They're friends -- onscreen and off!

Hunky Zac Efron and his High School Musical co-star Ashley Tisdale were spotted together Monday as they left their favorite diner Paty's after eating lunch in Toluca Lake, California.

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Efron's longtime squeeze Vanessa Hudgens apparently couldn't make it, and Ashley later Tweeted : Eating lunch with my zachary!!! Wishin nessa was here! Its been too long.

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After their lunch, the pair hugged each other and parted ways until Ashley found out she received a parking ticket. (drats!)

Last month, Efron wrapped up shooting The Death And Life Of Charlie St. Cloud, his first big screen drama in which he stars in the title role.

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Efron plays a young man so overcome by grief at the death of his younger brother that he takes a job as caretaker of the cemetery in which his brother is buried.

The Death And Life Of Charlie St. Cloud opens in 2010.

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