"On the day the Giuseppe Verdi was to finally dock in New York City, I heard shouts from the deck before I even opened up my eyes. L'america! L'america! they cried. Little did I know what awaited me in the new land."

In the summer of 1898, Santana Lopez joined the J.P. Adams & Son Traveling Circus & Menagerie as it toured the states of the Upper American Midwest. She also fell in love with the knife thrower's daughter.

"Maybe 'happily ever afters' don't exist. Maybe they're fragmented and sprinkled throughout our lives to remind us to keep moving forward. Maybe, if we look from the right angle and maneuver the pieces just so, they become a masterpiece we keep adding to until the day we die." Future fic, Brittana as mothers. Sequel to "Taking the Long Way," but can stand independently.

I didn't even remember exactly what she had said, but I knew it had been something about Santana. I just nodded. Nodding was okay, right? But now it was too quiet and I felt like she was reading me like an open book that had no pages. Sequel to If Only You Could See What I See

I wanted to follow her. So bad. She was the most interesting person I'd ever seen in my entire life and I didn't even know why. Brittana

Santana's journey toward self-acceptance through love, loss, friends, career and family. Contains Glee history through "Original Song." Rated M for sex.

Brittany's mornings with Santana...no smut. Short one shot.