To Wish Impossible Things
Written by Mark Schwahn
Directed by Billy Dickenson
April 13, 2004

What's the drama: The annual "Boy Toy" varsity charity auction is the hottest thing in four states with Coach Whitey as the official auctioneer. It's "Lady's Night" as the females of the town bid on the Ravens basketball boy toy of their choice for the evening. The highest bidder gets her favorite player until they kiss goodnight at midnight. Jake is bid upon by a mystery gal and fetches $100 bucks! Haley bids on Lucas for a whopping $115.00 dollars and in a jealous effort to get Nathan away from the other she-devils the team of Haley and Peyton bid $112.53.

Deb has her own big evening planned as she does a "charity" charity bid on Timmy (for chores purposes only). She gets the player for a bargain $8 dollars and tells him he's got a "hot" evening ahead of himself.

Low on cash but heavy with credit, the desperate Brooke is forced to head down the street to the closest cash machine. She ends up bidding $200 bills on "microphone boy" simply because she's competitive. She had the entire night planned out and it didn't include Mouth but what-the-heck, it's go time and the gal agrees to make the most of it, even though the evening is a complete waste of a Brazilian wax. So she takes the newbie to the raunchiest club in towncomplete with naked girls. A couple of lap dances later and Mouth is a new man.

Peyton's father Larry asks out Karen - it's just "two new friends having some food." She's apprehensive but takes him up on his offer.

As the evening progresses, it's kind of strange when the auctioned couples break off. Haley is excited to have an entire evening with Lucas - to do "childish" stuff she can't do with Nathan. Then things are kind of icky when Nathan takes Peyton to his new apartment. The theme of the evening seems to be water as Lucas and Haley have a water balloon fight and Nathan and Peyton take an impromptu swim in the pool outside his apartment building.

What's up with Jake: The mystery woman is revealed and it looks like the ex owes himagain. Nikki (slutty bar girl) is Jake's mystery bidder and she treats him to a fancy meal at the local burger joint. She announces that she wants to be part of Jenny's life and his too.

Jake is disgusted and plays the hurt and angry one until they get into the car and she almost gets him with the kissing and the making of the nice nice. But Jake comes to his senses and boots her out of the car telling her he'd rather be impressed with her maternal instincts - if she has any. He sends her off to fetch items she thinks Jenny would need. She returns with a bunch of baby stuff that the kid doesn't need - and ice cream for him. She tells Jake that she still loves him. He's bitter yet though and tells her he wanted to hear that for so long but now it's too late. He finally turns his back on her the way she did to him. Hey! It's not midnight yet! And where's the kiss goodnight?

What's up with Deb: Her big plans for Timmy include the bath but it's a plumbing thing not a sex thing. He misunderstands and arrives in the bathroom his tighty-not-so-whities (read leopard skin) just to see her pulling out a big hairy clog. Exposed, he runs toward the door and she follows to apologize. As Tim struggles to re-clothe himself, and Deb attempts to help, Dan happens to walk in. He smiles and says, "The lawyers are gonna love this one!"

What's up with Lucas: He's surprised to see Haley's number 23 tattoo on the small of her back. The "ink" the gal has recently had done ain't no tribute to Michael Jordan either - it's a little surprise for Nathan who also happens to be number 23 on the basketball court. When Lucas asks her why she did such a permanent thing (awfully judgey for someone who just recently got his own ink done) she declares that it's because she's in love with Nathan.

Lucas is curious about why Haley bought him at the auction instead of her lover boy and she tells him it's because she wanted to remember how it was when life was simple. She knows she loves Nathan but she's not sure if he loves her.

What's up with Nathan: A heart to heart in the pool leads Nathan to ask Peyton for a little "let's remember" sex. Peyton denies him, telling him that he's a fool to even think about cheating on his quality girlfriend. Nathan tells her that the only reason why he even brought it up is to tell her that he's not pressuring Haley. Nice out. Not.

What's up with Keith: Keith pays a visit to Whitey and the old guy tries to snap the man out of his funk. He tells Keith that if he could have his wife back for one day he would take it, he misses her that much every day. Whitey knows Keith loves Karen and tells him that every day he waits is a day he'll never get back again.

What's up with Brooke: As Brooke and Mouth breeze along in the limo she rented Brooke asks the nerd why he doesn't have a girlfriend. He seems like a nice enough guy. Mouth tells her it's because he's too nice and asks her what women want and the driver announces "half your paycheck." Brooke does not agree. She wants a nice, attractive guy with a sense of humor. Like Lucas was a real laugh riot. Nevertheless, Mouth buys her explanation.

They hit another club and a random guy whom Brooke does not remember asks her if they are going to hook up again. She's a little blown away at what must be her blackout lover and runs out of the club. Mouth follows her to the car and she admits that what girls really want is to have someone love them back. She's kind of pathetic as she cries on Mouth's shoulder. But it's still the best evening he's ever had.

What's up with Karen: After dinner Larry convinces Karen to dig up her time capsule. They're like two kids together what with the prowling and the digging in the dark. They dig up an old photo of Karen and Dan with Keith lurking in the background. Larry announces that the guy lurking in the background is clearly in love with her. They laugh and reminisce until they are caught by Whitey and Keith.

How does it all wrap up: As Peyton and Nathan clean up after their swim he admits that he was kind of trying to hit on her in the pool. Ya think? He also admits that the nice guy thing is all new to him and he's trying because he knows that Haley deserves better than that. Peyton knew he had it in him all along. As Nathan walks her to the door he realizes that by the rules he owes her a kiss goodnight to end the date. Rules are rules after all.

Meanwhile, Lucas and Haley decide to stop by Nathan's apartment and say hello. Naturally, just as Nathan and Peyton share that goodnight kiss Lucas walks up and sees them mid smack. Lucas does an about face and tells Haley that no one was home. He drives his best friend home and tells her that even though they have grown apart he will always be there for her. He does not tell her about the kiss and he gives her the most unromantic kiss goodnight to end the evening.

Mouth tells Brooke that a night with her is like flying first class and his life is coach. She's still bummed about the random dude back at the bar and Mouth tries to make her feel better by telling her he'd be surprised if she and Lucas couldn't work it out. She gives him a kiss good night and tells him it wasn't for the charity - it's just cuz.

Unrelenting, Nikki shows up at Jake's door. He told her he'd promised himself that his daughter would never feel the pain that she caused him. She broke his heart but she'll never get the chance to do that to his daughter. She tells him she'll be in her daughter's life - with or without him.

Larry takes Karen home and tells her he hopes he didn't cause any problems between she and Keith. He realized that they have a history together. She tells him they do have a history together, she's just not sure they have a future. Larry kisses her and leaves. Just then Keith rings the bell at the other end of the house. He finally opens up and tells Karen that the past few weeks have been the worst of his life. He tells her that he loves Lucas and pops out the ring he's been carrying since the night of the accident. He also pops the question. Karen is speechless. How's that for no future?

At the end of the evening Brooke hunts down Lucas to tell him that she thinks she's pregnant. Lucas is shocked. Of course the poor guy would obviously think that she would be pregnant with his child but we all know that Miss Brooke isn't exactly the monogamous type.