 Deeply hurt by his lack of tact and understanding, Valerie unilaterally broke off their relationship.Later, having a change of heart about Bart's concerns about her, she followed him to the Police Academy, hoping to restart their relationship.But Bart, having been forewarned by his grandmother Iris West, about a battle awaiting him in the near future, with only few chances to win, and stay alive, spurned her coldly, hoping to spare her the pain of his highly probable death.