The O.C./One Tree Hill
Background:
Ryan and Lucas Atwood were twins, their mother, Dawn, died during the second birth. Kirsten and Sandy Cohen adopted Ryan, while Deb and Dan Scott adopted Lucas. Sandy, Kirsten, Seth, and Ryan moved to California the day after Seth and Ryan were born because Kirsten's mother had been diagnosed with cancer. Unfortunately, she hadn't made it. The Scott's had returned back to Tree Hill, NC after a year when they had decided that New York just wasn't for them. Now, today, all of the kids were 17, while Nathan being the latest birthday boy. They were in their junior year and the Ravens were headed to California to compete in a basketball tournament.
One Tree Hill:
When the Ravens' arrived in Orange County after the four-hour flight from Tree Hill. The basketball team followed their cheerleaders from the baggage claim to the buses. They put their bags under the bus. Lucas was one of the first on the bus. He sat down next to his girlfriend, Brooke, and across from Peyton and Jake, an in front of Nathan and Haley. Lucas couldn't imagine Haley as a cheerleader, but here she was, Haley James, wearing a bigger mask than Peyton. She and Lucas had had an argument before they out to California, so now the two best friends were anything but on speaking terms. So their bus ride to the gym was a silent one.
The O.C.:
"Come on Seth, all you have to do is catch the ball for us," said Luke.
Ryan and Luke joined the Harbor Pirates basketball team. They had a big basketball tournament this weekend and they were going to play some team from Tree Hill, North Carolina.
"First, do you know who we're playing against," asked Ryan as he shot his famous free throws.
"Well from the schedule that Coach showed me, it said that they're called the 'Tree Hill Ravens,'" said Seth. He wasn't mush a basketball guy or sports guy at that. He was the Junior Coach for the Pirates. He came up with the plays, statistics and schedule. The team had been on a winning streak all season long thanks to Seth.
" 'Ravens'? Who would call themselves, 'the Ravens'," said Luke, like always with his smart-ass remarks.
"We do. Do you have a problem with it," said someone from behind. Ryan and Luke turned around ready to say something but when they saw who they were facing, they found it best to just keep their mouths shut. Seth wasn't even paying attention when he went to go catch the ball, once he came back he realized that he might need to rethink his plays…
Marissa, Summer and Anna were the busiest girls at Harbor. Marissa was the captain of the cheerleading squad and the social chair. Summer was the cheerleading lieutenant and was involved in the comic book club. Summer, in a club? Ironic right? But hey people change. Well, Anna, now she has changed. She is the most popular girl school and is dating one of the starts of the basketball team, Luke,. Nobody saw it coming. Anna is also involved with the cheerleading squad. She's the choreographer. She even sometimes cheers with the other girls but that doesn't happen often. The three girls were in the boys' locker room. They were decorating the place and putting tables down so that the boys could have some food and drinks.
"Who would've ever have thought that Ryan and Luke would join the basketball team and be as good as they are," remarked Anna.
"Yea, who knew. The only bad thing about it is that Ryan sweats a lot and it really smells. Kirsten is always complaining that his clothes smell like ass," said Marissa. "EEWWW! That' so gross. Please change the subject. Anyways, lets go see what the boys are doing," said Summer.
Mondavi. Woodbridge. Pinot Grigio. Which one should I buy next, thought Kirsten. The Cohen's were hosting a dinner party once again. There was a party every week in Newport. If it wasn't at the Cohens', it was the Cooper's. Julie and Kirsten were known for throwing fabulous parties but Kirsten was known for something else. Her drinking. It had been going on ever since her mom died five years ago. She had kept her addiction a secret for a long time. No one ever really saw her drink but if you tasted her drink it was a mixture of either orange or cranberry juice with whatever wine she was drinking. She always found a way to drink whenever she was stressed or sad, drinking at night when everybody else was asleep or spiking her coffee in morning while at work. She didn't want to admit that she had a problem but as long as Sandy, Seth and Ryan didn't notice anything wrong with her, she would still find comfort in drinking. Now with the boys' tournament going on, she'd be even more stressed. She had volunteered to help with all the setting up for the big game with Julie, but she didn't think she could do it.