the heart of the show while in Tree Hill. He and Nathan started on bad terms but later become close brothers. He is a star on the high school basketball team. He had to quit playing sports after he found out he had a genetic heart problem, inherited from his father - this meant he had more time to focus on writing. He was involved in a complicated love-triangle between Brooke and Peyton, but eventually realized Peyton was the one for him. After Peyton temporarily turned down his proposal because she told him she was not ready, he begins dating his book editor Lindsay and gets engaged. Peyton returns to Tree Hill to get him back and after Lindsay realizes Lucas still loves Peyton she leaves him at the altar. Lucas tells Peyton he hates her and wishes she never came back to Tree Hill because she ruined his life. They later make amends, and after some time, the two get married and have a daughter, "Sawyer Brooke Scott". Lucas returns in the ninth season to help Haley deal with Nathan's disappearance by taking care of his nephew and niece. Lucas is currently traveling with Peyton, Karen and Andy, while raising Sawyer and writing a new book. Nathan Scott Portrayed by James Lafferty since the pilot, Nathan Royal Scott was a basketball player for the Charlotte Bobcats, husband of Haley James Scott and the father of James Lucas Scott and Lydia Bob Scott. He originally started out as a villain and enemy of his brother, Lucas. After falling for Lucas's best friend, Haley, he becomes a better person and later forms a strong bond with his brother. During the course of his life he has experienced many obstacles including spending time in a wheelchair following an accident after a fight; dealing with an overbearing father; an alcoholic-drug addict mother; allegations he cheated on Haley. Nathan overcomes all of his problems throughout the series and vows to never raise his child the way Dan raised him. Nathan maintains a strong bond with his mother, who was at one point Jamie's nanny. After waiting for Haley to go into labor, Haley gives birth to Lydia Bob Scott. In season nine, he is traveling a lot as an agent but when returning to Haley, Jamie and Lydia he is taken by Eastern European mobsters, with the aid of corrupt policemen, for a failed