Home may be where the heart is, but things aren’t altogether sweet in the home of Lauren Conrad (LC) on this episode of The Hills.

Roommates Lauren Bosworth (Lo) and Audrina Patridge aren’t really jiving, and the tension between them is getting worse by the minute.

While LC and Lo want to go tanning and shopping, Audrina has to go to Epic Records’ studio, where the band Alkaline Trio is recording, for work.

She really wants the Laurens to stop by and see her, and they do, for about 15 seconds, before Lo complains about being hungry and they bail.

Lo denies any sort of blame by saying she’s “just not cool enough to hang with bands,” but Lauren Conrad is sad that her roomies haven’t bonded.

If you thought Audrina Patridge’s life was complicated, it pales in comparison to the reality show’s other protagonist, the plastic-surgery loving Heidi Montag.

The fake-looking, duck-lipped bimbo decides that she wants to take her career to the next level. Her boss, club promoter / owner Brent Bolthouse, taps Heidi to help launch his new Hyde club - in Las Vegas! HOT!

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Lauren Conrad dines at Newsroom Cafe in West Hollywood on Saturday with her Teen Vogue co-worker and friend, Whitney Port, and Brent Bolthouse, nightlife promoter / owner of Bolthouse Productions and boss of nemesis Heidi Montag.

This is not the first time Lauren and Brent have been spotted together. A romance rumor involving the two surfaced awhile back, but given Brent Bolthouse’s chosen profession, it’s obvious how they are acquainted and likely they are friends.

Lauren Conrad and Brent Bolthouse hung out Saturday with Whitney Port.

After a dramatic season finale, producers of The Hills announced that LC’s reality show will return with eight bonus episodes this spring. Will Lauren Conrad find romance in Paris? You can be sure the show’s braintrust will try to help her!

Definitely not. But the burgeoning friendship between Lauren Conrad and nightlife impresario Brent Bolthouse is enough to raise eyebrows.

As any fan of The Hills knows, Brent Bolthouse is the boss of none other than Heidi Montag at Bolthouse Productions. Last month, Lauren - not Heidi - was seen at the Intermix opening, which was Bolthouse deejayed and promoted.

Now, more recently, at Victoria’s Secret’s Phi Beta Pink Party, LC and Brent were both there - again, sans Heidi Montag - and hugging. What’s up? 

Lauren Conrad and Brent Bolthouse: Getting cozy? We doubt it!

Could LC be clamoring for Heidi’s job? Trying to get under her skin? Probably not. Brent Bolthouse probably knows he’s just Heidi Montag’s boss, and has no reason to hate on reality TV’s biggest star because of some dumb feud.