A moment of hesitation passed; he barely knew the guy, somewhere in the labyrinth of his mind a cautionary voice piped up that it was too soon for this kind of thing, he shouldn't get too invested...but in all honesty it would have fallen on deaf ears regardless. Harry seldom looked before he leaped, rarely checked to make sure there was a branch to catch on the other side, so he grinned and took the hand, rising and giving a goofy little half-curtsey-bow-thing, Southern drawl suddenly become much more pronounced. "Without a chaperone, Dr. Meade? Well that simply isn't done!"