action;
[ klaus doesn't have to threaten them. his presence is a threat, one he could decide to follow through with at any point. she's doing this because it's smart, it's logical, strategic - she's doing this for more emotional reasons than she cares to admit, but she feels them unavoidably.
she straightens at caroline's reaction; her anger. it doesn't surprise her. she knows in the moment, it hadn't occurred to her to go to caroline first; she didn't think about how even approaching damon should be up to her. maybe because he hurt her too, and she had some of the right, the desire for closure. (because what she did was out of grief and loss. she thought of caroline, what she would want, and did it for herself anyway.)
she moves to caroline's side, touches her arm lightly, wants to catch her gaze. ] Caroline, I didn't do this so it was up to him. I did this because Jenna and Ric are gone, and if he wants this, friends, a family -
It has to mean something. It has to be up to us. [ she says the last part frankly. she doesn't expect it; it's not said out of hopefulness. it's said because it's the truth, and they - caroline - deserve that. ]