he said hes going to start writing me now so im happy. he thinks hell in for maybe four months. it could be longer. im going to miss him, but when he gets out its going to be so much -- so fun to see him...

Can do for money, and even that i couldnt do. i was like ill get, but i cant do that no more. >> but for danielle, there are more problems in her life than just finding shelter. danielle is battling addiction. while she has a history of using pot and alcohol, she has recently started turning to harder, more addictive drugs. >> im addicted, like im getting addicted to crystal meth. its just like when it comes to crystal meth, youre always chasing that high, and then theres a point when youre high...

For me to survive without a job. like a shelter, can i just like not have to work for the next two years and live in a shelter. >> danielles lack of motivation may be in no small part due to her chronic drug use. she says she has been using crystal meth for some time and it has started to affect her both mentally and physically. >> ive been coughing up blood, too. i am an addict. i feel like i go down like down and dirty [ bleep ] places just to get high. ive experienced some [ bleep ] things ou...

It is the night before 19-year-old danielle has to leave the hotel that she has called home for the last four weeks. her parents paid for the month and hopes that danielle would get her life in order and possibly get a job. >> this is my last day in this hotel room. i was never really here that much, but im hoping that ill be with -- ill be with roy for a little while. >> reporter: instead of finding a job, danielle decided to move in with a man she recently met on the trolley named roy, a man s...

I met this guy at a trolley stop, dude. at first i was kind of like, okay, why is an old man talking to me, but i told him like what the hell happened, and he [ bleep ] was like, well, you know, hes like trying to help me but for some reason i dont want it because im just afraid they are going to leave me anyways. >> the situation with roy sounds sketchy, but danielle feels like its her best chance of staying off the streets. there are places for kids for danielle to turn to for help, shelters t...

>> from when i was born to like i was 4 i was with my birth parents and then i was in foster care until i was 6 or 7 and then to 18 i was adopted. i guess i always pushed people away because so many people in my life abandoned me when i was younger so i guess thats what i did with my parents and finally like fine, yall, go out on your own and wow, im out here on my own and i feel like a little 12-year-old in a 19-year-olds body. >> danielle has an extensive history running away from home, but wh...

To be the [ bleep ] same, just different town. >> danielle is facing the hard fact that she isnt going to come up with the money she will need so that she can stay another month at the hotel. anxious about the prospects of living on the streets, danielle has been trying to get ahold of a guy she met named roy who offered her his couch for a few days. >> hello. hello. who is this? hi, roy. how are you? okay. well, youre going to like help me out on the 12th, right? no, i didnt. im not with him. i...

Sitting in the street and not knowing and if we give them information at least they think theres some form of hope or resource. you guys have any questions before we go. >> not really? >> the only person that got in trouble with the law that afternoon was tattoo mark who received a summons for tattooing without a permit. the rest of their group is relieved and go off to find another hangout spot. danielle and her friend are picking up her first and last paycheck from her telemarketing job. the g...

Golden west. its kind of trashy. when i first went there, oh, my gosh, there were cockroaches everywhere, eggs, like a thousand eggs in each corner and sometimes you look in the corner and its like -- i dont like cockroaches. id rather not have cockroaches. i dont like them, especially if they are crawling on your face. >> danielle has only two more weeks until the month is up at the hotel. 14 days to figure out how to come up with the money to stay another month, or she may be forced to live ou...