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"Star Trek" hottie Chris Pine, apparently, is wasting no time to get back on the dating scene as he is said to have been hooking up with reality TV star Audrina Patridge. They reportedly have been secretly dating since April.

Chris and Audrina's first meeting took place early last month while they were attending this year's ShoWest Awards at Tao in Las Vegas. "They both got awards and were at a dinner with friends. They said a quick hello," an insider tells In Touch Weekly. "That's where they met. Chris was looking at Audrina a lot, and you could tell that he thought she looked pretty - he was intrigued."

"Chris and his girlfriend broke up in March, and he is definitely single," the insider goes on revealing. "They went out, and Audrina is into him." Back on May 2, Audrina was seen leaving Chris' house in Los Angeles early in the morning. Just about 10 minutes afterwards, the actor himself was also seen leaving the building, reportedly to board a flight.

Apparently keeping their love relationship low profile, Chris and Audrina were spotted together again on Friday, May 15. The pair was seen sipping drinks with some of their friends at the Red Lion Tavern in L.A. Regardless those mounting evidence of them dating, both Chris and Audrina have not yet acknowledged the nature of their relationship.

Earlier this month, Chris Pine had an interview with Access Hollywood, to which he revealed he was still single and looking for an intelligent woman to date. "I haven't set my phasers on anyone. I'm a single man. I'm a dating man. I always love the company of a fine intelligent woman, so we'll see what happens," he said at that time. He previously dated actress-model Beau Garrett.