Since Rihanna is no longer taking Chris Brown’s calls, Brown has moved on to greener, harder to bruise pastures. Reports say he’s rekindled his romance with his ex-girlfriend, University of Mary Washington student, Erica Jackson. They were spotted leaving a tattoo parlor together on Saturday. Brown’s reps deny this.

“They dated back in the day and reconnected a few weeks ago when Chris was in town. They’ve been spending a lot of time together, but things only really heated up over the last two weeks.”

A source close to Chris says that Erica will be good for him. She’s grounded and will help ease Chris’ pain over Rihanna.

Good. I always say that beating the crap out of your ex-girlfriend is emotionally draining. Lucky for Chris he has someone to help him through this. I don’t think he would have made it on his own. Rihanna may be scarred for life and have developed a natural distrust of men, but Chris is the one really suffering. You can stitch up the face and wait 4 days for the swelling to go down and then another 2 to 3 months for it to heal, but the same can’t be done with a broken heart. Awww, poor Chris.