Who knows if this is true, but who knows if the breakup rumors were either, so take it all with a grain of salt - but Ed Westwick and Jessica Szohr are supposedly back on!

While the Gossip Girl co-stars suffered a rocky patch in their relationship when rumors of her affair came out, the 22-year-old hunk seems to have forgiven his girlfriend.

Wandering through an outdoor L.A. shopping mall together this month, Jessica and Ed confirmed what a friend told OK! about the pair trying to find a way to work it out.

“Friends convinced them to be adult and talk things through. They both still love each other and Jessica hopes they can work out their problems,” the friend of theirs revealed.

Looks like brighter days ahead for Ed and Jessica.

Strolling through the Grove holding hands, after a nice lunch at the Farm, the back-on couple were spotted enjoying some retail therapy at J. Crew and the Apple store.

“They’re just seeing where things go,” another close source said.

“It was a mess for a while. Ed wasn’t even speaking to her. Ed wanted to leave or have his screen time reduced so he and Jessica were never in the same place at the same time,” on Gossip Girl, but it looks like it's all water under the bridge now.

A good thing, too. Fewer Chuck Bass scenes? Not acceptable.

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