Is the Brooke/Peyton/Lucas triangle going to continue, or will Brooke (Sophia Bush) have a separate story line?
Schwahn: Brooke’s story line right now is that she’s failing calculus and she’s going to decide not to cheat but to study. She’s going to learn, in her words, that she’s “Brooke smart” and not book smart, at which point she and Rachel are going to set their sights on stealing the calculus exams. That story line intersects with Shelly (Elisabeth Harnois), the leader of Clean Teens, who we met earlier in the year. There’s a new member of Clean Teens, Chase, played by Stephen Coletti from Laguna Beach, and Brooke’s going to take an interest in him. At that point, we’ll find out how dedicated he is to a life of abstinence. [Laughs] There is a huge fan base dedicated to Brooke and Lucas, and sometimes [those people] feel a bit betrayed, just as the fan base dedicated to Peyton and Lucas felt betrayed. That tells me that we’ve done things correctly — that’s the strength of a love triangle. Peyton spent a really authentic time with Jake, and I think that Brooke could spend a really authentic
