▁a ▁used ▁book store . ▁ ▁Vis iting ▁a ▁pool ▁hall ▁with ▁St ink y , ▁ ▁he ▁met ▁Val erie ▁and ▁the ▁pair ▁began ▁d ating . ▁ ▁Bud dy ▁had ▁concerns ▁that ▁Val erie ▁may ▁be ▁too ▁high ▁class ▁and ▁intellectual ▁for ▁him . ▁ ▁However ▁the ▁couple ▁stayed ▁together ▁for ▁some ▁time , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁Bud dy ' s ▁first ▁serious ▁relationship , ▁with ▁him ▁meeting ▁Val erie ' s ▁parents . ▁ ▁Val erie ' s ▁hous em ate , ▁Lisa ▁made ▁a ▁pass ▁at ▁Bud dy ▁and ▁tried ▁to ▁warn ▁him ▁off ▁Val erie , ▁which ▁he ▁react ed ▁an gr ily ▁to , ▁dump ing ▁her ▁in ▁a ▁tr ash ▁can . ▁ ▁Bud dy ▁managed ▁a ▁te en age ▁rock ▁band , ▁which ▁became ▁locally ▁successful ▁when ▁Bud dy ▁convinced ▁St ink y ▁to ▁be ▁lead ▁singer . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁Bud dy ▁became ▁distant ▁from ▁Val erie ▁as ▁he ▁put ▁more ▁time ▁into ▁the ▁band ▁and ▁she ▁left ▁him , ▁going ▁off ▁with ▁her ▁b oss ▁to ▁Paris . ▁ ▁Bud dy ▁left ▁his ▁rock ▁manager ▁job ▁when ▁he ▁had ▁an ▁argument ▁with ▁the ▁band ▁at ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁their ▁first ▁tour ▁and ▁went ▁back ▁to ▁Seattle . ▁ ▁He ▁began ▁a ▁strange ▁relationship ▁with ▁the ▁ment ally ▁un stable ▁Lisa , ▁which ▁led ▁to ▁him ▁qu itting ▁his ▁job ▁at ▁the ▁book store . ▁ ▁He ▁then ▁tried ▁becoming ▁a ▁second ▁hand ▁collect ables ▁deal er , ▁but ▁ran ▁into ▁trouble ▁with