YOU SAID:
we could go to the mall and hangout there
INTO JAPANESE
私たちはモールに行ってそこでたむろすることができました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
We were able to go to the mall and hang out there
INTO JAPANESE
私たちはモールに行ってそこにたむろすることができました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
We were able to go to the mall and hang out there
That didn't even make that much sense in English.