When Ron asked her to dance later - which meant trying to avoid getting her feet stepped on - she obliged with a forced smile and was glad when the song ended, and he went dancing with Katie instead. Harry and Ginny avoided each other as much as possible but even so, Hermione would watch her best friends with Katie and Ginny in various settings throughout the wedding party and she would feel an ache in her chest. Each time she would idly stroke the ring on her finger no one else could see, and when it warmed back to her, she felt her throat close up.