How the 'Sach bolne ki dawai' episode could have ended up...

Scene starts with Mamiji serving the 'sach bolne ki dawai' mixed juice thingie to both Sona and Dev. Dev, nice unsuspecting, naive bloke that he is, gulps it off, not bothering to send it to the lab first for testing. Our Sona is in full on Byomkesh Bakshi mode, since she is trailing Khatri and all, so she does not make the same mistake. Her bloodhound instincts kicking in, she sniffs at the drink and instantly realizes something is off. By then, our bechara unsuspecting bhola bhala Dev has not only swallowed all of the juice, he is beginning to feel its effects too. Sona catches sight of him, sitting there with a puzzled frown on his face, hand going to his spinning head and she realizes she has to get him out of the room before he reveals the mysteries of the universe to Maamiji. Now how does she know that the juice had 'sach bolne ki dawai'?? Well, how does Sona know everything else in the universe?? Don't ask silly questions, she is Sona, she just does. She is programmed that way. Moving on....

(Very important note: A tiny tweak in the storyline here is that the Dev ke liye ladki dekhna bit is going on, on a parallel track, at this time. So our Dev has been 'seeing' a couple ladkis, much to Sona's consternation, although she has been ostensibly helping him out in this process).

Sona mind voice:

Arre, yeh Dev ko kya ho gaya?? Yeh sar pakad ke kyun baitha hai?? Oh no, his glass is empty!!! Arre, koi kuch bhi khane peene ko de de, yeh banda instantly swallow kar jaata hai. Kal maine yahan par mera Green Apple conditioner rakha tha, subah ko bottle khali thi, zaroor yeh hi pee gaya hoga. Theek hai use chodo, waise bhi free sample hi tha. Ab iska kya karoon.

(Her mind works at super speed in detective mode)

Hmm, from the smell and colour of the juice and also a quick micro second visual analysis of the dregs left in the bottom of my glass, I can instantly figure out that this is the famous Asian 'sach bolne ki dawai'. Oh no, I have to save Dev from a fate worse than death- sach bolna!!!! If I do not act fast, who knows what calamity can befall him, this family, this universe.... No, it is up to me to save the world. But how.....

(Now follows the bit where she uses poor junior- punching- bag Golu's ball to pretend that her juice is all split. This effectively also diverts Mami's attention so she can't see a 5 foot 7 inch woman sidle away sneakily, cajole a beefy 6 foot 2 inch fairly sozzled insaan to his feet, walk him up a fairly big staircase.)

Sona mind voice: (hauling an inebriated Dev up the stairs): Ok, now the writers are taking things a bit too far. I know fans clamour for these carrying scenes, but, hello, it should be really obvious they aren't asking for Sona carrying Dev.

(She gets him into the room finally and plonks him down on the bed, heaves a sigh of relief.)

Speaking out loud and looking around the room, Sona mutters: "Okay, I hope you have that hip flask of yours lying around here somewhere, Dev. I could certainly use a pick me up now.... Dev??"

Her attention turns to Dev when he does not answer and she finds him sprawled across the bed. His eyes are closed. Alarmed, she steps over to the bed quickly and grabs his wrist in her hand, checking his pulse and then also, for good measure, (since Dev keeps getting fever and then, for some weird reason, apparently, passes out when he does so) also puts her palm over his forehead.

Sona: "Pulse bhi normal hai, fever bhi nahi hai. Excellent, now that there is no one here, I can totally leverage this sach- bone- wali- dawai's influence and get Dev to finally confess his love for me. Bada Casanova bana phir raha tha, us ladki ke saath us din. Ab aayega oonth pahad ke niche. Bada shaadi karne chala tha. And such glory he was singing about that last girl he met, as if she is the best thing to happen to humankind since the invention of the wheel. I will get him to blurt out the truth about how desperate he is to be with me. Ha!"