Yesterday, several sources broke the news that the greatest love story of our time is over. Miley Cyrus and Justin Gaston have broken up! Billy Ray must be weeping into his beer right about now. What started out as kind of a half-assed rumor (“Hey, Miley is Tweeting some weird stuff about how depressing it is to say goodbye”) has quickly turned into a gossip spectacle, with sources coming out the woodwork to claim that “They have been having trouble for a while… It’s been hard for a long time since Miley has been working so much and traveling a lot.” And Justin has been… well, we’re not quite sure.

As a couple of people pointed out yesterday, the next big rumor is about Miley reuniting with her ex-boyfriend, Nick Jonas. I’m not sure which one Nick is (the one with the great thighs? Or the little, weird-looking one? Did that narrow it down?) Nick famously broke Miley‘s heart when she was but fifteen. Since their heart-wrenching, devastating split, Miley and Nick moved into something resembling a professional friendship. When Us Weekly confirmed the Miley-Justin split, they got a source to say, “Miley and Nick are working on a couple different projects together. Justin has been a little jealous of that.” Oh, snap! Star Magazine takes it even further – they’re claiming Miley has made it clear to Nick that she’s available:

Miley Cyrus has split with boyfriend Justin Gaston, and she’s making it clear to her ex, Nick Jonas, that she’s available! Star knows how she told him she’s ready to give it another go.

When Miley broke up with Nick, she wrote the kiss-off song “7 Things” about their split. But now that she’s single and spending more time with Nick — most recently in the recording studio for the Bros’ song Before the Storm — she’s singing another tune.

At the A Time for Heroes event in L.A. on June 7, the Disney star changed the scathing lyrics as a secret love message to Nick!

Throughout the song, Miley skipped singing the word “hate,” letting her backup dancers carry the lyrics. And instead of singing “Your apology — when you mean it, I’ll believe it,” she said, “Now you mean it, I believe it!”

But will Nick believe that she means it? Stay tuned!

[From Star Magazine]

So, will Nick and Miley get back together? I doubt it. Miley has been there, done that. She’s been with a “man” so she won’t go back to a boy. Plus, I doubt Nick Jonas’ mother would let Miley’s boobs anywhere near any of her seduction-prone little boys. So, let’s play the game, shall we? Who will the tabloids hook Miley up with in the coming weeks? My bet is Robert Pattinson, first and foremost. But another good bet is this up-and-coming Australian actor Liam Hemsworth, who is playing Miley’s love interest in this film she’s doing in Georgia, The Last Song. Miley’s already gone on the record calling him “a hot boy”. Yep – that’s the one.

Miley and Justin are shown out on 3/31/09 and 5/24/09. Credit: WENN.com