Tree Hill Academy

Chapter 1: Introduction

Welcome to Tree Hill Academy. A boarding school for the elite and talented. Or just those kids whose parents had enough money to bribe the school and get them in. Tree Hill Academy was located in Tree Hill, North Carolina. Emphasis was on athletics (basically just basketball), and scholastic achievements. So you can bet that there was an assorted mix of students that attended the school. From people labeled as jocks to those known as nerds. From the rich to the poor (on scholarships). But for one grade, all of these different people were brought together, for better or for worse. For good or for bad. And their lives intersected in ways they never even thought possible.

So I guess we should meet our main players:

Lucas and Nathan Scott were half-brothers from Tree Hill, but they went to the school because it had the best basketball program in the town and probably the state. They lived on campus but occasionally went home for weekends. Lucas was 3 months older born to Karen Roe and Dan Scott, who had been high school sweethearts. Dan had basically abandoned Karen when she told him she was pregnant, but he had come back for the birth. Sure by that time Dan was already married to Deborah Lee who was 6 months pregnant with Nathan, but at least he showed up. Karen and Dan worked out a custody agreement where Lucas would go over to the Scott house for every other weekend. So Lucas and Nathan had grown up as brothers with a passion for basketball. They were the stars of the team. Nathan was cocky, while Lucas was more laid-back. He had more interests than basketball such as literature. But Nathan was all focused on basketball. His grades weren't that good, but the way he played he really didn't need them. Dan pushed both of his sons to be the best and they were, but somehow he still wasn't satisfied. But more on that later. All you need to know is Lucas and Nathan were Tree Hill Academy's golden boys.

Haley James was from a small town in Pennsylvania. She had wanted to go to boarding school to experience new things and get away from the same people she had known since she was born. She wasn't rich but was extremely smart and had a full academic scholarship to the school. She was a bookworm and loved her classes. She was also a nice sweet genuine girl. Although she was pretty, boys didn't seem to take much notice of her. She was known as the nice and smart girl. And she didn't have any problem with that.

Another student who was interested in his classes was Marvin "Mouth" Mcfadden. He came from a family of old money and had good breeding, hence the snooty sounding name. He was the boy counterpart to Haley. He was an all around nice guy. He was smart, sweet, funny, and got along with everybody. Even the athletes respected him, because he did the announcing at their games.

Brooke Davis was a rich party girl from Los Angeles, California. She loved clothes (and accessories), make-up, parties, boys, and cheerleading. Not necessarily in that order. Brooke was the it-girl of the campus. Girls wanted to be her. Boys flocked around her and she soaked up the attention. She was beautiful with her long chocolate brown hair, dimpled cheeks, and perfect figure. She always had gorgeous designer outfits and an aura of perfection around her. Everywhere she went she left behind people committing the deadly sins of lust and envy.

Jacob Jagielski was from Savannah, Georgia. He like Haley was also on scholarship, but his was sports related. Jake (as everyone called him) was a big asset to the basketball team, and he was also a musician. Jake was a sweet guy. Girls swooned over him because of his sensitive side and musical skills. But Jake was still down to earth. He did well in his classes, played well in basketball, and mostly kept to himself.

Peyton Sawyer was not exactly the boarding school type. But since her mother had died when she was 9 and her father was busy working on dredging boats, she had been sent (at first against her will) to go to Tree Hill Academy. Now she loved the school. She had made good friends, and the school also had a great art program which was good since Peyton loved to draw. She also loved music, especially, punk and emo. Some people thought she was too 'goth' and 'dark' for the preppy image the school gave out, but she didn't care. She was who she was.

Of course there are other minor students you'll learn about. Rachel Gatina?, a somewhat slutty redhead, Bevin Mirskey, a dumb blonde, Tim Smith and Skills Taylor, other basketball players, And Felix and Anna Taggaro, another pair of siblings (this time brother and sister) with loads of money.

Sure some of them had been friends before but it was their junior year that everything changed.