Wait... he doesn't really fall for her - I mean, he likes her, but he's never actually "in love" with Mayson, is he?
Granted she kisses him, but there's a couple of times where it's more than obvious that he's not interested in her that way at all...
Or am I just imagining things?
I think she intrigued him. She was the only (sane/non-evil) person he knew who didn't like/trust Superman. And she liked him for Clark.
I’ve always thought of it like the above, too. I think Clark was just flattered - after all, the sexual longing oozed from Mayson (kudos to Farrah Forke for making us feel it on the small screen). And then, too, since Clark was a virgin maybe he wasn’t sure how to deal with that kind of attention. And maybe he was hoping to see if Lois might get a little bit jealous.
