"Nearly midnight," he replied, intuiting why Hannah would ask. In lieu of a birthday cake, which he knew Susan had planned for tomorrow, Neville retrieved his wand from his pocket and, after scouting the beach to be sure there weren't any Muggles about, Charmed the flames of the fire to flicker cornflower blue. Hannah's favorite.
Well, if he was going to do something, he ought to do it before he could potentially ruin her birthday.
"Hannah, I, there's something I need you to know. I should've told you a long time ago, I guess, I just, there's no excuses why I didn't. I just... didn't."