Nick and Vanessa: big love in the Big Apple!

Vanessa&Nick937.jpgIt looks like Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillio are definitely on again! The couple were spotted deep in conversation at Billy Marks West bar in NYC last night.

"They were both there to celebrate a friend's birthday," a friend of Vanessa's tells Life & Style. "They stood by the bar the entire time, talking pretty much only to each other." The two were also spotted reconnecting at a bar in LA this past weekend.

While the couple weren't overly touchy-feely, "you could tell they were together," the friend says. "It was more in how serious they looked at each other that told you that they were more than just friends."

The two may also have been trying to downplay their romance to avoid being spotted by fellow partygoers.

Once the duo left the bar, however, they couldn't resist each other! "They held hands waiting for a cab and then hopped in the cab together," says the friend.

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