"So, if you don't care about the kid or Klaus, do you care enough about Elijah to go see what's going on with him?"

To an outsider, someone who hadn't just spent the past few months with them in Europe, it would likely seem like he was trying to talk her out of staying in Mystic Falls. That wasn't the case. He was trying to talk her into doing what was right, letting her know that it was okay to care and to go after her family if that's what she needed to do. She could still be her own person and be invested in those people. Hell, he trailed after Vicki all the time when she was still alive, even though her drama constantly made a mess of his own life.