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Ben breaks up with Amanda
Riley's business trip to D.C. ends with her kissing her boss—awkward! They play it off like it was a strange mistake. Strange, yes…and awkward. Then Ben heads over to Melrose and breaks up with Amanda. He wants Riley—and he tells her as much. Naturally, Amanda is having Ben followed and photos are taken of him and Riley kissing. Then Amanda confronts Riley with the photos and tells Riley she crossed a line and considers it an affront. And of course, Riley feels terrible so she rushes over to Ben and quits him and her job. We can't wait to see what Amanda does to that girl!

Lauren's always so cranky
David is really trying to get his life together. He's quit stealing from people, he fesses up to Lauren that he has a kid who he thought was his brother, and he even shows up to the hospital with takeout for his girl. But Lauren's struck a deal with the evil Dr. Mancini and she's no dummy. She breaks up with David.

So once David is set loose he rushes out and starts stealing from people again so he can buy Coal and go "legit." Irony? But while he's ripping off a gigantic diamond ring in an incredible mansion, he's caught red handed by the owner. Seems that David's stealing from her very mean and powerful father, but his daughter simply doesn't care. In fact, the young hot gal tells David that she'll let him walk out of her home with the diamond if he'll have the sex with her. Uh…okay. But Dad comes home before David can make good on his part of the deal so daughter-of-the-year takes a rain check.

Jonah and Ella's first date goes to the dogs
Things are getting a little too domestic for Ella, so when Jonah confronts her about flirting with an agent at their doggy birthday party date, she tells him that the whole relationship thing might not be for her. But Jonah realizes that if he's going to have Ella he has to take her as she is…and he's okay with that. Ella's a flirt and Jonah's a serial monogamist. Only time will tell how this will go.

Time to…celebrate?
David calls all of the gang to Coals to announce that he's the new owner (we'll miss you Rick Fox!) and it's clear that everyone is wondering where he got the cash. And as he heads back to his home his helper from earlier in the evening awaits. She caught his license plate as he left the crime scene (sloppy!) and she's ready to make good on their deal.

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Who's David's new babe?
Breakups make for much better TV, so we should admit that we think it's fun that Lauren ended it with David and he'll be free to have random sex in cars again. So who is this new chippie? Eonline is saying that the gal is Melissa Ordway, who will be appearing in "The Last Song" with Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth. Rumor has it that Ms. Ordway will be sticking around for awhile, and PS, the mucho smoocho sesh with Shaun Sipos didn't suck.

Now we've gotten a good look at Ben, Drew and the kissing bandit's new gal pal. What do you think of the new cast members? Have they lightened up the show? Tell us in the comments.