Nicole Richie and Brody Jenner’s relationship seems to have gone the way of other young celebrity summer romances. They haven’t been photographed together in some time, and Brody was spotted going to a club with Lauren Conrad on Monday.

X17 has a story about how Nicole Richie ended it with Brody Jenner yesterday morning. The surprising part is not that Nicole and Brody are over, but that Nicole is said to have met up with Paris at the Beverly Hills hotel, and to have hung out with her at Nicole’s dad’s house for nearly two hours afterwards:

Nicole has said repeatedly that she didn’t do anything to offend Paris, but that she’s not interested in reuniting with her, and that they’re just two different people now. Paris has said that she’s “not going to get into details,” but that “Nicole knows what she did.” It was rumored that Nicole screened a copy of Paris’ sex tape, “One Night in Paris” to friends at a party, but Nicole has denied that ever happened.

Did the news of Paris’ fight with Shanna Moakler coupled with her heartache over breaking up with Brody cause Nicole to reach out to Paris? Mischa Barton has said that Nicole isn’t returning her calls and is acting rather “fickle” after they spent a lot of time together earlier in the summer. Maybe Nicole is ready to mend fences with Paris.

Paris has been seen hanging out with Kim Kardashian, and I haven’t noticed photos of her lately with her old friend Caroline D’Amore. She could be ready to welcome Nicole back too.

In June Paris said that she got nostalgic for her friendship with Nicole after looking at baby pictures of the two of them together. In an interview on “Regis and Kelly” she said “You know I love Nicole and I’ve known her twenty years.”

“I’ve looked at baby pictures, it makes me sad but she’s, you know, we’re going through something right now and we’ll make up one day.”

Just a week ago there was a video out that was supposed to show footage of Paris and Nicole chatting on the phone, but people weren’t sure if it was a put-on.

It’s possible the X17 is trying to be funny by claiming that Nicole and Paris reuinted, but if so I didn’t get the joke and there’s not much commentary to go along with this timeline.

I would love to see these two together again. I’m kind of sick of each of them separately, but if they became friends again there might be some fun stories and pictures. We’ll see what happens.