One Tree Hill has never been shy about reinventing itself, and season five takes place four years after the main characters graduated from high school at the end of season four. Lucas Scott is working on his second novel after the success of his first work, "An Unkindness of Ravens," assisted by his editor, Lindsey. Along with his old friend Skills, Lucas also coaches his former high school basketball team and hopes to take them to another championship. Peyton is torn between her growing career in the Los Angeles music field and her continuing feelings for Lucas back in Tree Hill. Brooke has found some success as a fashion designer, but at a cost to her personal life. Nathan and Haley struggle with the roller coaster that is Nathan's career as they raise their young son, James. Mouth, meanwhile, finds it hard going in the cut-throat world of television broadcasting.