So if we think about it they need to start looking at them selves (their heart). When asked why he didn’t criticize others, a scholar replied: There is so much I want to criticize of myself, why concentrate on others? .

“Sticking feathers on your but does not make you a chicken!” Tyler Durden “Growing a beard or putting on a niqaab/hijab/scarf does not make you pious. It is piety that causes you to grow your beard or cover up with haya!” people forget this point!

I read your post and thanks for being so candid. It takes a lot of guts to speak your mind outloud. :)

I think you should seek different company. You have nothing to gain from your friends as they sound like there are some FUNDAMENTALLY wrong things with them. For one, they seem to be hypocrits as they wear the hijab for the wrong reasons (not to protect their modesty); they lie to their families (go to other cities and do things any decent family wouldn’t approve of); they seem to enjoy actions that are hateful to our creator (a good muslim would never feel good after disgracing himself/herself). And what is sadder is that they think they are fooling everyone but they are only fooling and wronging their own souls (Allah knows all we do and think ;)

Going clubbing, kissing boys, lying to parents is not living life, sister. These actions are tempting (Islam warns us that dunya is tempting) but it is only its glitter you are seeing. Underneath it all there is illness and degradation. It eats a person from the inside….just like a worm eats a healthy apple. ;)
Would you risk doing these actions in the name of so called “living life” in return for a lifetime filled with regret? Regret is like a heavy stone that never leaves the heart because you cannot turn time back.

Do you really want to live life?
1) Change your friends. Hang out with GOOD muslims because we learn from those who are better then us.
2) Concentrate on things that please Allah. Pray, pray, pray. Consistently pray. I cannot emphasize this enough because it will protect you from all evil Allah has created and it will guide you in the right path.
3) Occupy your mind with constructive things that will benefit you in the next life, like learning and reading Quran.
4) Last, study hard and get a college degree. If possible go for a post grad degree. Make us all proud. Allah loves people who strive for knowledge.

Why should you wear the hijab? Keep praying and learning about Islam and the answer will come to you. ;) You are lucky though because you are already comfortable with it. I wore it at the tender age of 30 (lol) and it was a hard path to get there. When I finally did it I wished I had done it longggggg time ago. And all these lost years make me sad and it is a regret I have to live with. And as I said, regret never leaves the heart.

Good luck to you and remember…whatever you do, it is only you who will benefit or get harmed by them. We are here just to give advice because we care about you. :)