Valerie Malone:  All right you want the truth ? The truth is I ca n't do this anymore . I ca n't go to these KEG frat parties or hang out with your square , straight - arrow friends knowing that Dylan is all by himself going down and down , and I 'm the only _ one _ there to keep him afloat !
Brandon Walsh: That 's his choice .
Valerie Malone: How can you say that ? You told me that you are willing to let me start over 20 times if you have to . What did Dylan ever do to you that was so terrible that you have to completely shut him out ?
Brandon Walsh: He knows if he wants help , all he has to do is ask .
Valerie Malone: But he is crying for help ! Ca n't you see that ? Dylan is so angry at himself , angry at the world for being lied to and betrayed by people he 's come to like and trust that he does n't know how . God , what kind of rock - bottom are you waiting for him to hit ? The kind where he might end up dead ? He 's over there right now drugged out of his mind .
Brandon Walsh: He 's taking drugs now ?
Valerie Malone: Yeah , hard stuff . This is just like watching my father all over again in the weeks before he blew his own brains out . Feeling he 's lost everything , nothing to live for , cleaning his gun , debating with himself whether or not to put it to his temple and ...
Brandon Walsh: Wait a mintue . What gun ?
Valerie Malone: You know what I 'm talking about . Some pistol he bought from a street dealer . You told me that he almost shot you with it just last year .
Brandon Walsh: He told me he got rid of it .
Valerie Malone: Well , apparently he lied .
Brandon Walsh: That 's not the first time he 's done that . Or for that matter ... you .