The Next Day

May I speak to the principal please." Lucas said. He was in his office calling Kevin.

"Hello." Kevin answered.

"It's Lucas Scott. I've talked it over with my family and I have decided to take the job." Lucas said.

"I'm glad to hear it. Can you come over now?" Kevin asked.

"Of course. I'll be there in an hour." Lucas said as he hung up and went to Andy's office.

"I'm going over to Oak Lake. Kevin wants to see me." Lucas said.

"Ok. Good luck." Andy said.

Oak Lake Academy

Lucas walked into the school and went directly to the office. Kevin was already waiting for him.

"Mr. Scott come on in." Kevin said as they went into his office.

"Call me Lucas. Mr. Scott makes me sound old." Lucas joked. Kevin laughed.

"Have a seat. When would you be able to start?" Kevin asked.

"I'm able to start as soon as you want." Lucas said.

"How's the day after tomorrow? You can get settled into your office today and tomorrow. The basketball tryouts haven't started yet." Kevin said.

"Well then we need to start. If we want to be able to play well the first game we need to start tryouts by the end of this week at the most." Lucas said.

"How's the day after tomorrow? I'll announce it on the announcements staring this afternoon. " Kevin asked.

"That sounds perfect. Do we have any returning players?" Lucas asked.

"You have a few. The one you have to watch out for is Damian West. He likes to bully the other players. I wouldn't make him captain if I were you because he'd take advantage of it." Kevin said.

"If he bully's any player I'll bench him. That's a policy of mine. I don't tolerate team mates picking on each other even if the kid deserves it. Also, if they skip any classes on game day they won't be playing." Lucas said.

"That sounds like a good policy. The other thing is your age. They're going to try and see how far they can get. Don't let them walk all over you because you won't be able to control them." Kevin said.

"I don't think I'll have any problems with them." Lucas said.

"Good. Welcome aboard Coach Scott." Kevin said as he took him to his office.

"This is nice." Lucas said.

"I'll let you get settled in. If you need anything let me know. Oh yeah. Here's your key." Kevin said as he gave him a key and left. Lucas decided to go and get the stuff from his office to bring back here.

Tree Hill High

How was it?" Andy asked as Lucas came in.

"It's amazing dad. I had no idea it would feel this good." Lucas said.

"I'm proud of you." Andy said.