So, me (18NB) and my best friend (16F) like to go to the mall. We haven't been in a while and wanted to go again soon, so we're going on Saturday in a couple of weeks.

Well, the mall has a rule where anyone 17 and under has to leave the mall or be joined by an adult 21 or older by 4 pm. And security can ask for ID. This is ONLY for Fridays and Saturdays.

Now since my friend is 16, I want to leave by 4 pm as I do not want to get in trouble. There isn't anyone that could/would stay with us for the remaining 4 hours until the mall closes.

Now, don't get me wrong I would love to have an extra 4 hours at the mall and it would definitely be more relaxful not having to make sure we do everything we want to by that time. The mall opens at 11 am and we want to be there at opening. I know that 9 hours is a long amount of time and 5 is ample enough but like we're teenagers, y'all, we're going to want to spend the whole day at the mall.

But I have really bad anxiety plus I don't like breaking rules (unless they're obviously stupid ones.) I don't want to get in trouble with the mall. This one is my favorite mall, we have a few in my city. However, one is really bad (in terms of safety and quality) and the other one doesn't have two of the main stores we go to. So, I don't want to risk getting in trouble with them.

Now, obviously the most simple solution is to go on a weekday or on Sunday. Well, we can't do a weekday as she has school, and most likely wouldn't be allowed to go out to the mall on a school night. And we can't go on Sunday either because that is usually when she has her longest shifts at work and she doesn't want to miss that and my dad wouldn't even be able to take us/pick us up as he has my younger siblings all day and we wouldn't all be able to fit in his truck.

So, when we were planning on when we should go, I obviously brought up the rule and she seemed annoyed. This happens everytime we go to the mall. I don't try to be annoying about it. She says that as long as we aren't being disrespectful or acting up, we will be fine and nobody will ask us how old we are. However, I don't want to risk it at all.

She also said that in the event they do ask, we can just say "Oh we're sorry we didn't know we'll leave now." But the problem with that is it would be another 15-20 minutes (at least) before my dad would be there to pick us up. Not a long wait I know, but still I don't really want to stand outside for 20 minutes, especially if I don't know what the weather will be like. We live in a place with very unstable weather esp. in spring.

So, yea, she seems annoyed that I want to respect the rule and leave earlier. And I get it at my age following rules seems kinda lame plus I do want to stay at the mall longer as well. But it's the rules. Like it's basic respect.

AITA?