public int getDirectionOfNearestFriend() {
        int nearestFriendX = 0;
        int nearestFriendY = 0;
        int nearestFriendDistance;
        for(int i = 0; i < gridRows; i++) {
            for(int j = 0; j < gridColumns; j++) {
                if(i == row && j == col) {

                } else {
                    if(grid.get(i, j) == team) {
                        int d = getDistance(i, j);
			if(nearestFriendDistance == null) {
				nearestFriendDistance = d;
			} else if(d < nearestFriendDistance) {
                            nearestFriendX = i;
                            nearestFriendY = j;
                            nearestFriendDistance = d;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }

	if (nearestFriendDistance != null) {
		return getDirection(nearestFriendX, nearestFriendY);
	}
        return NEUTRAL;
    }