Had she known what Char was thinking she probably would have expressed the exact same sentiments--Samus had her pride, and rides on her bike were reserved for Special People only and only otherwise given at her discretion. Her gunship was even further restricted for dire emergencies... not joyrides with students. That, and she didn't really want hear the dozens of new heckles Char could possibly come up with if he knew Samus had an advanced space ship and that that by technicality made her an alien. From outer space. Although her knowledge of space wasps kind of already alluded to something of that nature... didn't it?

Furthermore her experience as a Charizard over the summer had given extra understanding about what it was like to be a flying mule. Sympathy for that matter on Char's end, however, was another thing entirely.

But, given the apparent available options [that Samus was aware of as hitching a ride on Char hadn't even crossed her mind], she was still favoring her bike. Char had already been given a ride before albeit, when he was a much smaller Charmeleon, and switched into G-Diffuser mode, the bike would hover safely above the water and cross whatever ocean in record time. Although she had never tried such a feat before, and was probably the largest reason she hesitated in her answer.

"...Twenty minutes." Samus finally said dryly and stood. "I'll just run home and powder my nose real quick. Meet me back in the parking lot."