Apparently it's not just boys who are welcome under Rihanna's umbrella.   

"I'm on my first date in almost 2 yearz," the 24-year-old singer tweeted late Thursday night, prior to revealing her date was with a gal pal named Melissa Forde — and RadarOnline.com has photos of the two holding hands.

The duo painted Los Angeles red, holding hands as they grabbed dinner at Malibu's Giorgio Baldi before hitting up Hollywood's famed Roxbury nightclub.